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Palm Oil Trade and India Malaysia Relations

Tensions between India and Malaysia have risen after the Indian government revealed its plan to restrict palm oil imports from the country. A diplomatic row with relations to the Indian territory of Kashmir is being speculated as to the reason ..

How the proposed European Union General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) seeks to protect the privacy of individuals in Europe? Does it have any implications for business and laws in India also? Elucidate

The European Parliament adopted the new Rules on Data Protection in 2016. The new Regulation replaces the General Rules on Data Protection, 1995 and the 2008 framework decision on cross-border data processing in police and judicial cooperation within the EU. The proposed EUGDR takes effect from ..

For UN reforms India will have to expand its diplomatic capital and need to balance its national interest along with responsibilities as rising power. Discuss.

In order to promote co-operation and prevent further conflict like the world war, United nation was formed in 1945.The major issue with UN is that it still represents the world of that period and it does nor reflects present global ..

What should be India's approach towards Afghanistan ? Discuss in context with the new South Asia Policy of United States.|

Afghanistan is strategically important for the USA and keeping its interests in mind USA recently announced a new policy regarding the Afghanistan. The new policy which focuses robust military action on counterterrorism put more pressure on Pakistan to battle against ..

Analyze the factors, that are driving a global shift towards the Indo-Pacific region. Discuss in the context of evolving discourse on the region. Also, discuss the opportunities and challenges in this regard.

The Indo-Pacific region accounts for 62% of the world’s population and 65% of global GDP. Further, it accounts for 46% of the global merchandise trade. Factors driving the shift towards the region: Economic Importance – As 80% of offshore oil ..

Critically examine the deep sea fishing angle in the India-Sri Lanka bilateral relations. How this issue can be resolved? Make logical suggestions.

The relation between India and Sri Lanka has been strong on the basis of economic terms with India being Srilanka’s largest trading partner. The issues regarding the fishermen staying in each other’s territorial water area has come as a potential ..

The announcement of the AUKUS security pact heralds a new era of global geopolitics. Comment. Also, discuss its implications for India.

Recently, the US has announced a new trilateral security partnership for Indo-Pacific, between Australia, the UK, and the US (AUKUS). The US will share nuclear submarine Technology with Australia as per the pact. New Era of global geopolitics: Countering China’s ..

Some have compared the outreach by China and India in Africa (and underlying competition between them) with the so-called Scramble for Africa of 19th century. To what extent, such comparison is justified? Critically discuss.

The Scramble for Africa, was the process of invasion, occupation, colonization and annexation of African territory by European powers during the New Imperialism period, between 1881 and World War I in 1914 China and India have been making efforts to increase their presence and connectivity with African continent through ..