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Hindutva and Islamophobia

Abstract This research paper is an attempt to understand rising Islamophobia in India in relation to Hindutva as a political ideology. It is argued that...

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...

Legitimacy of Kashmir’s Liberation Struggle: Right to Self-Determination Under International Law

Abstract This article discusses Kashmiris’ right to self-determination under International Human Rights Law. It highlights Kashmiris’ entitlement to self-determination while they reside in the disputed...

Pakistan-India Relations: A Critical Appraisal of Power Politics

Abstract Pakistan-India relations are mired in power politics making the two countries as rivals with competing identities and interests. By the logic of power politics,...

Hindu and Hindutva Ideology in Indian Polity: Examining Modi’s Administration

Abstract The idea of India as an inclusive and secular nation-state has been challenged by the rise of Hindu nationalist ideology known as Hindutva. Promoted...

China: ‘Rising Threat’ or ‘Rising Peace’

Abstract ‘China threat’ as a western foreign policy orientation and ‘Peaceful rise’ which later became ‘Peaceful development’ concept of Hu Jintao administration is debated...

Role of Signalling in Doctrinal Evolution: A Case Study of India-Pakistan Deterrence Equation

Abstract Deterrence is more of a perception-game than a number-game, therefore, understanding an adversary’s threat perception is important for the survivability of nuclear arsenal...

Mapping Contours of Pakistan-US Foreign Policies in Trump Era: Narrative and Counter-Narratives

Abstract Narratives are used by the states to create an environment in which foreign policy takes place. The US, over the years, has framed the...

Reconciliation and Social Healing, Heela Najibullah, Springer, 2017, 232.

The book, Reconciliation and Social Healing, by Heela Najibullah is an analysis of past-Afghan reconciliation processes namely those in 1986 and 2010 but with...

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...

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