Pub Date : 2022-03-01DOI: 10.1177/09749284211068472
Muneeb Yousuf
Nosheen Ali, Delusional States: Feeling Rule and Development in Pakistan’s Northern Frontier. Cambridge University Press, 2019, pp. 304, ₹795 (hardback), ISBN 9781108497442.
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Pub Date : 2022-03-01DOI: 10.1177/09749284211068508
R. Jain
Purusottam Bhattacharya, Status of European Integration: Possible Trajectory. Macmillan, 2021, pp. vviii+174, ₹1600 ISBN-10: 9390370116 ISBN-13: 978-9390370115
Purusottam Bhattacharya:《欧洲一体化的现状:可能的轨迹》。麦克米伦，2021,pp. vviii+174，₹1600 isbn - 10,9390370116 isbn - 13,978 -9390370115
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Pub Date : 2022-03-01DOI: 10.1177/09749284221079497
D. Chandran
Bilal Zahoor, in his introduction to Rethinking Pakistan: A 21st Century Perspective, refers to a statement from Jinnah in February 1948 in terms of the nature of the State and the role of religion and clerics. He quotes Jinnah: ‘Pakistan is not going to be a theocratic State, that is rule of or by priests with divine mission. We have many non-Muslims such as Hindus, Christians, Parsis. But, they are all Pakistanis and equal citizens with equal rights and privileges and every right to play their part in the affairs of Pakistan nationals State’ (Zahoor & Rumi, 2019). Seven decades later, where is Pakistan today? Do the last seven decades provide a glimpse of Pakistan’s present, and how the next few decades would emerge?
{"title":"Pakistan in the 2020s: Complicated History Haunts Its Present and the Future","authors":"D. Chandran","doi":"10.1177/09749284221079497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09749284221079497","url":null,"abstract":"Bilal Zahoor, in his introduction to Rethinking Pakistan: A 21st Century Perspective, refers to a statement from Jinnah in February 1948 in terms of the nature of the State and the role of religion and clerics. He quotes Jinnah: ‘Pakistan is not going to be a theocratic State, that is rule of or by priests with divine mission. We have many non-Muslims such as Hindus, Christians, Parsis. But, they are all Pakistanis and equal citizens with equal rights and privileges and every right to play their part in the affairs of Pakistan nationals State’ (Zahoor & Rumi, 2019). Seven decades later, where is Pakistan today? Do the last seven decades provide a glimpse of Pakistan’s present, and how the next few decades would emerge?","PeriodicalId":81509,"journal":{"name":"India quarterly","volume":"78 1","pages":"148 - 157"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43779630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book review: Aravind Yelery, China Inc.: Between State Capitalism and Economic Statecraft","authors":"M. Kewalramani","doi":"10.1177/09749284211068483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09749284211068483","url":null,"abstract":"Aravind Yelery, China Inc.: Between State Capitalism and Economic Statecraft. Pentagon Press, 2021, pp. xx-360 ₹1295, ISBN 978-93-90095-35-3.","PeriodicalId":81509,"journal":{"name":"India quarterly","volume":"78 1","pages":"166 - 168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43891139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-01DOI: 10.1177/09749284211068481
A. Rao
Medcalf, Rory, Indo-Pacific Empire: China, America and the Contest for the World’s Pivotal Region (Manchester University Press, 2020), pp. 310, £20, ISBN 9781526150783 (Hardback).
{"title":"Book review: Medcalf, Rory, Indo-Pacific Empire: China, America and the Contest for the World’s Pivotal Region","authors":"A. Rao","doi":"10.1177/09749284211068481","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09749284211068481","url":null,"abstract":"Medcalf, Rory, Indo-Pacific Empire: China, America and the Contest for the World’s Pivotal Region (Manchester University Press, 2020), pp. 310, £20, ISBN 9781526150783 (Hardback).","PeriodicalId":81509,"journal":{"name":"India quarterly","volume":"78 1","pages":"161 - 163"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43882746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-14DOI: 10.1177/09749284211068161
A. Ranjan, D. Chattoraj
More than 25 years of ethnic war in Sri Lanka ended in 2009. Expressing ‘serious concerns’ on human rights situation in post-civil war Sri Lanka, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has adopted critical resolutions. The eighth such resolution was adopted in March 2021. India abstained for the second time from voting on a resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC since 2014. In 2012 and 2013, India voted in favour of resolutions that have been critical of Sri Lanka. This article, examines the shift in India’s approach towards the Tamil issue in Sri Lanka.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-09DOI: 10.1177/09749284211068470
Shalendra D. Sharma
In early 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was indiscriminately spreading around the world, the seeming ability of India, the world’s second most populous country (with over 1.3 billion people), to contain the virus within its borders and keep COVID-19 infection and mortality rates low relative to population size was seen as miraculous. However, the miracle ended when the ‘second-wave’ hit India in April 2021. On 1 May 2021, India became the first country in the world to record more than 400,000 coronavirus infections in a single day. This exponential rise in COVID-19 cases started on 28 April 2021 when India recorded 379,459 new COVID-19 cases and 3,647 deaths. This marked the eighth straight day of more than 300,000 cases a day—making India the second-highest COVID-19 case count in the world (over 20 million) with over 25 per cent of the global deaths from COVID. The following examines India’s fight against the pandemic, the failure to contain the second wave, the lessons learned and the way forward.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-05DOI: 10.1177/09749284211068166
Z. Muratalieva, Asia Tashtanbekovna Esenbekova, N.S. Tatkalo
The article examines the set of tools that China is using to expand its influence in Kyrgyzstan’s security sphere and the relationship of these actions to Russia’s traditional role in the region. Through in-depth interviews with experts in the military field, the authors conclude that Beijing is gradually ‘maximising power’ in relation to Russia, which still occupies a leading position in Central Asia (including education and the supply of weapons), in a manner that is non-aggressive and covert. These actions are reflected in the non-institutionalised nature of China’s interactions with countries in the region, which are more beneficial, in contrast, to institutionalised mechanisms. Beijing is betting on its ‘safe city’ system in Central Asia, which will allow the country to solve its own internal problems (Uyghur separatism, terrorism) while also strengthening Chinese influence in the security sphere by permitting it access to the data of Kyrgyz citizens and by making Kyrgyzstan more financially dependent on China; its educational programs for security service employees in Central Asia, which will, in turn, prepare the ground for the legalisation of the activities of Chinese PMCs (military contractors or ‘private military companies’).
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Pub Date : 2022-01-05DOI: 10.1177/09749284211068461
Mrityunjay Kumar, Ayesha Fatma, Nalin Bharti
Affordable access to medicines is a key determinant of a country’s resilience to health crises. The modern hyper-connected international trade and production networks have a vital role to play in ensuring this accessibility, especially in the context of a pandemic. This article focuses on medicines and medical equipment and analyses the synergistic role of the two international organisations—The World Trade Organisation (WTO) and The World Health Organisation (WHO), in assuring affordable access to these goods globally. WHO is responsible for global healthcare regulations; however, the medical supply chain originates in a few developed countries, manufactured in bulk (in case of medicine) at low cost in developing countries, and finally traded worldwide. Here, the role of WTO comes in where it facilitates global trade cooperation and intellectual property rights monitoring, both key elements in medical goods production and trading. Despite the need for cooperation in mitigating COVID-19, much of the global response to COVID-19 has been fragmented and inward-looking. This lack of coordination has serious repercussions especially for developing countries. We use qualitative content analysis methodology, connecting concepts of cooperation theory and global governance to identify the joint role of the two organisations in fostering global cooperation in medical goods accessibility.
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