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Setting the guardrails for AI in weapons
Jan 30, 2024

Setting the guardrails for AI in weapons

Any governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) needs to consider the deadliest applications of AI

Shadows of faith: Jihad, national identity and India’s resilience
Dec 01, 2023

Shadows of faith: Jihad, national identity and India’s resilience

The quest for identity seems to be pushing youth towards divisive ideologies

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: The only way to tame a belligerent Taliban
Jul 23, 2021

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: The only way to tame a belligerent Taliban

The SCO and Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) have been at the forefront to fight terrorism, separatism, and regional extremism.

Sharif must strike against ISI fast and hard
May 14, 2013

Sharif must strike against ISI fast and hard

The one thing Nawaz Sharief should do on day one is to issue an order placing the ISI under civilian leadership. This will de-fang the Army of the most potent instrument it uses to distort Pakistani democracy.

Sharing the pain at Glasgow
Oct 11, 2021

Sharing the pain at Glasgow

Ahead of the upcoming COP26 Summit, India needs to redefine its transition path for achieving net zero emissions, and reconsider its dependency on coa

Shifting terrain for India’s foreign policy
Jan 22, 2020

Shifting terrain for India’s foreign policy

A big election win for Modi lifted India’s confidence in tackling a changing global order and challenging its critics

Show of strength: China ups the ante on Taiwan
Feb 22, 2021

Show of strength: China ups the ante on Taiwan

Beijing has been relentless in targeting Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen, but the more she has been bullied, the higher her political profile has risen

Shujaat Bukhari's assassination is aimed at disrupting any move towards peace
Jun 15, 2018

Shujaat Bukhari's assassination is aimed at disrupting any move towards peace

The message in the murder is the obvious one. Kashmir’s terrain has changed, all the past verities no longer prevail. In the new situation, you are either for us, or against us, there is no middle ground.

Significance of the Akhaura-Agartala Rail Link for India and Bangladesh
Nov 22, 2023

Significance of the Akhaura-Agartala Rail Link for India and Bangladesh

The Akhaura-Agartala rail link is a major milestone in India-Bangladesh cooperation, enhancing connectivity, trade, and people-to-people contact

Silent battles, audible woes: The human cost of cyberattacks against critical infrastructure
Feb 21, 2024

Silent battles, audible woes: The human cost of cyberattacks against critical infrastructure

Ensuring the safety of the most vulnerable is the most pressing concern on our path towards a more secure cyberspace

Sino-Indian relations: Wuhan spirit under growing strain
Aug 20, 2019

Sino-Indian relations: Wuhan spirit under growing strain

The already tenuous effort by both sides to manage their ties has been further complicated by contemporary developments.

Sino-Indian rivalry in rail connectivity in Nepal
Apr 17, 2024

Sino-Indian rivalry in rail connectivity in Nepal

The growing China-India rivalry in rail connectivity in Nepal can could potentially drive advancements in its linkages. Nevertheless, Nepal should app

SITMEX: India-Singapore-Thailand complete second trilateral maritime exercises
Nov 30, 2020

SITMEX: India-Singapore-Thailand complete second trilateral maritime exercises

China’s growing economic might and its aggressive military posturing have provided India, Singapore and Thailand strategic rationale to combine their efforts.

Six lessons for the sustainable reconstruction of Kerala
Sep 04, 2018

Six lessons for the sustainable reconstruction of Kerala

While the reconstruction process is long and costly, it is important that good policies are developed.

Six months after a blast ripped through Lebanon’s capital Beirut,  justice remains elusive
Feb 19, 2021

Six months after a blast ripped through Lebanon’s capital Beirut, justice remains elusive

There is hardly an assassination case or a bombing in Lebanon’s history that has been resolved with the guilty prosecuted.

Six things that go against  ...
Sep 13, 2012

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With every day inching closer to the penultimate battle of 2014, the lines ar e being drawn and rules of the game getting clear. Political leaders are maki ng their preferences clear about PM candidates. And with every announceme nt, any chances of Na-rendra Modi making it to 7RCR are receding.

Six Years after Mumbai: The LeT Threat
Aug 23, 2023

Six Years after Mumbai: The LeT Threat

This issue brief examines what is little known about the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) to underline the threat it continues to pose to India and the world six years after the Mumbai attacks.

Skybus Vs Metro: Mumbai Deserves The Best
Aug 11, 2006

Skybus Vs Metro: Mumbai Deserves The Best

The city of Mumbai is almost synonymous with its train network, the backbone of its bustling public life. Mumbai suburban trains are said to be the most efficient railway systems in the world. Its eminence & growing dependency has belittled the high price of human lives, the city is paying. In 2002, the Mumbai suburban railway system claimed 3773 lives, injuring 3,297 from the total 7070 accident cases.

Small countries must together create structures that can defend against global powers
Aug 16, 2019

Small countries must together create structures that can defend against global powers

The talk by Boris Tadić focuses on African issues as they are becoming strategically important for the future of mankind and for the sustainability o

Small-town youths, digital lifestyle and sustainable urbanisation
Oct 24, 2019

Small-town youths, digital lifestyle and sustainable urbanisation

While the digital economy creates more business opportunities for both rural and urban residents — it narrows the living standard gap between them.

Social history details and delineates the times, says expert
Jul 18, 2019

Social history details and delineates the times, says expert

Political and economic history typically studied structures and processes. Social history was interested in documenting the values, interests, and everyday lives of the common people.

Social media finally has its campaign in the sun
Jan 07, 2014

Social media finally has its campaign in the sun

Irrespective of whether AAP delivers on all its promises or is somehow muscled out of office in a few months, it has proven something to all Indian media watchers. Social media buzz has helped in shaping the agenda for India's largest and most important city, making a newly formed political party into a serious player in just over a year.

Somalia: A failed state?
Feb 06, 2017

Somalia: A failed state?

It will not be an exaggeration to say that almost all the countries in Africa face some form of conflict. Yet, most of them have managed to survive, and some—like South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo—have even evolved into reasonably successful states. However, Somalia has not. What are the reasons for Somalia’s failure to survive? Did external interventions play a role? Was Islamophobia a contributing factor, and the inter-clan

Something fishy about m.v Eugenia containers
Jan 10, 2006

Something fishy about m.v Eugenia containers

A consignment of over 100 tonnes of explosives, carried in six shipping containers. The ship was bound for Bander Abbas in Iran where the consignment was to be unlaoded and moved overland from Iran to Jaranz in Afghanistan since Pakistan does not permit such cargo to be sent from India over its territory. The consigment was of commercial grade explosives meant for use by Border Road Organization (BRO) for road construction.

South Asia Weekly Report | Rescue mission fails in Afghanistan
Sep 13, 2016

South Asia Weekly Report | Rescue mission fails in Afghanistan

The kidnapping of an American University professor and his Australian colleague in Afghanistan resulted in a failed rescue mission.

South Asia Weekly Report | Volume IX; Issue 38 | India pledges USD one biliion aid
Sep 20, 2016

South Asia Weekly Report | Volume IX; Issue 38 | India pledges USD one biliion aid

India has recently completed long-pending infrastructure projects in Afghanistan.

South Asia’s ambivalence on Ukraine: National interest and the burden of history
Mar 30, 2023

South Asia’s ambivalence on Ukraine: National interest and the burden of history

History has coloured the current responses of South Asian countries to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine

Spring of hope in the winter of despair: Indian economy as the bright spot in the polycrisis
Aug 14, 2023

Spring of hope in the winter of despair: Indian economy as the bright spot in the polycrisis

India’s resilient economy has rebounded from pandemic-induced negative growth, making it a shining prospect in the gloomy global arena

Sri Lanka at UNHRC: It's not a one-off affair for India
Feb 28, 2013

Sri Lanka at UNHRC: It's not a one-off affair for India

After the coming UNHRC session, the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group is set to meet in London in April, when they are bound to flag the issue. The Indian position at London would have to be reflective of the position that it might have to take at Geneva only weeks earlier.