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Analyze the nature and prospects of India's Look West Policy.

India’s multidimensional engagements with the West Asia are in accordance with the rapidly evolving look west policy. Look west policy aims at increased interaction, enhanced trade and economic relations and launch of negotiations towards FTA with the western Asian countries. Nature ..

Do the initial scepticism about AIIB hold true now as well? How has been its performance so far?

Asian infrastructure investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank (MDB) established in January 2016 headquartered in Beijing. The AIIB has an authorized capital of $100 billion earmarked to address Asia-Pacific’s acute infrastructural needs. The vision of AIIB is “to improve ..

While taking examples of "Bali Jatra" and "celebration of Ramayana", discuss India's historical and cultural ties with countries in Southeast and East Asia. [Context: 2017 marked 25th anniversary of establishment of the ASEAN-India Dialogue Partnership]

Indias historical and cultural ties with the southeast asean and east asia India is well-know for its world trading networks in early 200 BC. even dominating roman trading  through the indian ocean couldn’t stop the india getting stronger relationships with ..

Elucidate the structure and mandate of International Court of Justice.

The International Court of Justice is the judicial organ of the United Nations organisation. It is commonly referred as “World Court”. It is seated in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands. It settles legal disputes between member states and gives advisory opinions to authorized UN organs and ..

Examine the economic contours and associated problems with ASEAN-India relationship.

The economic relations of India and ASEAN basically revolve around the India-ASEAN free trade agreement and negotiations on RCEP. The FTA is in force since 2010 and currently negotiations going on towards a full fledged CEPA. Under the FTA, India ..

How social media has affected the diplomacy? Discuss in the light of various phrases used in recent times such as "public diplomacy", "digital diplomacy", "crowd sourcing diplomacy" and so on.

Diplomacy is defined as the art of managing international relations in a sensitive and tactful way. Social media allows users to interact and communicate effectively with others. Public diplomacy is a mechanism through which a country communicates its foreign policy ..