Will India Survive in Paris Climate Negotiation?

First ever comment to the First Draft- which can be termed as Paris Protocol- came from India as ‘lopsided’ to bring climate justice, ‘inadequate’ for developing countries and ‘lenient’ to developed countries. Usually, after Bonn Intercessional Conference, which commence during June every year, the negotiation on climate change gets movement.

AVILASH ROUL

Nepal: The Rising Political Uncertainty

Seven years back, Nepal began the process to write an inclusive constitution in order to institutionalize the gains of the peace process, which took off in November 2006. Finally, the new Constitution was promulgated on September 20, 2015. Unfortunately, nearly over half of the Nepali population have branded the new Constitution as regressive and protested against the same. The anti-draft protests in Nepal, especially in the southern plains, started on August 9, immediately after the constitution making process was initiated.

NIHAR R Nayak

"A Brief Sketch of Shafiur Rahman Farabi: Bangladesh’s Online Jihadist Troll"

Animesh Roul ( SSPC, Executive Director) have profiled one of the most intriguing characters of Bangladesh Jihadist scene, insrumental in inciting and killings of free speech bloggers: Read: "A Brief Sketch of Shafiur Rahman Farabi: Bangladesh’s Online Jihadist Troll", Militant Leadership Monitor, (Jamestown Foundation) Volume VI, Issue 8, August 2015.

Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty: Non-Proliferation Measure or the Way to Nuclear Zero?

Once the negotiations for FMCT start, a window of opportunity would open up for the Conference on Disarmament to develop a legally binding mechanism to eliminate fissile material and nuclear weapons from the face of the earth, attaining the objective of universal and comprehensive disarmament.

Munish Sharma & Vineeth Krishnan
August 2015

Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Ten Years After

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a successful trip to Central Asia and Russia in the past weeks. Various new collaborations -- from tourism to terrorism -- got formalized during these visits. One important agenda of this visit was to acquire uranium required for nuclear energy production. Mr. Modi was successful in working out various modalities in this regard with Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Russia. Few months back he also collaborated with Canada and Australia in regards to trade of uranium to India.

AJEY LELE

Building Democracy in Afghanistan: The Trust Factor

As described by critics all over the world, Afghanistan has become a very messy place to live in today. There are different views regarding democratization process in this Islamic country. However, we cannot say that democracy is impossible in the Islamic countries of the world. First, it is wrong to pit the fortune of democracy in accordance with Islamism. A professor from Frankfurt Peace Research Institute argues that democracy is a full market with all kinds of products, and everybody can go and buy what they want.

ULVIYYA HUSEYNOVA