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Ambrish Dhaka

The author is an Associate Professor (Afghanistan Studies) at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has two decades of teaching and research experience with 11 PhD and 24 MPhils successfully awarded under his supervision. Dr. Dhaka has been the ICCR Professor (India Chair) at the South Asia Studies Centre, Fudan University, Shanghai in 2012. He has major in Geography with specialisation in geopolitics, GIS, South- Central Asia Area Studies and Energy studies. He has introduced GIS tools to the students of International Relations as a part of novel approach.
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Afghan Buzkashi and the Great Powers

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The word ‘boz or buz’ means the goat in Dari, and snatching the carcass of a dead headless goat by mounted horse riders is...
Security

India-China Relations in Posterity

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The new rules of engagement were announced in the aftermath of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) killing Indian soldiers. The days of fistfight are...
Security

Analysis: The Great Powers in a Geopolitical Asymmetry with the Taliban

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The April 25, 2019, trilateral meeting between the Great Powers, namely, the US, Russia and China underscored an important understanding about the present status...

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