Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Foreign Affairs on Oct 7th, 2011
In my previous post, I had written about the spillover effects of the Arab Spring – how the Israel-Palestine conflict is being moulded by popular uprisings in the region; and how Turkey is looking to position itself as a key post-revolutionary player. First, the Arab-Israeli conflict. Here is a synthesized takeaway from a roundtable discussion [...]
Posted in Democracy, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights on Oct 3rd, 2011
At its core, the Arab Spring has ushered in participatory politics and democratic aspirations hitherto repressed in the region. The cup of mass movements is now reaching its brim and threatens to overflow – naturally, the focal point of discussions has shifted from the centre to the edges. For some in the Middle East, these [...]
Posted in Democracy, Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2009
Thursday night saw an incensed debate over Israel’s attack on the Gaza strip with Israeli PM Shimon Peres defending his nation’s actions. The video for the same may be viewed below, (Youtube videos may not be accessible to NALSAR students ) This open session involved UN Sec General Ban Ki Moon, Arab League Sec General [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 5th, 2009
Continuing with Gaza, I’d invite the readers to read two posts by Dapo Akande and Marko Milanovic on the issue on EJIL Talk. Both the authors discuss the crisis from a strictly legal point of view explaining as to why it is an internationally wrongful act on the part of Israel and its claim of [...]