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Cop26 को लेकर भारत की प्रतिज्ञा महत्वाकांक्षी लेकिन अस्पष्ट
Nov 24, 2021

Cop26 को लेकर भारत की प्रतिज्ञा महत्वाकांक्षी लेकिन अस्पष्ट

Cop26 को लेकर भारत द्वारा ली गई प्रतिज्ञाएं सराहनीय हैं लेकि

COP27 में घाटे और क्षति के लिए वित्त: अधूरी सफलता और गंवाए गए अवसर
Dec 10, 2022

COP27 में घाटे और क्षति के लिए वित्त: अधूरी सफलता और गंवाए गए अवसर

शर्म अल-शेख़ जलवायु सम्मेलन में एक बड़ी आम सहमति ज़रूर बन�

COP27 हवामान अजेंडा पुढे नेण्यासाठी भारताचे व्यासपीठ
Aug 13, 2023

COP27 हवामान अजेंडा पुढे नेण्यासाठी भारताचे व्यासपीठ

COP27 हे भारताला हवामान न्यायासाठी रॅली करण्यासाठी आणि आगामी G20 अध्यक्षपदाच्या काळात त्याचा हवामान अजेंडा पुढे नेण्यासाठी एक व्यासपीठ म्हणून काम करू शकते.

COP27: पश्चिमी देशों को हर प्रकार के जीवाश्म ईंधन का उपयोग सीमित करना चाहिए
Sep 30, 2022

COP27: पश्चिमी देशों को हर प्रकार के जीवाश्म ईंधन का उपयोग सीमित करना चाहिए

वैश्विक ऊर्जा संकट विकसित दुनिया को अपनी जीवाश्म ईंधन पर

COP27: भारत का तीन सूत्रीय एजेंडा
Jul 27, 2023

COP27: भारत का तीन सूत्रीय एजेंडा

विकासशील देशों की आवाज़ और जलवायु परिवर्तन से जुड़े अपने

COP27: भारत का तीन सूत्रीय एजेंडा
Nov 22, 2022

COP27: भारत का तीन सूत्रीय एजेंडा

विकासशील देशों की आवाज़ और जलवायु परिवर्तन से जुड़े अपने

COP28: Was the COP robbed?
Jan 29, 2024

COP28: Was the COP robbed?

COP28 offered something to every stakeholder but not enough for the world

Corporate Funding of Elections: The Strengths and Flaws
Aug 23, 2023

Corporate Funding of Elections: The Strengths and Flaws

This Issue Brief seeks to outline the history of corporate funding in India, legislation governing corporate funding, institutional innovations in corporate funding like electoral trusts, and international experiences and their relevance in the Indian context. Given the increasing clamour for transparent and accountable corporate funding of political parties, the Brief also explores the perils of over-reliance on corporate funding.

Corporate tax rate cut will boost investment
Sep 24, 2019

Corporate tax rate cut will boost investment

With a cut in corporate taxes and a depreciated rupee, India may be able to boost its competitiveness.

Could Iran be Obama's legacy?
Mar 12, 2013

Could Iran be Obama's legacy?

If Richard Nixon sought a breakthrough in China after failure in Vietnam, George Bush had a breakthrough with India after failure in Iraq, Barack Obama could work on a legacy that is a breakthrough with Iran after failure in Afghanistan.

Could Pakistan be on the cusp of becoming a 'normal state'?
Jul 22, 2019

Could Pakistan be on the cusp of becoming a 'normal state'?

New Delhi would be well advised to look at the Pakistan situation with an open mind or risk being left out of the flow.

Could the ASEAN Summit achieve anything substantial?
Nov 22, 2022

Could the ASEAN Summit achieve anything substantial?

The escalating tensions between the US and China and the lack of consensus on other critical geopolitical issues have rendered ASEAN ineffectual

Could we have saved him?
May 03, 2006

Could we have saved him?

Young Suryanarayana is a life that has been cut in its prime. He was the vic- tim of a bigoted doctrine taught in Pakistan for nearly three decades; for the Taliban are only another manifestation of the Islamist drive of General Zia-ul-Haq. The Indian died in a terrorist act after his abduc- tors demanded that all 2,500 Indians in Afghanistan vacate immediately. It was an absurd demand and no government would ever have agreed to it.

Counter-terrorism: आतंक-निरोध के क्षेत्र में भारत का अंतरराष्ट्रीय पटल पर बढ़ता रुतबा!
Jul 28, 2023

Counter-terrorism: आतंक-निरोध के क्षेत्र में भारत का अंतरराष्ट्रीय पटल पर बढ़ता रुतबा!

आतंकवाद के उभरते ख़तरों के मद्देनज़र भारत ने आतंक-निरोध �

Counter-terrorism: आतंक-निरोध के क्षेत्र में भारत का अंतरराष्ट्रीय पटल पर बढ़ता रुतबा!
Nov 29, 2022

Counter-terrorism: आतंक-निरोध के क्षेत्र में भारत का अंतरराष्ट्रीय पटल पर बढ़ता रुतबा!

आतंकवाद के उभरते ख़तरों के मद्देनज़र भारत ने आतंक-निरोध �

Countering Disinformation and Hate Speech Online: Regulation and User Behavioural Change
Jan 25, 2021

Countering Disinformation and Hate Speech Online: Regulation and User Behavioural Change

Social media platforms facilitate the sharing of information and enhance connectivity and civic engagement. At the same time, however, they are vulnerable to abuse by malicious actors who use the channels to spread misinformation and hateful and divisive content. Regulatory reforms must seek to align the utility of social media platforms with the welfare of citizens, while safeguarding the right to free speech. This paper explores the regulatory

Countering insurgency in Kashmir: The cyber dimension
Jan 10, 2017

Countering insurgency in Kashmir: The cyber dimension

Countering the militancy in Kashmir has become a highly challenging task due to the exploitation of new information and communication technology by insurgent groups. The battlefield is now a multidimensional one, encompassing both physical territory and cyberspace. The overall capabilities of insurgents have been enhanced by tools in cyberspace that are inexpensive, ever more sophisticated, rapidly proliferating, and easy to use. Militants are sy

Coup is a setback to Myanmar’s unique experiment with democracy
Feb 03, 2021

Coup is a setback to Myanmar’s unique experiment with democracy

Given India’s position in the region and its history of supporting democratic traditions, Delhi is likely to exert pressure for the restoration of democracy.

COVID का प्रभाव: डेटा पर महामारी का साया और चीन में बढ़ता असंतोष
Jul 28, 2022

COVID का प्रभाव: डेटा पर महामारी का साया और चीन में बढ़ता असंतोष

चीन की सरकार नागरिकों के स्वास्थ्य पर नज़र बनाए रखने के न�

Covid-19 and unemployment: Implications for child labour
Jul 31, 2020

Covid-19 and unemployment: Implications for child labour

Poverty is the root cause of child labour, which, despite being a priority for a succession of Indian governments, is yet to be eradicated.

COVID-19 and ‘The New World Disorder’: An opportunity in disguise?
May 07, 2020

COVID-19 and ‘The New World Disorder’: An opportunity in disguise?

This discussion drew heavily from Shashi Tharoor and Samir Saran’s new book — ‘The New World Disorder and the Indian Imperative.’

COVID-19 could be Modi’s reform moment
Jun 05, 2020

COVID-19 could be Modi’s reform moment

If a crisis was needed to reform a nation, perhaps COVID-19 it is. Recall the 1991 reforms, when India was facing a balance of payments crisis. The crisis pushed the Indian state into action and economic reforms were quickly ushered in.

COVID-19 will hit harder than any weapon system
Apr 14, 2020

COVID-19 will hit harder than any weapon system

The world — and its militaries — will emerge from the COVID-19 crisis at different rates and in different states of readiness.

COVID-19: International and domestic challenges await Sri Lanka
May 15, 2020

COVID-19: International and domestic challenges await Sri Lanka

With Geopolitical Cold War 2.0 and domestic economic strain, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has the two daunting challenges ahead of him. He would have

COVID-19: Yogi Adityanath attempts reforms, delivers regulatory chaos in Uttar Pradesh
May 09, 2020

COVID-19: Yogi Adityanath attempts reforms, delivers regulatory chaos in Uttar Pradesh

Across India, reducing regulatory cholesterol is one thing. But suspending all laws, rules and regulations are like throwing the baby with the bathwat

COVID19 and Pakistan: The Economic Fallout
Jun 04, 2020

COVID19 and Pakistan: The Economic Fallout

Pakistan has been one of the countries worst affected by COVID-19, with the economic disruption caused by the pandemic exacerbating an already existing crisis. This paper discusses how the public health crisis has affected some of the most critical sectors of the Pakistani economy. While the government has implemented some mitigation measures, they are inadequate to counter the impact of the pandemic. The paper analyses the likely fallout of a ne

COVID19: An opportunity and challenge for ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy
Apr 18, 2020

COVID19: An opportunity and challenge for ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy

India has done well with its neighbours by not giving up on them in their own hour of crisis. Even while the nation was faced with exigencies of every

Craft a Prudent Acquisition Policy
Nov 23, 2010

Craft a Prudent Acquisition Policy

If India wants strategic dividends from arms acquisitions, it must craft its acquisition policy in a prudent manner with the aim of bringing in knowledge that necessitates a higher degree of trust with the US. It should go beyond economics to factor in larger strategic considerations.

Create National Database on Naxals: Lt Gen (Retd) K M Seth
Apr 13, 2007

Create National Database on Naxals: Lt Gen (Retd) K M Seth

The former Governor of Chhattisgarh, Lt Gen (Retd) K M Seth, called for a national strategy and national level coordinated action plan to successfully deal with Naxalites of the CPI (Maoist). He was making a presentation on Naxalism in India, at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi, on April 13, 2007.

Creating 95-centimetre cities for infants, caregivers, toddlers (ICT)
Nov 25, 2020

Creating 95-centimetre cities for infants, caregivers, toddlers (ICT)

Children are not at the centre of city development as policies are planned for adults. It is time we start building a child policy for India.

Creating constituencies: learning from the People's Republic
Jan 25, 2011

Creating constituencies: learning from the People's Republic

Like Chinese do now, India needs to create 'constituencies' in the neighbourhood that are not only sound but are also continuing. This is not to influence their decisions but to create institutional mechanisms that will be able to constantly update its knowledge and understanding of the existing and emerging situations.

Creating new urban centralities: The way ahead for Mumbai in 2021
Dec 22, 2020

Creating new urban centralities: The way ahead for Mumbai in 2021

Mumbai must spearhead the positioning of India as the third economic superpower, in between the forecasted East/West civilisation confrontation.

Creating ‘doughnut’ cities for resilience in 2021
Dec 22, 2020

Creating ‘doughnut’ cities for resilience in 2021

The transition towards circular urban economies in India needs policy frameworks that allow the development of skills and the inclusion of informal wo

Crisis and Escalation in South Asia
May 12, 2005

Crisis and Escalation in South Asia

The Observer Research Foundation, in partnership with the Center for Contemporary Conflict (CCC), Naval Post-graduate School, California, USA, and the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI), Pakistan undertook a project, Crisis and Escalation in South Asia: The 2002 India-Pakistan Military Standoff....

Crop Shifting for Improved Water Use and Nutritional Productivity in the Lower Indo-Gangetic Plains of West Bengal
Jul 20, 2023

Crop Shifting for Improved Water Use and Nutritional Productivity in the Lower Indo-Gangetic Plains of West Bengal

The challenge for agriculture is to meet rising demand for food while dealing with climate change and natural resource constraints. This paper takes the case of cereal production in the lower Indo-Gangetic plains in the state of West Bengal, India, and examines the implications of various crop-shifting scenarios on consumptive water demand and nutrient production. The analysis finds that by replacing summer crop (Boro rice) in each district with

Crowdsourcing violence: Decoding online propaganda of new militant groups in Kashmir
Jan 19, 2022

Crowdsourcing violence: Decoding online propaganda of new militant groups in Kashmir

As new militant groups use digital militancy to garner support, the Indian government should implement effective counter narratives to control false p

Crude oil shall remain below US$100 despite OPEC+ production cut
Oct 17, 2023

Crude oil shall remain below US$100 despite OPEC+ production cut

Crude oil prices are likely to head under US$ 90 per barrel, rather than exceed US$ 100 per barrel, notwithstanding daily fluctuations

Crunching the numbers
Apr 26, 2023

Crunching the numbers

Population can be an asset or a liability, depending on how India deals with it

Crypto Policy: भारत में क्रिप्टो नीति को लेकर तमाशा जारी
Jul 30, 2023

Crypto Policy: भारत में क्रिप्टो नीति को लेकर तमाशा जारी

जब ख़तरनाक रफ़्तार से डिजिटल वित्त सेक्टर आगे बढ़ रहा है,

Crypto Policy: भारत में क्रिप्टो नीति को लेकर तमाशा जारी
Mar 14, 2022

Crypto Policy: भारत में क्रिप्टो नीति को लेकर तमाशा जारी

जब ख़तरनाक रफ़्तार से डिजिटल वित्त सेक्टर आगे बढ़ रहा है,

Cryptocurrency's classification conundrum
Jun 22, 2023

Cryptocurrency's classification conundrum

While there is no explicit definition of cryptocurrencies under India’s regulatory framework, the focus is on investor protection, anti-money launde

Culture & National Identity
Nov 15, 2003

Culture & National Identity

Call it a discussion or debate or whatever, but the current European thinking on lending a religious identity to the emerging and expanded European Union may have a bearing on the evolving situation in India and the rest of the world. By referring to the ¿cultural, religious and humanist inheritance of Europe¿ in the Preamble to the draft, Europeans may have begun defining and

Cyber Mercenaries: A Call to Action for the Quad
Sep 20, 2023

Cyber Mercenaries: A Call to Action for the Quad

This paper investigates, in the context of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or Quad, the burgeoning threats posed by cyber mercenaries acting as proxies for revisionist states bent on destabilising the institutions and societies of adversary nations. The paper offers essential definitions of what comprises cybersecurity threats, including cyber mercenaries, and delineates current trends. Drawing on open-source intelligence and insights from cy

Cyber Norms: लोकतांत्रिक इंटरनेट व्यवस्था के लिए साइबर स्पेस के मानक!
Jan 09, 2023

Cyber Norms: लोकतांत्रिक इंटरनेट व्यवस्था के लिए साइबर स्पेस के मानक!

इंटरनेट को ‘वाइल्ड वेस्ट’ मान लेना गलती है. अब वक्त आ गया �

Cyber Security & Internet Governance
Jul 16, 2013

Cyber Security & Internet Governance

With both the goods FTA and services FTA in place, India is well set on the path of a comprehensive economic partnership with ASEAN. India, whose services sector contributes about 55% to the country's GDP, has been keen to sign the services FTA with ASEAN as it will help the Indian companies tap the ASEAN markets easily.