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Feb 27, 2024

Overcoming inconsistencies in comprehensive mobility plans of Indian cities

Amidst urban growth, equipping cities with the most optimal, cost-efficient, and effective mass rapid transport systems is imperative

Nandan Dawda

International Affairs | Space | Artificial Intelligence

Feb 27, 2024

A new frontier: Space warfare

Recent reports about Russia's experiments with new space technology have set off alarm bells in countries worldwide

Manoj Joshi

दक्षिणी एशिया में दोबारा प्रभाव बढ़ा रहा है रूस

Neighbourhood

Feb 27, 2024

दक्षिणी एशिया में दोबारा प्रभाव बढ़ा रहा है रूस

अंतरराष्ट्रीय रूप से अलग थलग पड़ा रूस इससे पार पाने के लि�

| Aleksei Zakharov

The India–US Defence Technology and Industrial Cooperation: It’s time for delivery

International Affairs | Defence and Security

Feb 26, 2024

The India–US Defence Technology and Industrial Cooperation: It’s time for delivery

While reviews at various levels are useful, there is a need for a clearer enunciation of deliverables, and shared commitment to step up defence techno

Girish Luthra

India’s ‘onshoring’ vision with GIFT City

Indian Economy | Economics and Finance | Urbanisation

Feb 26, 2024

India’s ‘onshoring’ vision with GIFT City

India’s GIFT City aspires to integrate its economy into the global financial system, ensure capital flow and connectivity with global financial mark

Dharmil Doshi

Whose AI is it anyway? Moving global debates from “mine” to “ours”

Artificial Intelligence

Feb 23, 2024

Whose AI is it anyway? Moving global debates from “mine” to “ours”

An inductive approach to AI development can improve the data foundation for discussions and mobilise a wider coalition advocating for its integration

Laura Mahrenbach

Beyond ‘Just Looking’: The India Stack, UPI, and Global Economic Transformation

Indian Foreign Policy | Digital Inclusion

Feb 23, 2024

Beyond ‘Just Looking’: The India Stack, UPI, and Global Economic Transformation

Erin Watson

BRICS and De-dollarisation: Global Implications

International Affairs | Economics and Finance | Economic Diplomacy

Feb 23, 2024

BRICS and De-dollarisation: Global Implications

Lucy Corkin

एआई का विकास और इस पर विश्वास को लेकर विरोधाभास

Domestic Politics and Governance | Cyber and Technology

Feb 23, 2024

एआई का विकास और इस पर विश्वास को लेकर विरोधाभास

| Trisha Ray

शीत युद्ध 2.0: दो हिस्सों में बंटती विश्व व्यवस्था के बीच अमेरिका और रूस-चीन का आमना-सामना

International Affairs | Defence and Security | China Foreign Policy

Feb 23, 2024

शीत युद्ध 2.0: दो हिस्सों में बंटती विश्व व्यवस्था के बीच अमेरिका और रूस-चीन का आमना-सामना

आज जब दुनिया शीत युद्ध 2.0 से तालमेल बिठाने की कोशिश कर रही �

| Velina Tchakarova

Net zero by 2070: Financing India’s biggest infrastructure buildup

Climate Change

Feb 23, 2024

Net zero by 2070: Financing India’s biggest infrastructure buildup

India's goal of reaching net zero presents a crucial challenge and opportunity. Its success depends on financing key sectors effectively, thus, shapin

Vaibhav Pratap Singh | Samir Saran

NATO and India: Partners for a peaceful, free, and democratic world

International Affairs

Feb 23, 2024

NATO and India: Partners for a peaceful, free, and democratic world

NATO and India share common values of freedom and democracy and an interest in a stable and secure Indo-Pacific

Krisztian Meszaros

Europe’s choice: re-engagement with or decoupling from the Dragon

International Affairs

Feb 23, 2024

Europe’s choice: re-engagement with or decoupling from the Dragon

Abigaël Vasselier

भारताचे मानवी भांडवल: शाश्वत विकासाकरता दर्जेदार शिक्षण

Education in India | Education

Feb 23, 2024

भारताचे मानवी भांडवल: शाश्वत विकासाकरता दर्जेदार शिक्षण

भारतासारख्या विकसनशील राष्ट्राला, २१व्या शतकात विकास ट�

Soumya Bhowmick

International Affairs

Feb 23, 2024

Russia is re-emerging in South Asia

Desperate to get around international isolation and seeking to co-opt new ‘friendly states’, Moscow seems ready to make allowance for the region�

Aleksei Zakharov

Engaging youth to power the Green Transition

Economics and Finance | Sustainable Development

Feb 22, 2024

Engaging youth to power the Green Transition

By unlocking the youth’s potential, we build a more prosperous, healthier, and empowering future for them, for the nation, and for generations to co

Jainaba Sowe

जलवायु परिवर्तन और स्मार्ट कृषि: टिकाऊ भविष्य के लिए रणनीतियां, रुकावटें और दूरदर्शिता

Climate, Food and Environment | Climate Change

Feb 22, 2024

जलवायु परिवर्तन और स्मार्ट कृषि: टिकाऊ भविष्य के लिए रणनीतियां, रुकावटें और दूरदर्शिता

जलवायु परिवर्तन के तेज़ होते असर के बीच क्लाइमेट-स्मार्ट

| Stefania Petruzzelli

आर्क्टिकः सर्व संपत्तीने युक्त असलेला परंतु कुणाचाही अधिकार नसलेला प्रदेश

International Affairs

Feb 22, 2024

आर्क्टिकः सर्व संपत्तीने युक्त असलेला परंतु कुणाचाही अधिकार नसलेला प्रदेश

आर्क्टिक प्रदेशातील सध्याच्या पर्यावरणीय आणि भू-राजकीय

UDAYVIR AHUJA

The future of urban mobility: Shared, connected, and electric

Urbanisation | Climate Change

Feb 22, 2024

The future of urban mobility: Shared, connected, and electric

Cities of the future must have sustainable mobility baked into the core planning process with the ultimate goal of meeting transport demand in a cost-

Promit Mookherjee

The paradox of innovation and trust in Artificial Intelligence

Cyber and Technology | Artificial Intelligence

Feb 22, 2024

The paradox of innovation and trust in Artificial Intelligence

With Artificial Intelligence (AI) under increasing regulatory scrutiny, there is a concerted effort to dissect the dualistic nature of this technology

Trisha Ray

Emerging role of public opinion and social media in Middle Eastern politics

International Affairs

Feb 22, 2024

Emerging role of public opinion and social media in Middle Eastern politics

Amidst the war in Gaza, the surge of alternative news media outlets and social media has significantly bolstered support for the Palestinian cause

Mohammed Sinan Siyech

Health security: A national policy priority in the post-pandemic world

Healthcare

Feb 22, 2024

Health security: A national policy priority in the post-pandemic world

Ensuring health security is a simple task, albeit not a simplistic one; it will require us to invest domestically in preparedness and response and enh

Sahil Deo | Christian Franz | Rithika Sangameshwaran

ASEAN’s evolving dilemma in the Indo-Pacific

International Affairs | Multilateralism

Feb 22, 2024

ASEAN’s evolving dilemma in the Indo-Pacific

While ASEAN is an essential player in Indo-Pacific affairs, its influence over the emerging security shifts in the region is being questioned due to i

Don McLain Gill

The future of the Quad in the Indo-Pacific

International Affairs

Feb 22, 2024

The future of the Quad in the Indo-Pacific

Despite detractions, the Quad must continue to do what it is doing—to focus on delivery of its promises and to build on areas of success

Melissa Conley Tyler

Tech Wars or Old Battlefields: Lessons from the Recent Conflicts

International Affairs | Defence and Security

Feb 21, 2024

Tech Wars or Old Battlefields: Lessons from the Recent Conflicts

Sujan R. Chinoy

Towards Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA): Strategies, obstacles, and visions for a sustainable future

Climate Change | Agriculture

Feb 21, 2024

Towards Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA): Strategies, obstacles, and visions for a sustainable future

Climate-Smart Agriculture holds promise in building a robust agri-food system amidst the intensifying effects of climate change, however, there is a p

Stefania Petruzzelli

Cold War 2.0: The US-DragonBear standoff in a bifurcated global system

International Affairs

Feb 21, 2024

Cold War 2.0: The US-DragonBear standoff in a bifurcated global system

As the world navigates through Cold War 2.0, the interplay between the US and the DragonBear alliance will underpin much of the global and regional te

Velina Tchakarova