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US-India ties under Biden — Leveraging Trump’s disruptions

Indian Foreign Policy | US Foreign Policy

Dec 28, 2020

US-India ties under Biden — Leveraging Trump’s disruptions

Biden will seek to capitalise on the ‘America First’ approach’s uninhibited emphasis on divergences that have long been at an impasse.

Kashish Parpiani

The Abrahamic Middle East — Will Israeli-Arab alignment on Iran create a new equilibrium for peace?

International Affairs

Dec 28, 2020

The Abrahamic Middle East — Will Israeli-Arab alignment on Iran create a new equilibrium for peace?

Despite the narrative of ‘peace’ around the Abraham Accords, it is not to be forgotten that the harbinger of this accord is ‘deterrence’ — b

Kabir Taneja

Connectivity

Dec 28, 2020

Bridges to the future — Alternative connectivity paradigms and their geopolitical implications

Driving all of the visions is the fact that the world’s infrastructure needs far exceed what any single country can provide. And those needs are onl

China in the post-COVID-19 era — How will the CCP tackle its image problem?

China Foreign Policy

Dec 28, 2020

China in the post-COVID-19 era — How will the CCP tackle its image problem?

Ultimately, the power of example counts, and the Chinese has matched this with an extremely sophisticated, worldwide propaganda and misinformation cam

Jabin T. Jacob

Europe’s great reawakening — Will Brussels walk the talk on its “strategic autonomy”?

Privacy & Data Protection

Dec 28, 2020

Europe’s great reawakening — Will Brussels walk the talk on its “strategic autonomy”?

Europe will have to build on the promising trends and deliver quickly in 2021.

Garima Mohan | Garima Mohan

The return of America — Has Trump forced Biden’s hand on continuing the ‘America First’ foreign policy?

US Foreign Policy

Dec 28, 2020

The return of America — Has Trump forced Biden’s hand on continuing the ‘America First’ foreign policy?

In some ways, Joe Biden’s election victory will reverse many of the trends from the past four years, including on multilateralism, democracy promoti

Dhruva Jaishankar | Dhruva Jaishankar

India at the global high-table — Will it finally graduate to being an agenda-setter?

Indian Foreign Policy

Dec 28, 2020

India at the global high-table — Will it finally graduate to being an agenda-setter?

India’s growing partnerships across the world — both bilateral and plurilateral — allows Delhi to carve out an agenda-setting role in the intern

C. Raja Mohan

Africa’s ascent on the global stage — Can the continent become a cohesive foreign policy actor?

Multilateralism

Dec 28, 2020

Africa’s ascent on the global stage — Can the continent become a cohesive foreign policy actor?

African leaders are no longer mincing their words. They are bluntly articulating and asserting their demands from bilateral partners and multilateral

Abhishek Mishra

2020 Year of the Ox — How will China continue to lay the groundwork for 2049?

Privacy & Data Protection

Dec 28, 2020

2020 Year of the Ox — How will China continue to lay the groundwork for 2049?

It seems that China is already gearing for 2021 on two accounts — dual circulation and domestic innovation.

Kalpit A Mankikar

The decade of Mahanian defence — Maritime security trend lines in littoral-Asia

Defence and Security | Indian Ocean | Maritime Security | Maritime Governance Architecture

Dec 28, 2020

The decade of Mahanian defence — Maritime security trend lines in littoral-Asia

In a post-COVID world — with tasks increasing and budgets shrinking — the challenges at sea are daunting.

Abhijit Singh

International Affairs

Dec 28, 2020

इथोपिया में संघवाद पर अनावश्यक युद्ध

एक स्थायी और लगातार विकास कर रहे देश इथोपिया में ऐसे चुनौ�

Gurjit Singh

क्या G20 शिखर सम्मेलन से कुछ ज़्यादा ही उम्मीदें लगाई गई थीं?

Economics and Finance

Dec 28, 2020

क्या G20 शिखर सम्मेलन से कुछ ज़्यादा ही उम्मीदें लगाई गई थीं?

G20 देशों के सम्मेलन से बहुत उम्मीदें लगाना ही बेमानी था. ले

Abhijit Mukhopadhyay

पेंशन या मैनपावर? सार्थक सैन्य सुधारों की तलाश

Indian Defence

Dec 28, 2020

पेंशन या मैनपावर? सार्थक सैन्य सुधारों की तलाश

मौजूदा भू-राजनीतिक परिदृश्य में ये बहुत महत्वपूर्ण है कि

Javin Aryan | Angad Singh

ISRO’s DSSAM and the expectations of India’s armed forces

Defence and Security | Indian Defence

Dec 28, 2020

ISRO’s DSSAM and the expectations of India’s armed forces

The ISRO and potentially some players from the private sector should be enlisted, unless it is already happening, to develop the requisite technology

Kartik Bommakanti

International Affairs | Healthcare

Dec 28, 2020

चीन का उतार, भारत के लिए उभार का पड़ाव

अपने संसाधनों के सापेक्ष भारत ने कोरोना आपदा का कहीं बेह�

Harsh V. Pant

Multilateralism

Dec 28, 2020

Addressing the inefficacy of multilateralism — Are regional minilaterals the answer?

Minilaterals allow a group of countries with shared interests and values to bypass seemingly moribund frameworks, and resolve issues of common concern

| Aarshi Tirkey

पेट्रोल-डीज़ल भारत सरकार के लिए सोने की अंडे देने वाली मुर्गी

Energy

Dec 27, 2020

पेट्रोल-डीज़ल भारत सरकार के लिए सोने की अंडे देने वाली मुर्गी

इससे पहले कि सोने के ये अंडे मुर्गियों की जान ले लें, सरका�

Lydia Powell

डिजिटल इतिहास के मुहाने पर दुनियाः भविष्य के लिए 9 सबक़

Cyber and Technology

Dec 27, 2020

डिजिटल इतिहास के मुहाने पर दुनियाः भविष्य के लिए 9 सबक़

आज दुनिया फिर से इतिहास के मुहाने पर खड़ी है. इसलिए हमें ए�

Samir Saran | Trisha Ray

Tibet returns as fulcrum point between US and China

Great Power Dynamics

Dec 26, 2020

Tibet returns as fulcrum point between US and China

Decades after the US pushed the Tibetan resistance movement under the bus, in its bid to befriend Beijing, Washington seems to have developed some rem

Manoj Joshi

Maldives: Discourse over burying Sri Lankan Covid dead turns Islamic

Neighbourhood

Dec 26, 2020

Maldives: Discourse over burying Sri Lankan Covid dead turns Islamic

The Sri Lankan government’s decision became a hotly-contested political issue after the World Health Organisation cleared burial as a safe procedure

N. Sathiya Moorthy

2060 तक शून्य कार्बन उत्सर्जन का स्तर – चीन के लिए इसका अर्थ

Sustainable Development

Dec 26, 2020

2060 तक शून्य कार्बन उत्सर्जन का स्तर – चीन के लिए इसका अर्थ

कार्बन उत्सर्जन के स्तर को शून्य तक लाने के लक्ष्य को पान�

Nandini Sarma

प्रैक्टिकली: तल्लीनता वाली पढ़ाई और 3डी वर्चुअल क्लासरूम का अनुभव

Education in India | Cyber and Technology

Dec 26, 2020

प्रैक्टिकली: तल्लीनता वाली पढ़ाई और 3डी वर्चुअल क्लासरूम का अनुभव

महामारी की वजह से शिक्षकों की भूमिका बदल गई है; शिक्षक अब �

Privacy & Data Protection

Dec 25, 2020

Boris Johnson delivers a Brexit

For Boris Johnson, this is a personal victory as he can now claim that he has managed to protect national sovereignty after Brexit, an ambition that h

Harsh V. Pant

Arab Spring: Protests are hard work, but politically organising is harder

International Affairs

Dec 24, 2020

Arab Spring: Protests are hard work, but politically organising is harder

The revolutions were certainly inspiring — and for a time — made many Arabs and the world believe that the troubled region was finally moving towa

Anchal Vohra

Lloyd Austin’s nomination serves Biden’s political calculations

US Domestic Politics

Dec 24, 2020

Lloyd Austin’s nomination serves Biden’s political calculations

With his nominee for Secretary of Defence, Biden is seeking to manage inter- and intra-party challenges on Capitol Hill, counter the Republican narrat

Kashish Parpiani

भारत पर 5G तकनीक का प्रभाव: भारतीय सुरक्षा बलों के लिए अवसर और जोख़िम

Cyber and Technology

Dec 24, 2020

भारत पर 5G तकनीक का प्रभाव: भारतीय सुरक्षा बलों के लिए अवसर और जोख़िम

भारत के सुरक्षा बलों के नज़रिए से, चीन की बड़ी दूरसंचार कं

Kartik Bommakanti

एक बेहतर समझौते के साथ ब्रेग्जिट ने लिया आकार

International Affairs

Dec 24, 2020

एक बेहतर समझौते के साथ ब्रेग्जिट ने लिया आकार

चूंकि यूरोपीय संघ ब्रिटेन का सबसे क़रीबी और सबसे बड़ा व्य�

Harsh V. Pant

China Foreign Policy

Dec 24, 2020

यूरोप और चीन के बीच गतिरोध के 5 कारण

चीन से पारदर्शिता की मांग को लेकर यूरोपीय संघ के देशों मे�

Domestic Politics and Governance

Dec 24, 2020

एक विभाजित अमेरिका और विश्व

अमेरिकी राष्ट्र की नींव रखने वालों ने ऐसी स्थिति की कल्प�

Seema Sirohi

Inequality 4.0: Digital resurgence widening income gaps?

Inclusion | Cyber and Technology

Dec 23, 2020

Inequality 4.0: Digital resurgence widening income gaps?

The coming decade requires an urgent effort toward the establishment of mechanisms that ensures an egalitarian re-distribution of the tech-revolution

Soumya Bhowmick | Roshan Saha

Post-pandemic development priorities: Need for SDG-consistent macroeconomic frameworks

Indian Economy | Economic Reforms

Dec 23, 2020

Post-pandemic development priorities: Need for SDG-consistent macroeconomic frameworks

It is good governance at the implementation level that becomes a pre-condition for achieving the goals through improving public expenditure efficiency

| N.R. Bhanumurthy

Dec 23, 2020

Towards values-based connectivity in BIMSTEC: Enhancing the rights dimensions of SDG 8

The enhancement of the SDG framework in line with the human rights norms and indicators should not be onerous, given the voluntarism of the SDG proces

Robin Ramcharan

Does the IOR need a cohesive Blue Economy framework?

Indian Ocean

Dec 23, 2020

Does the IOR need a cohesive Blue Economy framework?

Prioritisation of any one aspect — economic, social or environmental — would chart a lopsided course of development.

Pratnashree Basu | Sohini Bose

Role of infrastructure in promoting SDG 9 in India’s Northeast

Connectivity

Dec 23, 2020

Role of infrastructure in promoting SDG 9 in India’s Northeast

The present institutional linkages are no doubt improving, but these have to be strengthened further to support connectivity projects.

Prabir De

A future agenda for the planet and people over profits: Degrowth from the margins

Indian Economy | Economics and Finance

Dec 23, 2020

A future agenda for the planet and people over profits: Degrowth from the margins

Our economic model is putting unsustainable pressures on our planetary boundaries. We can’t afford to continue ignoring how economic growth is gener

Brototi Roy

Moving Forward: A sustainable green transition amidst the pandemic

Energy

Dec 23, 2020

Moving Forward: A sustainable green transition amidst the pandemic

What we need is a shift of national economies away from fossil fuels on to a low-carbon footing and generate new jobs quickly.

Preeti Kapuria

Manifestation of SDG goals and scope for cross-border energy cooperation in BIMSTEC

Energy Security | Energy Access | Connectivity

Dec 23, 2020

Manifestation of SDG goals and scope for cross-border energy cooperation in BIMSTEC

Is there any scope for cross-border grid connection in the BIMSTEC region?

Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury

Water | Climate Change

Dec 23, 2020

Our rivers, our dolphins, our future

Safeguarding rivers and river dolphins helps driving progress under SDG 14 — life below water. But it contributes to many more.

Daphne Willems

Indian Economy | Gender

Dec 23, 2020

COVID-19 and its gendered impact

Any unemployment support must include women who form a large proportion of the workforce in the informal sector.

Sangita Dutta Gupta | Susmita Chatterjee

Challenges for quality education in the times of pandemic

Education in India | Education

Dec 23, 2020

Challenges for quality education in the times of pandemic

We must admit that face-to-face interactions between teachers and students along with vibrant and healthy debates amongst peers within the classroom a

Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury

Build forward better through nature in the post-pandemic era

Climate Change

Dec 23, 2020

Build forward better through nature in the post-pandemic era

The challenge is not ‘to build back better’ but ‘to build forward better’ where the nature and climate nexus lies within the development parad

Pushpam Kumar

Can the pandemic foster regional cooperation?

Connectivity

Dec 23, 2020

Can the pandemic foster regional cooperation?

While India has stated that it hopes to insulate itself from future shocks, most of the members of the BIMSTEC have become aware of an over-reliance o

Gareth Price

How to prepare for unpredictable climate events to ensure water sustainability

Water | Climate Change

Dec 23, 2020

How to prepare for unpredictable climate events to ensure water sustainability

The pandemic — while not caused by climate change — is a wonderful and horrible example of a radical non-stationary occurrence.

John H. Matthews

An ecosystemic delineation of food security for South Asia

Climate, Food and Environment | Sustainable Development | Water | Agriculture

Dec 23, 2020

An ecosystemic delineation of food security for South Asia

Human economic ambitions have led to such interventions over the natural ecosystem that it has impaired the ecosystem processes and the capacity of ec

Nilanjan Ghosh

Development

Dec 23, 2020

War and peace

Institutions with credible commitments do not have to be created by the central government alone. They can also be developed in cooperation between id

Emil Uddhammar