IDR Blog
The Irony Of West's 'Democracy' Memos To India
What to make of a spate of articles in Western media and research papers by think tanks there about democratic ‘backsliding’ in India, just before the general election? While such articles have appeared regularly ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power, what’s striking is how this new flow of...
Citizenship: Concept and Consequences
The term “citizenship” is usually used either in academia or news as a synonym of nationality and national affiliation (from the Anglo-Saxon, West European perspective followed by the New World, in fact, as a synonym of state). However, “citizenship” as a concept is essentially a product of and used in political philosophy and...
“Land of Israel” and Palestine: The First Phase of the Creation of Der Judenstaat
The historical background of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict goes back to 1917 (the Balfour Declaration) and the establishment of the British protectorate over Palestine (the Palestine Mandate) after WWI with its provision for a national home for the Jews, although formally not to be at the expense of the local inhabitants – the...
India, Egypt and Geopolitics of West Asia
Recently author of this article was on a tour of a country in North Africa with several millennia old civilisation, namely Egypt. It’s land frontiers border Libya to the west, Sudan to the south, and Israel to the northeast (all it’s neighbours are going through internal or external conflicts), and also borders the Mediterranean and Red...
P75 (1) Submarines and Strategic Partnership Model
Summary The Project 75(I) will provide an opportunity for local manufacture of the state-of-the-art submarines which will enable the Indian Navy to dominate the undersea domain in our area of interest whilst providing the Indian industry an opportunity for long-term partnership in not only submarine construction but also maintenance, logistics...