India Linkage: Shiv Sena, Mumbai massacre, Look East policy, rural development, Indo-Pacific
23 November 2012 10:58
Danielle Rajendram is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's International Security Program whose work focuses on India and China-India relations.
- Bal Thackeray, the founder of the Hindu nationalist party Shiv Sena, passed away last week. Much of the commentary surrounding his death has focused on his divisive and controversial politics.
- Why India needs to take another look at its 'Look East' policy.
- What the new Chinese leadership is likely to mean for India.
- Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving gunman from the the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, was executed on Wednesday morning. These articles look at the future of the death penalty in India and in South Asia more broadly.
- Are the dynamics of the Moscow-New Delhi and Riyadh-Islamabad relationships undergoing a reversal?
- The Economist looks into the challenges facing India's rural development schemes.
- Rory Medcalf launched a paper in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre's new Centre of Gravity Series this week, which argues that Australia must begin to think of itself as being situated within the broader Indo-Pacific region. Here's the video of his interview with ANU's Andrew Carr on the Indo-Pacific.