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Book review: How Many Languages Do We Need? The Economics of Linguistic Diversity by Victor Ginsburgh and Shlomo Weber, Journal of Economic Issues (2012)
Indian Foreign Policy in the Wake of the UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Sri Lanka, Global Asia Forum (2012)
Nagaland's Demographic Somersault (with Ankush Agrawal) (2012)
After two decades of abnormally high growth, Nagaland’s population declined during the 2001–2011 period. Nagaland’s...
Does Monotheism Cause Conflict?, Homo Oeconomicus (2012)
Most of the studies that examine the role of religion in conflicts rely on empirical...
Cartels in the Kautiliya Arthasastra, Czech Economic Review (2012)
This paper examines the legal-economic dimension of collusive manipulation of prices from the perspective of...
A Model of Secularism in the State of Nature, Quality and Quantity (2012)
The issue of secularization has been extensively discussed within the Economics of Religion. However, the...
The Coming Age of Ethnic Reconciliation in Burma, Jakarta Globe (2012)
Recent developments in Burma have generated considerable optimism about the country’s long-impending democratization. But will...
Why democracy will foster ethnic reconciliation in Myanmar, East Asia Forum (2012)
Recent developments in Myanmar have generated considerable optimism about the country’s long-impending democratisation. But will...
2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election and the future of UPA, South Asia Masala (2012)
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has been paralyzed among other things due to...
2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election and the Future of UPA, South Asia Masala (2012)
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has been paralyzed among other things due to...
Lokpal Bill: Lessons from the Karnataka Lokayukta’s Performance (with Narayana A. and Sudhir Krishnaswamy), Economic & Political Weekly (2012)
The debate on the design of the Lokpal has been premised on the questionable assumption...
Scheming Lovers and their Secrets: Strategy-making in the Kamasutra, Homo Oeconomicus (2011)
This paper explores the Kamasutra (circa 3rd century CE), an ancient South Asian treatise on...
Understanding China’s South and Northeast Asia policies, East Asia Forum (2011)
China’s aggressive posturing in recent boundary disputes is causing widespread concern in the Asia Pacific....
Lessons for Lokpal, from Lokayukta, Indian Express (2011)
Parliament will consider the Lokpal Bill this week. The debate on policy choices and the...
Will Buddhism lose its “special position” in democratic Myanmar?, South Asia Masala (2011)
The British disestablished Buddhism in Myanmar after abolishing the monarchy and the Burmese nationalists in...
Understanding China’s South and North-East Asia Policies, Future Directions International (2011)
In recent times, China’s aggressive posturing in boundary disputes has caused widespread concern in the...
India and Australia: The end of estrangement?, Clingendael Asia Forum (2011)
On the eve of the visit of US President Barack Obama, Australia’s Prime Minister Julia...
Eastern Islam and the Arab Spring, East Asia Forum (2011)
In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, commentators on East Asia Forum have highlighted the...
2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election: Samajwadi Party’s Waterloo?, South Asia Masala (2011)
The forthcoming assembly election in Uttar Pradesh (UP), the world’s most populous sub-national administrative unit,...
Obstacles to closer India–US relations, East Asia Forum (2011)
During her last visit to India in July, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged...
Obstacles to closer Indo-US relations, East Asia Forum (2011)
During her last visit to India in July, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged...
Understanding China’s South Asia Policy, South Asia Masala (2011)
China’s aggressive posturing in recent boundary disputes with Japan, India, Vietnam, and the Philippines caused...
The War on Terror: too early to be disillusioned with Pakistan?, East Asia Forum (2011)
President Barack Obama is disillusioned with Pakistan’s Afghanistan policy. But he is unwilling to admit...
India’s feet of clay, South Asia Masala (2011)
India is gradually emerging as a major economy and defence power. But it faces numerous...
Is China repeating the mistakes of the United States in Pakistan?, South Asia Masala (2011)
The web security company McAfee’s recently concluded investigations seem to confirm the widely held belief...
China’s myopic Myanmar policy, New Mandala (2011)
It is well-known that the United States’ foreign policy of using extremist Islamic regimes as...
The South Asian Qurans, South Asia Masala (2011)
The Quran has been translated from Arabic into about 100 languages, roughly 1 per cent...
Aarakshan’s Deepak Kumar: A new beginning?, South Asia Masala (2011)
The rate at which Aarakshan attracted controversies is only surpassed by the rate at which...
China’s achilles’ heels, New Mandala (2011)
Unrest in the Han majority regions (particularly in the countryside) due to growing economic inequality,...
China’s Achilles’ Heels, South Asia Analysis Group (2011)
China’s rapidly growing defence budget and aggressive posturing in recent maritime disputes with Japan, the...
Whither goest thou, Saleem Shahzad’s Pakistan, South Asia Masala (2011)
In January, when Ahmed Rashid commented on “Pakistan’s very unhappy new year” little did we...
Securing the future of the microstates of Oceania, South Asia Analysis Group (2011)
Oceania consists of two large states (Australia and Papua New Guinea), a medium-sized state (New...
Ten years of the War on Terror: a strategic reassessment, East Asia Forum (2011)
The future of international terrorism and the War on Terror is being hotly debated after...
Ten years of the War on Terror: a strategic reassessment, South Asia Masala (2011)
The future of international terrorism and the War on Terror is being hotly debated after...
Climate change and the existential dilemma to Oceania’s microstates, East Asia Forum (2011)
Threatened by geographic and demographic factors, the sovereignty of Oceania’s microstates has been precarious from...
Is a Sino-Indian war really possible?, East Asia Forum (2011)
Both the Chinese and Indian media suffer from hysteria over an impending Sino-Indian War and...
Why is SAARC gridlocked and how can it be revitalized?, Insight Asia-Pacific (Quarterly magazine of German Asia-Pacific Business Association) (2011)
Vision sees Pacific in New Zealand embrace, The Dominion Post (2011)
The microstates of Oceania suffer from chronic underdevelopment due to a combination of geographic and...
Work permits to strengthen Indo-Bangladeshi ties, East Asia Forum (2011)
Bangladesh is not only one of the most densely populated countries in the world, but...
Work permits for Bangladeshi immigrants in India, South Asia Masala (2011)
Bangladesh is not only one of the most densely populated countries but also among the...
The importance of 2012 Uttar Pradesh assembly election, South Asia Masala (2011)
In recent times, UP has served as a passive constraint on the freedom of national...
Why Lesotho and Swaziland should merge with SA, Public Eye (2011)
The gains to the people of Lesotho and Swaziland from merger with South Africa are...
The Fifteenth Prime Minister of India, South Asia Masala (2011)
The Left Front and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the only non-dynastic, national, and ideological...
Why is SAARC gridlocked and how can it be revitalised?, East Asia Forum (2011)
Unfortunately, unlike its older cousins the European Union (EU) and the Association of Southeast Asian...
The demand for good governance in Bihar and the rise of Nitish Kumar, South Asia Masala (2011)
If good governance has to establish itself as the decisive selection criterion in elections then...
Book Review: Valuing the Unique: The Economics of Singularities, by Lucien Karpik, Journal of Economic Issues (2011)
Negotiating Constitutions for Political Unions, International Review of Law and Economics (2011)
Who deserves the first Confucius Peace Prize?, East Asia Forum (2010)
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been extremely combative ever since the Nobel Peace Prize...
Why is SAARC Perennially Gridlocked and How can it be Revitalized?, Clingendael Asia Forum (2010)
On 8 December 2010, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) celebrated its twenty-fifth...
India after 2014 General Elections, South Asia Masala (2010)
Mamata Banerjee, the union railways minister, is brazenly courting extreme left insurgents, who according to...
Book Review: Radical, Religious, and Violent: The New Economics of Terrorism, by Eli Berman, Journal of Economic Issues (2010)
The Chinese Learning Deficit, The Jakarta Globe (2010)
It is widely believed that China is engaged in extensive intelligence operations targeting the United...
China: Condemned to repeat the mistakes of the United States?, East Asia Forum (2010)
It is widely believed that China is engaged in extensive intelligence operations targeting the United...
The Global Political Ambitions of India and China: Why Regional and Local Checks Will Constrain Them, Global Asia Forum (2010)
In popular discussions about the economic rise of Asian nations such as India and China,...
How to Count Nuclear Installations, South Asia Masala (2010)
India’s civil nuclear liability legislation (The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010) has been...
The hidden costs of CSC membership: an obstacle to Indo-US nuclear co-operation?, South Asia Masala (2010)
The Indo-US civil nuclear commerce seems to be all set to take off after India...
Is there room for Australia in Asia?, East Asia Forum (2010)
During the Cold War, Australia’s engagement with Asia was largely governed by its ethno-historical affiliation...
Asia Can’t Depend on United States to Play Sheriff, The Jakarta Globe (2010)
Over the past two decades, Asia has seen the emergence of competing centers of power,...
The United States and Asian security, East Asia Forum (2010)
Over the last two decades Asia has seen the emergence of competing centres of power,...
The Indian government’s fiscal responsibilities and nuclear liabilities, Unpublished (2010)
The Indian government left no stone unturned in trying to get the Civil Liability for...
Outgunning India's Maoists Isn't Enough, Wall Street Journal (Asia) (2010)
After Maoist insurgents, or Naxalites, killed about 100 policemen and 180 civilians over the last...
In Afghanistan and Pakistan, Islamists Benefit From a Lack of Competition, The Jakarta Globe (2010)
The controversial replacement of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan, has...
When will India attend to Naxalism?, South Asia Masala (2010)
According to the latest estimates, the Indian economy continues to grow at a rate of...
NATO’s War on Terror needs a strategic reorientation, East Asia Forum (2010)
The controversial replacement of General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan, has...
When will India attend to Naxalism?, East Asia Forum (2010)
In 2004, the National Democratic Alliance lost the parliamentary elections to the Congress-led United Progressive...
Should India sign the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage?, East Asia Forum (2010)
The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010 (‘the Bill’), belatedly introduced in the Indian...
Our collective failure in combating terrorism, Organiser (2010)
In the last few months suicide attacks have claimed hundreds of lives in various parts...
The country’s imminent liabilities (with Chandan Gowda), Deccan Herald (2010)
The draft of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010, which the Centre wished...
The Kite-maker, the Politician, and the Satyr (2009)
Long ago there was a town called Ethikos, where lived a kite-maker and a politician....
My biases: A note on my articles in Mainstream (2003-05), Manuscript (2009)
Over the last few years I have realized that the treatment of the relationship between...
The Internal Political Geography of States and Intra-State Conflicts, German Working Papers in Law and Economics (2009)
The internal political geography of a state represents the trade-off between the efficiency of rent-seeking...
A Critical Review of Economic Analyses of Religion, IGIDR Working Paper Series 2008-023 (2008)
Recent years have seen increasing interest in economic analyses of religion. We carry out a...
Negotiating Constitution for Political Unions, IGIDR Working Paper Series 2008-026 (2008)
This paper provides a cradle-to-grave model for political union between two unequally endowed states. We...
Negotiating Constitution for Political Unions, German Working Papers in Law and Economics (2008)
This paper provides a cradle-to-grave model for political union between two independent states. We show...
Syaat (2007)
The 'thinking' class of our country, India, can be divided into four broad categories: the...