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What’s strategically symbolic about Yahoo’s PRC exit?

Media and Internet | Cyber and Technology

Nov 10, 2021

What’s strategically symbolic about Yahoo’s PRC exit?

As the last PRISM partner that had managed to survive in the Chinese market, the exit of Yahoo will have strategic implications in the tech competitio

| Samyak Rai Leekha

Secure ICT is impossible without trustworthy suppliers

Cyber Security | Cyber and Technology

Nov 10, 2021

Secure ICT is impossible without trustworthy suppliers

To navigate rising cybersecurity threats, Trust Centres are crucial in determining the level of trustworthiness of ICT vendors

| Andreas Kuehn | Jan-Peter Kleinhans

India’s COP26 pledges: Ambitious, but ambiguous

International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics | Energy | Climate Change

Nov 10, 2021

India’s COP26 pledges: Ambitious, but ambiguous

India’s COP26 pledges are commendable, but will they be feasible in the long run?

Akhilesh Sati | Lydia Powell | Vinod Kumar Tomar

Maldives: Politics takes a backseat as economy, tourism improve

International Affairs | Sustainable Development

Nov 09, 2021

Maldives: Politics takes a backseat as economy, tourism improve

With the gradual receding of the pandemic, Maldives in now focusing on pertinent issues such as climate change, economy, and tourism

| N. Sathiya Moorthy

Dissecting the Centre–State tussle over the extension of BSF jurisdiction in states

Domestic Politics and Governance | Internal Security

Nov 09, 2021

Dissecting the Centre–State tussle over the extension of BSF jurisdiction in states

Cracks in the federal structure of India is witnessed as the jurisdiction of the BSF is increased in three states without prior consultation

Ambar Kumar Ghosh

What India's net zero announcement means for businesses

Climate, Food and Environment | Climate Change

Nov 08, 2021

What India's net zero announcement means for businesses

As India moves towards achieving its net-zero commitments, businesses can aid in realising this mission by establishing their own set green pledges

| Rupali Handa

16+1 की पहल: क्या नतीजे तक पहुंचने में जल्दबाज़ी हुई?

International Affairs

Nov 08, 2021

16+1 की पहल: क्या नतीजे तक पहुंचने में जल्दबाज़ी हुई?

16+1 की पहल को एक ऐसा मुखबिर बताया जा रहा है, जो यूरोपीय यूनिय

অউকাস: একটি এশীয় এবং ইউরোপীয় দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি

Defence and Security | Indian Ocean

Nov 07, 2021

অউকাস: একটি এশীয় এবং ইউরোপীয় দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি

অউকাস জোটের আওতাভুক্ত হওয়ার ফলে তার এবং ইউরোপীয় বন্ধু-দে

Premesha Saha

Rebooting the forests and tree cover agenda for climate action

International Affairs | Climate Change

Nov 03, 2021

Rebooting the forests and tree cover agenda for climate action

Forests and tree cover can be leveraged in a proactive manner by developing countries like India to boost their climate action compliances and support

Building ‘stable, predicable’ US-Russia ties: dream or reality?

International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics

Nov 03, 2021

Building ‘stable, predicable’ US-Russia ties: dream or reality?

US-Russia relations is becoming more stable post the Geneva Summit; however, frictions over certain issues shows the fragility of this relationship.

| Nivedita Kapoor | Saaransh Mishra

Could Poland leave the European Union next?

International Affairs

Nov 02, 2021

Could Poland leave the European Union next?

The growing disjunction between Brussels and Warsaw sheds light on the overall questioning of Eurocentric values in the region.

| B. Rahul Kamath

International Affairs | Healthcare | Energy | Climate Change

Nov 02, 2021

Aligning climate and health goals

The sustainable development, climate action and COVID-19 recovery strands of the common agenda need to be better aligned to target the most vulnerable

Oommen C. Kurian

The enduring challenges in mobilising green finance

Financial Markets | Climate Change

Nov 02, 2021

The enduring challenges in mobilising green finance

The financial products conceptualised so far are not yet catering to the needs of the poor affected by climate change, especially at the critical inte

Nilanjan Ghosh

Geopolitics, geoengineering governance, and the role of developing countries

International Affairs | Energy | Climate Change

Nov 02, 2021

Geopolitics, geoengineering governance, and the role of developing countries

Developing countries that already have put in place a research base in geoengineering (such as India) should be at the forefront of demanding a govern

Roadmaps and frameworks for achieving net-zero targets

International Affairs | Climate Change | Energy Efficiency

Nov 02, 2021

Roadmaps and frameworks for achieving net-zero targets

Large climate financing is a prerequisite for net-zero transformation and innovations to reduce emissions. However, such financing must be recognised

| Ramendra Prasad

Money makes the world go round; lack of it could accelerate Earth’s demise

Energy | Climate Change

Nov 02, 2021

Money makes the world go round; lack of it could accelerate Earth’s demise

Climate change is already imposing an impossible toll on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable. It is no surprise that the key to averting catastr

| Jean Paul Adam

International Affairs | Energy | Sustainable Development | Climate Change

Nov 02, 2021

Issues for Bangladesh

As a leader of vulnerable nations, Bangladesh calls for greater commitment, ambitious targets, and solidarity of the global community to make the worl

| Fahmida Khatun

International Affairs | Climate Change

Nov 02, 2021

Four Expectations from COP26

The COP26 summit will need to work towards four key outcomes: increased finance for climate action; more ambitious emissions reduction commitments; fi

Vikrom Mathur

The World Bank data manipulation controversy: A cause for worry

Economics and Finance | International Financial Institutions

Nov 01, 2021

The World Bank data manipulation controversy: A cause for worry

The integrity of global financial institutions has come under scrutiny as indication of data manipulations tilted in favour of China has been uncovere

| Aarshi Tirkey

The World Trade Organisation: Developing countries availing special and differential treatment

International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics | International Trade and Investment | Developing and Emerging Economies

Nov 01, 2021

The World Trade Organisation: Developing countries availing special and differential treatment

WTO needs to develop a set of parameters to ascertain which countries qualify as “developing” in order to wind up the challenge associated with S&

चीनी और रूसी नेताओं की ग़ैर-मौजूदगी से G-20 और G-7 का मिटता फ़र्क़

International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics

Nov 01, 2021

चीनी और रूसी नेताओं की ग़ैर-मौजूदगी से G-20 और G-7 का मिटता फ़र्क़

आज के वक़्त में देशों का सबसे महत्वाकांक्षी लक्ष्य है- सम�

Great Power Dynamics

Oct 30, 2021

G20: दशा, दिशा और देश

आज 2008 की विपत्ति से कई गुणा ज़्यादा बड़ी विपदा ने दुनिया क�

Sunjoy Joshi

चीन के गेमिंग उद्योग के लिए आगे का रास्ता क्या है?

China Foreign Policy | Cyber and Technology

Oct 30, 2021

चीन के गेमिंग उद्योग के लिए आगे का रास्ता क्या है?

युवाओं के बीच गेमिंग की लत से लड़ाई के कारण चीन का गेमिंग �

Saranya

China Foreign Policy | Cyber and Technology

Oct 30, 2021

चीन के गेमिंग उद्योग के लिए आगे का रास्ता क्या है?

युवाओं के बीच गेमिंग की लत से लड़ाई के कारण चीन का गेमिंग �

International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics

Oct 30, 2021

G-20 minus or G-7 plus?

With the growing disinterest in multilateralism, how will the G20 grouping deal with China’s growing belligerence, climate crisis, and the impending

| Heribert Dieter

The potential role of G20 in driving financing for SDG4 “Quality Education for All"

International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics | Education in India | Sustainable Development | Education

Oct 30, 2021

The potential role of G20 in driving financing for SDG4 “Quality Education for All"

How can G20 assist the Global South to undo the negative impact of the pandemic in the education sector and help achieve the SDG targets?

| Alejandra Cardini | Ivn Matovich

International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics

Oct 30, 2021

ऑकस को लेकर आसियान में एकता का अभाव

आसियान के सदस्य देश नए ऑकस गठबंधन को चिंता की नज़र से देख �

Gurjit Singh

Oct 29, 2021

Importance of indicators in development cooperation

A different set of parameters to ascertain development cooperation becomes essential as the current SDG indicators provide an incomplete picture

Swati Prabhu

Australia Inc. should look at ‘New India’ through a new prism

International Affairs | Indian Foreign Policy | Economic Diplomacy

Oct 29, 2021

Australia Inc. should look at ‘New India’ through a new prism

Australia and India need to convert their intent into action and capitalise on the innumerable opportunities available in different sectors.

| Natasha Jha Bhaskar

मिशन बसुंधरा यानी असम को टिकाऊ विकास लक्ष्य (एसडीजी) 16 के क़रीब ले जाना

Domestic Politics and Governance

Oct 29, 2021

मिशन बसुंधरा यानी असम को टिकाऊ विकास लक्ष्य (एसडीजी) 16 के क़रीब ले जाना

पूर्वोत्तर क्षेत्र को नुक़सान पहुंचाने वाले लंबे संघर्�

Rouhin Deb

अफ़ग़ानिस्तान पर अमेरिका-तालिबान सौदा भविष्य के लिए कोई अच्छी ‘मिसाल’ नहीं है!

International Affairs | Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics

Oct 29, 2021

अफ़ग़ानिस्तान पर अमेरिका-तालिबान सौदा भविष्य के लिए कोई अच्छी ‘मिसाल’ नहीं है!

जंगी माहौल से अमेरिका को सुरक्षित रूप से बाहर निकलने का र�

Kabir Taneja

"The Great Game" 2.0: Belarus & India: The Way Forward

International Affairs

Oct 27, 2021

"The Great Game" 2.0: Belarus & India: The Way Forward

It is pivotal for Belarus and the world to raise awareness of how to do successful business with India

| Yuri M Yarmolinsky

International Affairs | Neighbourhood | Great Power Dynamics

Oct 27, 2021

The ASEAN disunity over AUKUS

The ASEAN countries are looking at the new AUKUS alliance with concern, as most fear this will lead to heightened power rivalry in the region

| Gurjit Singh

Liberalisation of private schools is necessary for all Indian children to be educated

Development | Education | Inclusion

Oct 27, 2021

Liberalisation of private schools is necessary for all Indian children to be educated

India’s development trajectory is critically linked to the investments in social infrastructure, thus, liberalisation of private education will allo

| Vardan Kabra

Nature-based solutions for cities will require stringent systems

Domestic Politics and Governance | Urbanisation | Climate Change

Oct 26, 2021

Nature-based solutions for cities will require stringent systems

If India intends to meet its climate pledges, well-planned nature-based interventions need to be employed by the ULBs for a sustainable future.

| Sayli UdasMankikar

What’s next for China’s gaming industry?

China Foreign Policy | Cyber and Technology

Oct 26, 2021

What’s next for China’s gaming industry?

Chinese gaming industry find itself being increasingly regulated to combat gaming addiction amongst youth.

| Saranya

Dangerous Straits: What’s driving tensions between Beijing and Taipei

International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics | China Foreign Policy

Oct 25, 2021

Dangerous Straits: What’s driving tensions between Beijing and Taipei

A growing concern has been expressed at the heightened bellicosity projected by China towards Taiwan. Will China resort to a military takeover after a

| Shashank Mattoo

Media and Internet

Oct 25, 2021

डिजिटल समावेश 2.0 की ओर

समावेश 2.0 तभी हासिल किया जा सकता है, जब पहुंच के माध्यम शोष�

Uday Nagaraju

An India-Europe Trade Corridor? The geoeconomics dimension of an emerging West Asia Quad

International Affairs | International Trade and Investment | Transportation

Oct 24, 2021

An India-Europe Trade Corridor? The geoeconomics dimension of an emerging West Asia Quad

India could leverage evolving ties with West Asia to expand on muli-modal links from Mumbai to Europe, via the Arab world

Navdeep Suri

Decrypting China’s Big Tech crackdown – Part 2

China Foreign Policy

Oct 24, 2021

Decrypting China’s Big Tech crackdown – Part 2

The CPC is employing strict measures to keep the Tech industry under its thumb to ensure that their goals align to achieve the greater “Chinese Dr

| Saranya

Building Back Better together—Potential for an India-UK partnership for a Green Transition

International Affairs | Climate Change

Oct 23, 2021

Building Back Better together—Potential for an India-UK partnership for a Green Transition

In the lead up to COP26, India and the UK can work together in catalysing a just and equitable post-pandemic recovery

Samir Saran | Terri Chapman

ভারত-পাকিস্তান সীমান্তে যুদ্ধবিরতি কি বজায় থাকবে?

Neighbourhood | Defence and Security | Indian Defence

Oct 23, 2021

ভারত-পাকিস্তান সীমান্তে যুদ্ধবিরতি কি বজায় থাকবে?

সীমান্তে উত্তেজনা যখন বাড়ছে, তখন শান্তি বজায় রাখার জন্য �

Khalid Shah

ये वक़्त व्यावसायिक उपग्रह सर्विसिंग को लेकर गंभीर होने का है

International Affairs

Oct 23, 2021

ये वक़्त व्यावसायिक उपग्रह सर्विसिंग को लेकर गंभीर होने का है

व्यावसायिक उपग्रह सर्विसिंग को लेकर जारी नैरेटिव को दोह�

Brian Weeden

वैश्विक स्थिरता में एक नई धार: अंतरिक्ष सुरक्षा, देशों के लिए क्या मायने रखता है?

Nuclear Security

Oct 23, 2021

वैश्विक स्थिरता में एक नई धार: अंतरिक्ष सुरक्षा, देशों के लिए क्या मायने रखता है?

अंतरिक्ष के क्षेत्र में हाल में बढ़े किरदारों, फिर चाहे व�

That First Childhood Cigarette: Big Tobacco metaphor drags US Congress to address a bigger dilemma

Media and Internet | Cyber and Technology

Oct 22, 2021

That First Childhood Cigarette: Big Tobacco metaphor drags US Congress to address a bigger dilemma

The recent testimony by Frances Haugen placed Facebook under scrutiny after flagging its harmful algorithms, thus raising the question should governme

| Nikhila Natarajan