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Will the EU-Turkey Deal Work? ( Source- IDSA / Author- K.P Fabian)

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European Union- Turkey deal on Syria ( Image credits- VOA/ Author) Source- IDSA Author- K.P Fabian After long negotiations in Brussels, Turkey and the 28-member European Union (EU) have signed a deal on Syrian refugees that is both complex and controversial. The deal was inked at the EU headquarters on March 18, with the Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu beaming and his EU counterparts looking relieved, but far from beaming. Turkey has extracted a good deal for itself from the EU. The EU found itself in a weak negotiating position, overwhelmed by the inundation of Syrian refugees coming from Turkey threatening its very foundations, the Schengen Agreement and much more. At the same time, it is difficult to dismiss the thought that the EU could have played a smarter game with its weak hand. While it is too soon to say whether the deal is going to work out to the satisfaction of its makers, primarily, President Erdogan of Turkey and Chancellor Merkel of Germany, there a
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Enhancing Energy Security in Rural Tanzania: Examples of Decentralized Rural Energy Approaches from India ( Source- IDSA, Author- Ian Shanghvi)

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Indian Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / Narendra Modi Official) Source- IDSA Author- Ian Shanghvi The Government of Tanzania is making creditable strides to scale up its renewable energy sectors. One of the initiatives includes preparation of the Scaling-up Renewable Energy Programme (SREP) Project document in 2013. The aim is to promote clean energy for domestic end-uses like cooking and lighting. A spectacular feature of the SREP Project is its particular consideration to scale up rural electrification. However, related efforts and strategies condone the contribution of rural communities to achieving this goal. Most of the attention and support is focused on the private sector as the core driver of rural electrification. Examples from rural India reveal that rural communities are actually the lynchpin of rural electrification. Drawing from these examples, this paper argues that decentralized el
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