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Authoritative Populism and the Media: Perception Control and Narrative Building in India

Abstract The article analyses the interrelationship between authoritarian populism and the media in India. It explores the core question of political authoritarianism under the rule...

Asia and Competing Visions of Regional Order: Free and Open Indo-Pacific and Belt and...

Abstract Under Donald Trump’s presidency, the United States (US) pushed forward the concept of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP). Meanwhile, China is expanding cooperation...

Russian South Asia Policy: From Estrangement to Pragmatism

Abstract This paper is an attempt to analyse the Soviet and Post-Soviet Russian policy responses towards the South Asia particularly India and Pakistan contextualising how...

The Line of Control, Travelling with the Indian and Pakistani Armies, Jacob, Happymon. India:...

Written by Happymon Jacob, The Line of Control ─ Travelling with the Indian and Pakistani Armies is a unique book in many ways. Associate...

Trump Administration’s Strategic Perspective about CPEC

Abstract The American geopolitical analysts perceive the steady rise of China as a strategic competitor and challenger to the United States’ sole superpower stature in...

Soft Power in the Foreign Policy of Pakistan: Prospects and Potentials

Abstract Transition and diffusion of power are changing the political context and have made soft power more relevant than ever. The Government of Pakistan has...

Hindu Nationalism in India: Ideology and Politics, Chakrabarty, Jha. Routledge New York, 2020, 289.

The latest addition to the Routledge series on South Asian studies, “Hindu Nationalism in India Ideology and Politics” is the eighth book of the...

US Indo-Pacific Strategy: Implications for South Asia

Abstract The term ‘Indo-Pacific’ was first coined by the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, in his speech delivered to the Indian parliament in 2007 which...

Efficacy of Personality Traits, Religious Ideology and Political Capital of Event: The Case of...

Abstract History of tense relations between India and Pakistan dates back to the time of independence of both the states from the British Raj in...

Strategic Stability in South Asia: The Evolving Challenges and Potential Opportunities for India and...

Abstract The strategic stability debate in South Asia is largely influenced by the complex and volatile relationship between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan. Growing competition...

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