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Air Power in Joint Operations: A Game Changer in a Limited Conflict with China
Indian Foreign Policy | China Foreign Policy | Indian Defence | China Military Jun 26, 2020

Air Power in Joint Operations: A Game Changer in a Limited Conflict with China

Any future limited conflict between India and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) will primarily be fought in a high-altitude environment along parts of the 4,000-km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC). With the Indian Army likely to be constrained by the terrain and numerical parity ...

What China Wants in South Asia
Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics | China Foreign Policy Jun 11, 2020

What China Wants in South Asia

China claims to have purely benign intentions in South Asia. A closer look, however, at Beijing’s actions in the region strongly suggests that it is assiduously securing its national interests, which are likely detrimental to most if not all South Asian nations. In the future, ...

Nutrition Gardens: A Sustainable Model for Food Security and Diversity
Climate, Food and Environment | Sustainable Development Jun 06, 2020

Nutrition Gardens: A Sustainable Model for Food Security and Diversity

India may be the world’s second largest producer of food, but it has its second largest undernourished population. Further, more than half of women in India suffer from anaemia, which is one of the reasons for the high rate of low-birth weight babies. An unbalanced ...

Perspectives on SARS-CoV-2 strains
Healthcare May 29, 2020

Perspectives on SARS-CoV-2 strains

SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the ongoing pandemic, is changing as it spreads throughout the world. However, the assertions about a more aggressive strain spreading across human populations is merely conjecture at this point. It is necessary to conduct rigorous studies that couple clinical data ...

COVID-19, Blue Economy, and the Climate Change Agenda: The case of Seychelles
International Affairs | Healthcare | Climate Change May 18, 2020

COVID-19, Blue Economy, and the Climate Change Agenda: The case of Seychelles

The human toll of the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating. At the same time, measures to tackle the crisis have affected national economies and grounded global trade to a halt. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) such as the Seychelles are amongst the countries that have ...

The unfinished business of decentralised urban governance in India
Domestic Politics and Governance | Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation Feb 10, 2020

The unfinished business of decentralised urban governance in India

Until the early 1990s, India’s urban local bodies (ULBs) were under the complete control of the states, having little functional, financial and administrative autonomy. The 74th Amendment Act of 1992 sought to make ULBs self-governing institutions. Many salutary provisions were made in the Act and there ...

Understanding India–US trade tensions beyond trade imbalances
Indian Foreign Policy | US Foreign Policy | Economic Diplomacy Feb 05, 2020

Understanding India–US trade tensions beyond trade imbalances

The United States (US) has revoked India’s benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and imposed Section 232 tariffs on Indian steel and aluminium. In response, India announced retaliatory tariffs. This brief probes the ongoing trade tensions between India and the US, despite a ...

Understanding India–US trade tensions beyond trade imbalances
International Affairs | Indian Foreign Policy | US Foreign Policy | Economic Diplomacy Feb 05, 2020

Understanding India–US trade tensions beyond trade imbalances

The United States (US) has revoked India’s benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and imposed Section 232 tariffs on Indian steel and aluminium. In response, India announced retaliatory tariffs. This brief probes the ongoing trade tensions between India and the US, despite a ...

India’s triangular cooperation with the US, UK and Japan in Africa: A comparative analysis
International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics | Sustainable Development Jan 23, 2020

India’s triangular cooperation with the US, UK and Japan in Africa: A comparative analysis

Triangular cooperation aims to forge global partnerships and foster sustainable global development. In such a system, traditional donors provide financial and technical support to facilitate development activities between two developing countries in the South, i.e. one emerging donor country and a beneficiary. Triangular cooperation allows ...

India-Bangladesh Trans-Boundary River Management: Understanding the Tipaimukh Dam Controversy
Neighbourhood | Domestic Politics and Governance | Water Jan 18, 2020

India-Bangladesh Trans-Boundary River Management: Understanding the Tipaimukh Dam Controversy

This brief offers a way to rethink the ongoing dispute between India and Bangladesh over the former’s plan to build a high dam on River Barak (known as Surma-Kushiyara and Meghna in Bangladesh) at Tipaimukh in the state of Manipur. It identifies the origins of ...

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