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Perspectives on US Mass Incarceration

In the face of the upcoming 2016 US Presidential Elections, Kalyani Unkule provides a timely persepective on the worrying trend of Mass Incarceration in the USA Against a recent history of political polarisation, the problem of mass incarceration is being discussed as providing an opportunity for bipartisan cooperation and is steadily receiving attention from US…
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Time to End Old Rivalries? The Case of the Latest India vs. Pakistan ‘Border match’

In light of the latest Kashmir border clashes, Deepanshu Mohan asks whether India’s growing preference for economic diplomacy and a pragmatic foreign policy can beapplied to Indo-Pakistan relations. This would require a decisive break from India’s mindset to date, which defines national security and trade policy in separate and narrow terms when it comes to Pakistan. For generations, the begging…
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A Lethal Dose: A Bungled Death

The United States has implemented lethal injection as a method of execution from the year 1982 onwards. Since then, it has been surrounded by controversies on botched up executions. Carthik Venkat explores the various instances where lethal injection has been administered under ambiguous circumstances. …
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CHABAHAR: India’s Gateway to Central Asia

For India, the Chabahar port project is expected to serve a number of purposes, including expansion of trade, investments and transit facilitation for the Central Asian Republics. Shashwat Tiwari provides an insight into the various aspects of this crucial project. The recent decision by the Indian government to invest further in the Iranian port city…
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‘Indian Ocean’- The 21st Century ‘Security Dilemma’ between China and India

The Indian Ocean is where global struggles will play out in the twenty-first century. It is a “new great game” in the making, says Amrita Jash… Indian Ocean is the new theatre of ‘Great Power’ politics of the twenty-first century. With a tactical geopolitical landscape, the Indian Ocean – third largest waterway in the…
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Japan’s National Security Strategy: Retort to China’s Military Assertiveness?

Piyush Singh argues how China’s tactic of coercive diplomacy is finding no takers in Japan and seems to be boomeranging. Japan in its National Security Strategy has clearly defined that it’s not going to let China gain an upper hand in the region and the piece explores this further. In late 2013,…
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Children of War in Gaza and Beyond

Urmila Rao describes the indiscriminate manner in which Israeli forces are shelling schools which has been designated as a war crime both under IHL and International Criminal Law. A three-day ceasefire extension announced by Israel in Gaza on Tuesday may collapse as Hamas is likely to reject the extension. If this happens, the Israel-…
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