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The fires of Bengal Indian Express, 8 July 2017 By Pratap Bhanu Mehta	US sanctions on Salahuddin threaten Kashmiri separatists The New Indian Express, 8 July 2017 By G Parthasarathy
Sikkim standoff: India cannot afford to allow China to change the status quo Hindustan Times, 6 July 2017 By Srinath Raghavan	The standoff in Doklam The Tribune, 4 July 2017 By Shyam Saran
Modi In Israel: Need For More Equitable Defence Collaboration Bloomberg Quint, 3 July 2017 By Bharat Karnad	Landmark climate agreement holds its own Oxford University Press, 3 July 2017 By Daniel Bodansky, Jutte Brunée, and Lavanya Rajamani
Read between the US lines Indian Express, 29 June 2017 By Shyam Saran	New chemistry to Indo-US ties as Modi and Trump deftly handle potentially divisive issues Daily Mail, 29 June 2017 By G Parthasarathy
It’s time India used its most powerful weapon against China: Trade Hindustan Times, 28 June 2017 By Brahma Chellaney	Can Indian cities lead on climate action as they go about their development goals? Scroll.in, 28 June 2017 By Radhika Khosla and Ankit Bhardwaj

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The Accidental Prime Minister

By

Sanjaya Baru

Post Haste - Quintessential India

By

B G Verghese

1971: A Global History of the Creation of Bangladesh

By

Srinath Raghavan

Water: Asia's New Battleground

By

Brahma Chellaney

Water, Peace, and War: Confronting the Global Water Crisis

By

Brahma Chellaney

The Rise of the Regulatory State of the South: Infrastructure and Development in Emerging Economies

Edited by

Navroz K Dubash and Bronwen Morgan

Battling Corruption: Has NREGA Reached India's Rural Poor?

By

Shylashri Shankar and Raghav Gaiha

Himalayan Stalemate: Understanding the India-China Dispute

By

Zorawar Daulet Singh

India and China: Myths and Realities of their Economic Rise

By

Zorawar Daulet Singh

Promoting Compliance in An Evolving Climate Regime

Edited by

Jutta Brunnée, Meinhard Doelle, and Lavanya Rajamani

Climate Change Liability: Transnational Law and Practice

Edited by

Richard Lord, Silke Goldberg, Lavanya Rajamani, and Jutta Brunnée

Decentralization, Local Governance, And Social Wellbeing In India: Do Local Governments Matter?

By

Rani Mullen

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Recovering Key Strategic Concepts in India's Climate Policy Economic and Political Weekly, 11 June 2016 By Navroz K Dubash and Radhika Khosla	The Making of the India–Pakistan Dynamic: Nehru, Liaquat, and the No War Pact correspondence of 1950 Modern Asian Studies, 6 June 2016 By Pallavi Raghavan
Urban climate versus global climate change-what makes the difference for dengue?: Climate, dengue, and urban heat islands Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 27 May 2016 By Renaud Misslin, Olivier Telle, Daudé Eric, Alain Vaguet, and Richard Paul	Constitutionalism in Rough Seas: Balancing Religious Accommodation and Human Rights in, through, and despite, the Law American Behavioral Scientist, 26 May 2016 By Mirjam Künkler, Hanna Lerner, and Shylashri Shankar
The Making of South Asia's Minorities: A Diplomatic History, 1947–52 Economic and Political Weekly, 21 May 2016 By Pallavi Raghavan	A Casual Approach Samudra Report, 6 May 2016 By Kanchi Kohli, Manju Menon, and Krithika A Dinesh
Skill Training or Nipping Potential in the Bud? 30 April 2016 By Radhika Saraf	Understanding change with(in) law: The Niyamgiri case Contribution to Indian Sociology - Sage Publication, 27 April 2016 By Rajshree Chandra
Emerging Diseases and Socio-spatial Disparities: Lessons from Dengue Virus in Delhi Economic and Political Weekly, 26 March 2016 By Olivier Telle and Richard Paul	Ambition and Differentiation in the 2015 Paris Agreement: Interpretative Possibilities and Underlying Politics International and Comparative Law Quarterly 2016, pp 1-25, 16 March 2016 By Lavanya Rajamani

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Delimiting Boundaries of the Third Tier of Democracy: A Note

By

Bhanu Joshi

A Meandering Jurisprudence of the Court – The Evolving Case Law Related to Water

By

Philippe Cullet

Janani Suraksha Yojana, Institutional Deliveries and Maternal Mortality: What does the Evidence say?

By

Ambrish Dongre

The Human Right to Water in Rural India – Promises and Challenges

By

Philippe Cullet

International Legal Regimes for Subsurface Activities

By

Catherine Redgwell and Lavanya Rajamani

Evolution of National Policies for Basic Services, Affordable Housing and Livelihoods for the Urban Poor

By

Arun Kumar Mishra and Shubhagato Dasgupta

The Tension between Property Rights and Social and Economic Rights: A Case Study of India

By

Namita Wahi

Bicameralism in India: The Centre and the States

By

Bhanu Joshi

Of Maps and Compasses: India in Multilateral Climate Negotiations

By

Navroz K Dubash

Contingent Unilateralism: International Aviation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme

By

Joanne Scott and Lavanya Rajamani

Changing Forms of Agrarian Questions: From Capital to Labour in Contemporary Globalization

By

Radhika Saraf

Water Use and Rights – India

By

Philippe Cullet

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Budget Brief 2017-18: Swachh Bharat Mission - Gramin (SBM-G) 25 January 2017 By Avani Kapur, Abhishri Aggarwal	Budget Brief 2017-18: Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) 25 January 2017 By Vikram Srinivas, Avani Kapur
Budget Brief 2017-18: Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile (JAM) 25 January 2017 By Vikram Srinivas, Avani Kapur	India’s Reinvigorated Relationship with Africa 16 December 2016 By Rani Mullen, Kashyap Arora
India: Meeting Energy Needs for Development While Addressing Climate Change IASS, 13 December 2016 By Madhura Joshi, Radhika Khosla	The Blind Men and the Elephant: Making Sense of China's One Belt One Road Initiative 1 December 2016 By Nimmi Kurian
A Pilot Study of Estimating Out-of-School Children in India 28 November 2016 By Kiran Bhatty, Radhika Saraf, Vrinda Gupta	India-Japan Brief 24 November 2016 By Rani Mullen, Kashyap Arora
How Effective are Environmental Regulations to Address Impacts of Industrial and Infrastructure Projects in India 4 November 2016 By Krithika A Dinesh, Meenakshi Kapoor, Kanchi Kohli, Manju Menon, Preeti Venkatram	Co-Opted Federalism? Border States and Resource Revenue Sharing Bargains 19 October 2016 By Nimmi Kurian

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Mapping Dilutions in a Central Law 7 August 2016 By Kanchi Kohli and Debayan Gupta	Cabal City: Regime Theory and Indian Urbanization 24 June 2016 By Patrick Heller, Partha Mukhopadhyay, and Michael Walton
Performing Poriborton 19 May 2016 By Bhanu Joshi, Ashish Ranjan, and Neelanjan Sircar	Does Government’s Monitoring of Schools Work? 16 May 2016 By Kiran Bhatty and Radhika Saraf
Understanding the Election in Assam (Part 2) 13 May 2016 By Bhanu Joshi, Ashish Ranjan, and Neelanjan Sircar	Understanding the Election in Assam (Part 1) 19 April 2016 By Ashish Ranjan, Bhanu Joshi, and Neelanjan Sircar
Eighth Pupul Jayakar Memorial Lecture Cultural Diplomacy: Leveraging India’s Soft Power 18 April 2016 By Shyam Saran	Assessing Party Performance and Alliance Dynamics in the 2015 Bihar Election 28 March 2016 By Neelanjan Sircar and Gilles Verniers
Impact of China Slowdown on India 24 February 2016 By Geetima Das Krishna and Sakshi Bhardwaj	Penalising Environmental Violations: An Analysis of The Ministry’s Proposal 25 January 2016 By Shibani Ghosh

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Sub-group on Legal Issues related to groundwater management and regulation, including the strengthening of the groundwater regulatory authorities at the Centre and States	Subaltern Urbanisation in India (SUBURBIN)	The role of small cities in shaping youth employment outcomes in India and Indonesia
The SARCist	Toward a Robust Development Focused INDC for India	Understanding Metropolitan Homelessness
Urban Electoral Geography	Urban Transformations	Water Policy, Law, and Conflict