India’s rapidly expanding educational technology (EdTech) ecosystem has created opportunities for personalised learning, flexible pedagogy, and wider access to knowledge. However, there are concerns about the privacy, security, and governance of the vast repositories of learner data it generates. While the Digital Personal Data Protection ...
Foreign exchange (FX) risk is an important factor while discussing global green finance flows between developed and developing countries. This brief analyses the role of FX risk relative to the broader cost of capital for cross-border green finance flows. It argues that FX risk should ...
Strategic analyses of the India–China border dispute conventionally focus on power asymmetries, military deployments, and major power relations. What often gets ignored is how prolonged tensions shape the everyday realities of borderland communities living in the shadow of the Line of Actual Control (LAC). This ...
India and France’s relationship is at its strongest in the Indian Ocean, as both countries are actively involved in the securitisation and stabilisation of the region through their naval and diplomatic engagements. However, this cooperation often focuses on the North-western Indian Ocean, where crucial sea ...
India’s maritime industry is at a crossroads. The Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047 lays out a bold path to make India a global maritime hub, which would need an investment of INR 80 lakh crore and increasing the domestic shipbuilding capacity from 0.072 to 11.31 ...
As critical minerals become central to industrial development and clean energy transition, India has to contend with the risks posed by its dependence on a few suppliers. This brief discusses how India can navigate this challenge—one way is through partnerships with states of the European ...
The discourse on radicalisation has evolved within European scholarship. This brief examines radicalisation in Europe through the conceptual lens of Luciano Floridi’s notion of “onlife”—a hybrid space where the dichotomy between online and offline activities dissolves. The analysis situates this framework within the broader debate ...
This brief examines the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) involvement across economies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It finds that the IMF’s influence is determined not by its technical expertise but by the political economy of the states that are the subject ...
The Union Budget 2026–27 allocates INR 7.85 trillion (~US$86 billion) to the Ministry of Defence (MoD), an unprecedented 15-percent increase over the previous year. This brief examines India’s latest defence allocation in the context of the strategic backdrop under which it was presented, the various ...
In India’s Union Budget 2025, a Nuclear Energy Mission was launched with an allocation of INR 20,000 crore for research and development (R&D) in small modular reactors (SMRs) that would be capable of resolving many of India’s energy dilemmas and contributing to its energy transition. ...
Dr. Amrita Narlikar’s research expertise lies in the areas of international negotiation, World Trade Organization, multilateralism, and India’s foreign policy & strategic thought. Amrita is Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation. She is also Honorary Fellow of Darwin College, University ...
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Dr. Sanjay M Pattanshetty is Head of theDepartment of Global Health Governance Prasanna School of Public Health Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) Manipal Karnataka India. Additionally he has an affiliation with theDepartment of International Health Care and Public Health ...
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