Anand Kumar

Associate Fellow, IDSA and currently Visiting Professor and Chair (India Studies), Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on Pak-sponsored terror, titled ‘Surgical strike not an answer to Pak terror’ was published Rediff.com on February 21, 2019.

India has to fight its own war against the rogue State and the evil forces nurtured by it,' argues Anand Kumar in the article

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• Published: 21 February, 2019

With John Bolton conceding that the US has limited resources to compete with the tens of billions of dollars that China is pouring into Africa, it is not clear how effective America’s new Africa strategy would prove to be in containing China.

• Published: January 09, 2019
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Associate Fellow, IDSA and currently Visiting Professor and Chair (India Studies), Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on Sheikh Hasina’s victory in Bangladesh Parliamentary Elections in December 2018, titled ‘Bangladesh rejects politics of chaos’ was published in Rediff.com on January 08, 2019.

Bangladeshis are unwilling to give up peace and growing incomes for the chaos witnessed during the BNP-led four-party alliance rule, says Dr Kumar.

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• Published: 8 January, 2019

Associate Fellow, IDSA and currently Visiting Professor and Chair (India Studies), Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on India-Maldives relations, titled ‘India, Maldives rebalance ties’ was published the Deccan Herald on December 25, 2018.

Dr Kumar analyses The India-Maldives bilateral relationship in the article, which suffered greatly during the previous regime of Abdulla Yameen. The relations between the two countries is again looking up with the coming to power of Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who had contested the recent election as the joint opposition candidate.

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• Published: 25 December, 2018

Boko Haram’s resurgence might affect the holding of credible polls in parts of northeast Nigeria in the upcoming February 2019 general elections.

• Published: December 11, 2018
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Associate Fellow, IDSA and currently Visiting Professor and Chair (India Studies), Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on the Maldives, titled ‘Nasheed’s return: China too deeply entrenched in the Maldives now’ was published in National Herald on November 09, 2018.

The article analyses the impact of political transition in the Maldives on the ongoing Chinese projects and insists that while both Nasheed and Solih have stated that they would be revisiting Chinese projects, it’s unlikely that any major Chinese project be scrapped.

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• Published: 9 November, 2018

Associate Fellow, IDSA and currently Visiting Professor and Chair (India Studies), Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on Maldives elections was published in Hind daily, Amar Ujala on September 22, 2018.

The article analyses the repercussions of the elections on Maldives-India relations.

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• Published: 22 September, 2018

China may or may not succeed in transforming Africa into a substitute market. If it does, the bilateral trade relationship is likely to become more unbalanced and tilted in its own favour leading to greater exploitation of Africa.

• Published: September 18, 2018
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Associate Fellow, IDSA and currently Visiting Professor and Chair (India Studies), Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on the publishing of the second draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), titled ‘Limited but important gains from NRC’ was published in Rediff.com on August 29, 2018.

Dr Kumar in his article observes that the publishing of the NRC will not rid India of illegal immigrants who are already here. But even if it manages to withhold their political and voting rights, it will be a significant achievement.

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• Published: 29 August, 2018

Associate Fellow, IDSA and currently Visiting Professor and Chair (India Studies), Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Dar-es-Salaam, Dr Anand Kumar’s article on India-Africa relations, titled ‘New Delhi must step up on ties with Africa’ was published in Deccan Herald on August 14, 2018.

India’s Africa policy seems to be still evolving, but it must take concrete shape before it is too late, analyses the author, insisting that Africa as a continent has become crucial not only for trade and commerce but also for maintaining peace and security in the Indian Ocean region (IOR).

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• Published: 14 August, 2018