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GREAT CIS EVENTS COMING UP IN JULY AND AUGUST
	Join UK sociologist and University of Kent academic Professor Frank Furedi for a look into the paradoxical situation of tolerance as a societal ideal Johan Norberg, author of In Defence of Global Capitalism; Frank Furedi, Professor of Sociology and author; and others will be holding a lively panel discussion at the Big Ideas Forum
	SOLD OUT - Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Janet Albrechtsen in a Freedom of Speech Forum talking about Why We Must Not Take Freedom of Speech for Granted

LATEST RESEARCH REPORT

Unrealised Potential: India’s ‘Soft Power’ Ambition in Asia

This paper makes the argument that India’s enormous ‘soft power’ potential in Asia is based on the fact that a rising India (unlike China) complements rather than challenges the preferred strategic, cultural and normative regional order. But India’s ‘soft power’ credentials are undermined by lingering doubts as to whether the country can continue to rise.

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