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Pakistan’s shadow looms over fragile US-Taliban talks

Neighbourhood | Indian Foreign Policy | US Foreign Policy

Jan 18, 2019

Pakistan’s shadow looms over fragile US-Taliban talks

Sanket Sudhir Kulkarni | Ananya Saini

भारत प्रजातांत्रिक एवं शासन आधारित अंतर्राष्ट्रीय प्रणाली के लिए प्रतिबद्ध है: सुषमा स्वराज

International Affairs

Jan 15, 2019

भारत प्रजातांत्रिक एवं शासन आधारित अंतर्राष्ट्रीय प्रणाली के लिए प्रतिबद्ध है: सुषमा स्वराज

भारत ऐसे आर्थिक और सामाजिक बदलाव के दौर से गुज़र रहा है, ज�

रायसीना संवाद | भारत के साथ सामरिक साझेदारी सुदृढ़ करेगा ऑस्ट्रेलिया

International Affairs

Jan 15, 2019

रायसीना संवाद | भारत के साथ सामरिक साझेदारी सुदृढ़ करेगा ऑस्ट्रेलिया

Development | Transportation

Jan 15, 2019

Focus on bus transport system

The ‘BEST’ principle adopted by successful global cities can provide a solution to perils of India’s urban transportation.

Paresh Rawal

The priorities for Sheikh Hasina, post election

Privacy & Data Protection

Jan 14, 2019

The priorities for Sheikh Hasina, post election

For Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, some seriously onerous tasks are out there which require swift and sophisticated handling.

Syed Badrul Ahsan

Who will gain from 10% reservation for EWS?

Law and Justice

Jan 14, 2019

Who will gain from 10% reservation for EWS?

The bill has to be a constitutional amendment as it overshoots the Supreme Court's 50% cap on quotas and takes the total to 60%.

Satish Misra

US President’s “library” of lies can’t wash away India’s Afghan contribution

International Affairs | Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics

Jan 05, 2019

US President’s “library” of lies can’t wash away India’s Afghan contribution

Sanket Sudhir Kulkarni | Ananya Saini

Skilling | Cyber and Technology

Jan 04, 2019

Reskilling without a sunset clause

Reskilling is all the rage as toilers of every creed scramble to upgrade skills so that they can remain valuable when tasks most suitable to machine l

Nikhila Natarajan

Panel Discussion | Winds of Freedom: Release of Hamid Ansari & Imran Warsi by Pakistan and India

Jan 01, 1970

क्या राष्ट्रपति शासन कश्मीर को राजनीतिक दुष्चक्र से बाहर निकालेगा?

Neighbourhood | Domestic Politics and Governance | Indian Economy

Jan 03, 2019

क्या राष्ट्रपति शासन कश्मीर को राजनीतिक दुष्चक्र से बाहर निकालेगा?

जम्मू-कश्मीर एक राजनीतिक दुष्चक्र में फंसा हुआ है, क्या र�

Sushant Sareen

कन्फ्यूशियस का उनकी जन्मभूमि पर वैचारिक पुनर्जन्म

Great Power Dynamics | China Foreign Policy

Jan 03, 2019

कन्फ्यूशियस का उनकी जन्मभूमि पर वैचारिक पुनर्जन्म

इस मनीषी के विचार शी जिनपिंग के लिए क्यों महत्वपूर्ण हैं�

Kalpit A Mankikar

Online shopping: Impact on city planning and infrastructure

Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation

Jan 01, 2019

Online shopping: Impact on city planning and infrastructure

Internet shopping has become an effective way of boosting an economy by increasing demand, expanding consumption and promoting employment. It has impr

Ramanath Jha

Global policeman: How should India read Trump’s declaration for the Indo-Pacific

Indian Ocean

Dec 31, 2018

Global policeman: How should India read Trump’s declaration for the Indo-Pacific

The Indian engagement with the US, whether in the form of America’s Indo-Pacific strategy or the four-nation Quad also implies that the regional nat

N. Sathiya Moorthy

Great Power Dynamics | US Foreign Policy

Dec 30, 2018

The US in Asia: A necessary balancer

Rajesh Rajagopalan

New Delhi loves Washington, but Washington only likes New Delhi

Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics | US Foreign Policy

Dec 30, 2018

New Delhi loves Washington, but Washington only likes New Delhi

Akshobh Giridharadas

The US-China trade war dynamic: What’s in it for India?

China Foreign Policy | US Foreign Policy | Economic Diplomacy

Dec 29, 2018

The US-China trade war dynamic: What’s in it for India?

Manoj Joshi

US policy being redesigned to face China

China Foreign Policy | US Foreign Policy | Economic Diplomacy

Dec 28, 2018

US policy being redesigned to face China

Seema Sirohi

A hasty US withdrawal from Syria and its implications on the war against ISIS

International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics | US Foreign Policy

Dec 27, 2018

A hasty US withdrawal from Syria and its implications on the war against ISIS

Kabir Taneja | Jonathan Phillips

US withdrawal from Syria: The immediate aftermath

International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics | US Foreign Policy

Dec 24, 2018

US withdrawal from Syria: The immediate aftermath

Avijit Goel

Great Power Dynamics | US Domestic Politics

Dec 20, 2018

Challenges facing US policymakers today

Akshobh Giridharadas

Book Discussion on Brokering Peace in Nuclear Environments: US crisis management in South Asia

Jan 01, 1970

Book Discussion on Sri Lanka at Crossroads: Geopolitical Challenges and National Interests

Jan 01, 1970

India and Israel: Deciphering the enigmatic relations

Indian Foreign Policy

Dec 19, 2018

India and Israel: Deciphering the enigmatic relations

The relationship between India and Israel was initially based on popular consensus, and only much later became an official one.

Ofra Bengio

Terrorism

Dec 18, 2018

Narco-terrorism in Kashmir — Pakistan’s new strategy

The history of terrorism in the Valley indicates that the social disintegration of Kashmir directly as a result of Pakistan’s nefarious activities a

Parjanya Bhatt

Shaping a new ethos: The role of emerging powers in the G20

Multilateralism | International Trade and Investment

Dec 18, 2018

Shaping a new ethos: The role of emerging powers in the G20

The G20 is a step in the right direction. It is only a step, however. Symbolic inclusion of the emerging and developing world through an arbitrary �

Hosuk Lee-Makiyama | Aparajit Pandey

अफगानिस्तान में रूसी और अमेरिकी गतिरोधों के बीच भारत

Neighbourhood | Great Power Dynamics

Dec 13, 2018

अफगानिस्तान में रूसी और अमेरिकी गतिरोधों के बीच भारत

हाल की ये घटनाएं एक ऐसे अफगानिस्तान की ओर इशारा करती हैं, �

Prathamesh Karle | Kashish Parpiani

Climate, Food and Environment | Climate Change

Dec 12, 2018

जलवायु कोष: भ्रांति बनाम हकीकत

2015 में यूएनएफसीसीसी के पैरिस समझौते के तहत जलवायु परिवर्�

J. M. Mauskar

India and China’s nuclear equation: Why Chinese scholars are wrong

Privacy & Data Protection

Dec 12, 2018

India and China’s nuclear equation: Why Chinese scholars are wrong

India’s nuclear weapons programme has been developed in response to the diabolic Sino-Pak nuclear axis. Yet, India has advanced its nuclear programm

Biprajit Roy Choudhury

India’s Latin American policy requires political and diplomatic push

International Affairs | Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics

Dec 12, 2018

India’s Latin American policy requires political and diplomatic push

Raj Kumar Sharma

The rebirth of Confucius in his homeland

Great Power Dynamics | China Foreign Policy

Dec 12, 2018

The rebirth of Confucius in his homeland

Why The Sage’s Ideals Matter To Xi Jinping

Kalpit A Mankikar

Made in India AI creates garment industry sizing solution

Indian Economy | Cyber and Technology

Dec 11, 2018

Made in India AI creates garment industry sizing solution

Sandip Sen

Connected community: Technological advance and religious freedoms | Knox Thames

Jan 01, 1970

Qatar is learning to live with the blockade

International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics

Dec 07, 2018

Qatar is learning to live with the blockade

Anchal Vohra

Crime-politics nexus: Can courts alone break it?

Domestic Politics and Governance

Dec 07, 2018

Crime-politics nexus: Can courts alone break it?

Niranjan Sahoo

Why major overhaul is needed in India’s legal education assessment system

Law and Justice | Education in India | Education

Dec 07, 2018

Why major overhaul is needed in India’s legal education assessment system

Indian law schools need to look at the positive aspects of the legal education systems in the US and UK and integrate them into their indigenous syste

Mumbai Metropolitan Region: Putting the Art in SmArt

Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation

Dec 04, 2018

Mumbai Metropolitan Region: Putting the Art in SmArt

Given Mumbai’s focus on becoming a technology hub as well as being the main digital cultural and creative industries hub in India, while at the same

Raj Kumar Gope | Lina Sonne

Talk by Prof. Tim Killeen on Fourth Industrial Revolution: Harnessing Academia and Industry to Create Solutions

Jan 01, 1970

गिरते रुपये को थामने के लिए निर्यात पर फोकस

Indian Economy

Nov 30, 2018

गिरते रुपये को थामने के लिए निर्यात पर फोकस

रुपये के मुक्त पतन को थामने की जरूरत है। ऐसा इसलिए है क्यो

Sandip Sen

Increasing unemployment a major challenge

Indian Economy

Nov 29, 2018

Increasing unemployment a major challenge

The reasons for the rise in unemployment are many.

David Rusnok | Jayshree Sengupta

Fourth industrial revolution necessitates preparedness in the developing world!

Development | Developing and Emerging Economies | Cyber and Technology

Nov 29, 2018

Fourth industrial revolution necessitates preparedness in the developing world!

Rohan S Katepallewar

Book discussion | The Great Smog of India

Jan 01, 1970

BRICS: Sustaining growth amidst renaissance

Great Power Dynamics | Economic Diplomacy | BRICS

Nov 27, 2018

BRICS: Sustaining growth amidst renaissance

Rahul Mazumdar

The chaos that is counter-terrorism in India

Defence and Security | Indian Defence

Nov 24, 2018

The chaos that is counter-terrorism in India

Ten years on from 26/11, the NSG continues to face serious logistical and transportation challenges. Simply put, the NSG cannot wait around to execute

Pushan Das

Terrorism

Nov 24, 2018

Pakistan’s use of terror as a tool

Pakistan’s strategy of ‘bleeding India by a thousand cuts’ has been implemented by exploiting religious sentiments and whipping up passions on c

Kriti M. Shah

Defence and Security

Nov 24, 2018

Targeting Mumbai: Future imperfect

Ten years on, the two obvious questions we continue to ponder are first, why Mumbai? And more importantly, can it happen again, and if so, is Mumbai p

Deepak Sinha