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Modi's Mission Downunder Ashutosh Misra India-Australia relation is entering a new orbit and setting a path of strategic convergence. But there are equally other significant issues of cooperation that can bolster Modi's vision for inclusive development and better governance including Australia's successes at preserving its ecosystem, water resources distribution and renewable energy. Modi's Australia visit: Maritime Cooperation in Focus Abhijit Singh The government's 'Act East Policy' needs to legitimise the 'Indo-Pacific' concept. Interestingly, only a few months after the release of the 2013 White Paper, Australia released a Country Strategy Document on India which identified the Indian Navy as possessing the most potential for a close maritime partnership Threat of Islamic terror looms large over Assam Rupak Bhattacharjee The jihadi elements in Assam are making their presence very visible. Measures have been initiated to counter the menace of Islamic terror especially along the India-Bangladesh and inter-state borders following intelligence inputs indicating JMB's plan to spread tentacles in the state. ISIS on backfoot: Coalition gets al-Baghdadi Sandhya Jain Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death will be a serious setback to Daesh as it is different from Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups that did not proclaim a 'caliphate'. As the history of Islam shows, the proclamation of a new 'caliph' can be problematic. Things that Modi should do in Myanmar P. Stobdan The Prime Minister must reach out to Myanmar in unconventional ways and remove any antipathy among the people who once, like other neighbours, had began to perceive India as a big military threat. Fall of the Berlin Wall: Marking 25 years Gulshan Sachdeva The fall of the wall also coincided with the collapse of the USSR and end of the Cold War. Theoverall changes since 1989 have been largely a remarkable success with the majority of citizens in the former socialist countries not wanting to go back to the earlier economic and political system.
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