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Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, the Quarterly Journal of the Association, now entering its eighth year, was launched  by the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh on 15 Feb 2006.

 

 


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Indian Foreign Affairs Journal

From forthcoming issue

Apr - Jun 2013

 

Book Review

Poetry as Resistance
Islam and Ethnicity in Post-colonial Pakistan
by
Nukhbah Taj Langah

reviewed by

Alok Bansal
Senior Fellow
Centre for Land Warfare Studies
New Delhi


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Current Issue Jan - Mar 2013


DEBATE

The Arctic: Challenges, Prospects and Opportunities for India


VIJAY K. SAKHUJA
Director (Research), Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi

KISHORE KUMAR
Consultant, Centre for Ocean and Environmental Studies (COES), New Delhi

UTTAM KUMAR SINHA
Fellow at the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and Adjunct Professor at the Malaviya Centre for Peace Research, Benares Hindu University

H. P. RAJAN
Former Deputy Director, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, United Nations and former Advisor, Department of Ocean Development (now Ministry of Earth Sciences



ARTICLES


The RCEP: Integrating India into the Asian Economy?
by
KRISTY HSU
Associate Research Fellow and Section Chief, Chung Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER), Taiwan


Southern Asia, India, and the Gulf Region: Understanding the New Geo-political Interface
by
T.V. PAUL
James McGill Professor of International Relations at McGill University, Montreal, Canada
and
HAPPYMON JACOB
Asst. Professor in Diplomatic Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi


Emerging Trends in Latin America, Rise of Brazil - and Potential for India
by
SATYA R. PATTNAYAK
Professor of Sociology and Political Science, & Director, Latin American Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Villanova University, Villanova, PA (USA)

China, Myanmar and India: A Strategic Perspective
by
RANJIT GUPTA
Former Ambassador of India to Yemen, Venezuela, Oman, Thailand, Spain and Head of the Indian Representation in Taiwan



ORAL HISTORY


Ambassador Satinder Kumar Lambah
Former Ambassador of India to Russia, to Hungary and to Germany;  Former High Commissioner of India to Pakistan and Special Envoy of the Prime Minister (Since 2005)

Economic Diplomacy - Some Success Stories



BOOK REVIEWS


Prem K. Budhwar
Making of a Diplomat: Hone Your Skills
reviewed by
SKAND R TAYAL
Former Ambassador of India to Republic of Korea and currently Visiting Professor at the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi.


Muchkund Dubey
India's Foreign Policy: Coping with the Changing World
reviewed by
YOGENDER KUMAR
Former Ambassador of India to the Philippines, to Namibia and to Tajikistan. Former Senior Directing Staff at the N.D.C., New Delhi


Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
Clashing Titans Military Strategy and Insecurity Among Asian Great Powers
Reviewed by
GURMEET KANWAL
Adjunct fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Washington, D.C.


Ajay Lele and Namrata Goswami (Eds.)
Imagining Asia in 2030: Trends, Scenarios and Alternatives
Reviewed by
VENKAT LOKANATHAN
Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Master’s Program, Department of Political Science, St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore

 Forthcoming Event  

 

Thursday, May 30, 2013: 11.30 AM: Dr. Sreeradha Datta, Director of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, will speak on 'Coming to Terms with History and Islam: Current Developments in Bangladesh'

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 Recent Events  

 

23 April 2013: Shri P.S. Raghavan, Special Secretary (DPA & AD), Ministry of External Affairs spoke on "Development Partnership Administration: Streamlining the Delivery of India's Development Assistance"


15 March 2013: The Annual General Meeting of the Association.

The New Executive Committee of the Association for 2013-14 (Click here) was duly elected at the meeting.


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Last updated on May 20, 2013