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Kashmir’s Article 35A conundrum: New Delhi must tread carefully Hindustan Times, 4 August 2017 By Srinath Raghavan	By refusing to buckle under China’s threats on Doklam, India has called the bully’s bluff The Times of India, 3 August 2017 By Brahma Chellaney
Proposed Amendments to Environment Protection Act Could Legalise Violations The Wire, 3 August 2017 By Manju Menon, Kanchi Kohli, Krithika A Dinesh, and Debayan Gupta	China’s weaponization of trade Live Mint, 1 August 2017 By Brahma Chellaney
Holding a municipality accountable India Together, 31 July 2017 By Hasmukh Dhumadiya	Why Smart Cities Mission must allow real-time project feedback Hindustan Times, 31 July 2017 By Persis Taraporevala
Old ways die hard The Indian Express, 28 July 2017 By Pratap Bhanu Mehta	Anatomy of legalising violations: Environment Ministry’s policy of post facto approvals Counterview.org, 28 July 2017 By Krithika A Dinesh and Kanchi Kohli
India’s well-timed ‘Look West’ policy Hindu Business Line, 27 July 2017 By G Parthasarathy	China’s Weaponisation of Trade Project Syndicate, 27 July 2017 By Brahma Chellaney

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Habits of Highly Effective Countries - Lessons for India

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Leon Louw, Bibek Debroy, and Laveesh Bhandari

Constitutional Law of India

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Subhash C Kashyap

Are You Being Served? New Tools for Measuring Service Delivery

Edited by

Samia Amin, Jishnu Das, and Markus Goldstein

Strategic Consequences of India's Economic Performance

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Sanjaya Baru

Public Institutions in India: Performance and Design

Edited by

Devesh Kapur and Pratap Bhanu Mehta

The Practice and Politics of Regulation: Regulatory Governance in Indian Electricity

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Navroz K Dubash

Handbook of Urbanization in India

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K C Sivaramakrishnan, Amitabh Kundu, and B N Singh

On the Frontline of Climate Change: International Security Implications

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Brahma Chellaney and Heela Najibullah

Towards Water Wisdom: Limits, Justice, Harmony

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Ramaswamy R Iyer

Bhakra-Nangal Project: Socio-economic and Environmental Impacts

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R Rangachari

Differential Treatment in International Environmental Law

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Lavanya Rajamani

People's Participation in Urban Governance

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K C Sivaramakrishnan

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Neither Brake Nor Accelerator: Assessing India’s Climate Contribution Economic and Political Weekly, 17 October 2015 By Navroz K Dubash and Radhika Khosla	Impact of Private Tutoring on Learning Levels Economic and Political Weekly, 10 October 2015 By Ambrish Dongre and Vibhu Tewary
Informal Rental Housing Typologies and Experiences of Low-income Migrant Renters in Gurgaon, India Environment and Urbanization ASIA, 28 September 2015 By Mukta Naik	Integrating Global Climate Change Mitigation Goals with Other Sustainability Objectives: A Synthesis Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Vol. 40: 363-394, 24 September 2015 By Christoph von Stechow, David McCollum, Keywan Riahi, Jan C. Minx, Elmar Kriegler, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Jessica Jewell, Carmenza Robledo-Abad, Edgar Hertwich, Massimo Tavoni, Sevastianos Mirasgedis, Oliver Lah, Joyashree Roy, Yacob Mulugetta, Navroz K Dubash, Johannes Bollen, Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, and Ottmar Edenhofer
The Devilish Details: Key Legal Issues in the 2015 Climate Negotiations Modern Law Review, 11 September 2015 By Lavanya Rajamani	Working From Home is Better Than Going Out to the Factories (?) SAMAJ - South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 7 September 2015 By Sonal Sharma and Eesha Kunduri
Indian Exports: Loss of Global Competitiveness Economic & Political Weekly, 22 August 2015 By Geetima Das Krishna and Rajiv Kumar	Inter-Sectoral Water Allocation and Conflicts: Perspectives from Rajasthan Economic & Political Weekly, 22 August 2015 By Philippe Cullet, Lovleen Bhullar, and Sujith Koonan
State-produced inequality in an Indian city India Seminar, 1 August 2015 By Patrick Heller and Partha Mukhopadhyay	The Public Education System and What the Costs Imply Economic & Political Weekly, 1 August 2015 By Kiran Bhatty, Anuradha De, and Rathin Roy

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Security and Sovereignty

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Bharat Karnad

A Bad Knock: The War with China, 1962

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Srinath Raghavan

The Indian Way: Exploring the Synergies Between Development, Energy and Climate Goals

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Lavanya Rajamani

Reason, Tradition and Authority: Religion and the Indian State

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Pratap Bhanu Mehta

China and India on Climate Change and Development: A Stance that is Legitimate but Not Sagacious

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Lavanya Rajamani

India's Judiciary: The Promise of Uncertainty

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Pratap Bhanu Mehta

The End of the Separation of Powers

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Pratap Bhanu Mehta

South Asia:The Irrelevance of Classical Nuclear Deterrence Theory

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Bharat Karnad

Engaging the Extended Neighbourhood: India and the Emerging East Asian Community

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Nimmi Kurian

Self Interests and Other Interests

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Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Governance Framework for Delivery of Urban Services

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David Savage and Shubhagato Dasgupta

Hinduism and Modernity

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Pratap Bhanu Mehta

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Global Headwinds Affecting India 23 March 2016 By Rajiv Kumar, Geetima Das Krishna, Sakshi Bhardwaj	State of the Nation: RTE Section 12 (1) (C) 2015 Provisional 10 March 2016 By Ambrish Dongre
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) GOI, 2015-16 26 February 2016 By Avani Kapur, Vikram Srinivas	Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) GOI, 2015-16 26 February 2016 By Avani Kapur, Priyanka Roy Choudhury, Vikram Srinivas
National Health Mission (NHM) GOI, 2015-16 26 February 2016 By Padmapriya Janakiraman, Avani Kapur	Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) GOI, 2015-16 26 February 2016 By Avani Kapur, Ekta Joshi, Vikram Srinivas
State of Social Sector Expenditure in 2015-16 24 February 2016 By Avani Kapur, Vikram Srinivas, Priyanka Roy Choudhury	Banking Sector Reforms in India 22 February 2016 By Rajiv Kumar, Geetima Das Krishna, Sakshi Bhardwaj
Faecal Waste Management in Smaller Cities across South Asia: Getting Right the Policy and Practice 2 February 2016 By Shubhagato Dasgupta, Ramisetty Murali, Nikhil George, Depinder Kapur	Urban Sanitation in India – Why Brazil Matters 31 January 2016 By Anjali Chikersal, Aditya Bhol

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Farm to Non-Farm: Are India’s Villages “Rurbanising”? 7 November 2014 By Pranav Sidhwani	How Much Does India Spend Per Student on Elementary Education? 22 October 2014 By Ambrish Dongre, Avani Kapur, and Vibhu Tewary
Rights, Accountability and Citizenship: Examining India's Emerging Welfare State 22 October 2014 By Yamini Aiyar and Michael Walton	Unravelling Rural India’s enduring water indigence: framing the questions, issues, options and opportunities 1 January 2014 By Deepak Sanan
India's Democracy and its Critics 31 July 2013 By Ajit Mozoomdar	The Case of Kathputli Colony: Mapping Delhi's First In-situ Slum Rehabilitation Project 30 June 2013 By Subhadra Banda, Yashas Vaidya, and David Adler
Rights Based Climate Litigation In The Indian Courts: Potential, Prospects & Potential Problems 4 June 2013 By Lavanya Rajamani	The Politics of Climate Change in India: Narratives of Equity and Co-benefits 1 November 2012 By Navroz K Dubash
Unacknowledged Urbanisation: The New Census Towns of India 1 August 2012 By Kanhu Charan Pradhan	Siachen Follies: Defining Facts and Objectives 26 June 2012 By B G Verghese