The recent decision to award a wind power project to an Indian private sector player has sparked a wave of accusations in Sri Lanka, with claims that India is turning the country into a "virtual province". ...
Cooperative federalism is the need of the hour to take on decarbonisation and adaptation efforts to mitigate climate change. ...
The multilateral order, built on the debris of the Second World War, is no longer fit to address this situation. Global institutions are missing in action just when they are needed the most ...
Taiwan’s civil society has hit the streets to register their displeasure against what they perceive as Beijing’s moves to get a backdoor entry into Taiwan’s democratic process. ...
Undervaluing natural capital in conventional economics causes unsustainable resource use and environmental harm, thus threatening economic sustainability and public health. ...
As the challenges of climate change and its impact become a major part of public discourse, they are gaining increased momentum in institutional politics. ...
Although stopping droughts completely remains a challenge, technological innovations and bolstering institutional and community-level capacities can substantially help reduce their impacts. ...
Given the gendered impact of land degradation, integrating a gender-inclusive cost-benefit analysis framework to address these adverse impacts on women is imperative. ...
Although India has made a commendable effort to meet its Bonn Challenge commitments, adopting technology solutions would help substantiate it. ...
AI is a valuable ally in the fight against desertification, but we must stay mindful of the challenges new AI solutions will have to address for them to be effective. ...
Rahul Batra is an independent consultant with extensive experience at the intersection of digital platforms and international affairs. He spent many years across Google’s global operations at the start of his career, and then participated in Myanmar’s historic, most recent ...
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Arka Biswas is currently associated with Wells Fargo’s Enterprise Incident Management, wherein he leads intelligence and assessment operations for EIM and coordinates enterprise incident response, involving management of all internal stakeholders including all of WF’s business lines and enterprise functions. ...
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