India

Chinese Grand Strategy and the Exacerbation of the Sino-Indian Territorial Dispute

Srini Sitaraman • Aug 21 2013 • Articles

Examining China’s strategic objectives allows analysts to better understand Sino-Indian relations in light of recent tensions along the contentious Indo-Tibet border.

One Year After RIO+20: Is Sustainable Development on Track In India?

P.K. Gautam • Jul 4 2013 • Articles

The idea of sustainable development might be rhetorical. With that in mind, there may be very little substance for the UN or other agencies to showcase.

China, India and the New Class

Dylan Kissane • May 2 2013 • Articles

POL 210 has a new class. In order to spark early discussion with students, a report was used which described how Chinese soldiers inside Indian territory had proclaimed the area to be Chinese land.

On Indian Public Diplomacy

Ritambhara • Apr 30 2013 • Articles

First used by the USA to make its war aims known globally during World War One, public diplomacy is a relatively new strategy. In recent years it has become an instrument of India’s foreign policy arsenal.

Towards a More Crowded Heavens?

Taylor Marvin • Apr 11 2013 • Articles

National space programs are tools states leverage for a variety of purposes, not expressions of an apolitical human urge to explore. Like nuclear weapons, crewed spaceflight programs remain widely perceived as a signifier of great power status.

The Rootedness of Inequality

Kathleen Cavanaugh • Apr 4 2013 • Articles

Violence against women and the societal attitudes that often provide the conditions which condone such acts cannot be parked solely within the developing world.

Eliminating Violence Against Women: Sexism and Scholarly Responsibility

Susanne Zwingel • Mar 7 2013 • Articles

Sexism is global. Gender equality is not yet a norm that has sunk in. Supporting substantial gender equality is a responsibility and should be a personal commitment for all of us.

The Rape Case in India: Evidence for the Globalisation of Human Rights?

Vinodh Jaichand • Feb 11 2013 • Articles

India’s negative publicity points to a state that has failed to protect the rights of its citizens. That is a notoriety that a global economic power should work to avoid.

The Delhi Rape Case: Rethinking Feminism and Violence Against Women

Swati Parashar • Feb 11 2013 • Articles

Western feminism needs the support of Indian feminists to reconsider its third wave obsession with diversity and to rethink its politics and scholarship around violence against women.

The Indian Gang-Rape Case: Do Human Rights Go Global?

Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko • Feb 9 2013 • Articles

Rather than being a proof of globalized human rights, the rape scandal in India should be used as a lesson about the effectiveness and usefulness of the media in their struggle for human rights.

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