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Developing the blue economy requires collaborative effort
Indian Economy | Indian Ocean | Internal Security Jan 03, 2023

Developing the blue economy requires collaborative effort

While pursuing growth of the sector, the environmental sustainability and social equity aspects must also be understood using science, technology, finance and innovation

Japan’s New Strategic Direction
International Affairs Jan 02, 2023

Japan’s New Strategic Direction

Increasingly, many countries that have traditionally maintained a defensive and pacifist posture, like Japan, are having to reconsider their options.

China’s COVID surge can affect the global economy, yet again
International Affairs | Economics and Finance Dec 27, 2022

China’s COVID surge can affect the global economy, yet again

The slowdown in the Chinese economy due to the recent surge has made the global economy quite vulnerable ...

A world transformed
International Affairs Dec 27, 2022

A world transformed

The Ukraine war will shape global politics for years to come

An inflection in the world order
International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics Dec 23, 2022

An inflection in the world order

With the Sino-American divide deepening, India is in a prime position to climb up the global hierarchy

China feels India needs to be shown its place
International Affairs Dec 21, 2022

China feels India needs to be shown its place

New Delhi must sharply raise its preparedness to deal with a Beijing that seems bent on aggression

Accepting the new normal in the Indo-Pacific contestation
International Affairs Dec 21, 2022

Accepting the new normal in the Indo-Pacific contestation

With tensions between an aggressive China and an emerging India intensifying, there will be significant changes and challenges in the Indian Ocean and South Asian regions

Why an ASAT Test Ban Is Important
Space Dec 20, 2022

Why an ASAT Test Ban Is Important

Continued peace and access to outer space is not a given if current trends of space weaponization continue.

Explaining the Latest Clashes on the Sino-Indian Border
International Affairs Dec 20, 2022

Explaining the Latest Clashes on the Sino-Indian Border

Last week’s clash near Tawang is only the latest along the increasingly tense China-India border. A lack of clarity on where the border lies foments continued trouble.

The ambiguities in India's attempt at data protection
Cyber and Technology | Privacy & Data Protection Dec 17, 2022

The ambiguities in India's attempt at data protection

While the new DPDPB 2022 is a more comprehensive bill, the underlined aim is to protect the data fiduciaries than to protect users from exploitation.

The contested world of deradicalization programs
International Affairs Dec 14, 2022

The contested world of deradicalization programs

The legal systems in India lag when it comes to the fast-adapting formats of radicalisation. Policy can seldom keep up with technology.

Berlin bats for closer ties. Delhi must reciprocate
International Affairs Dec 13, 2022

Berlin bats for closer ties. Delhi must reciprocate

As Germany makes an important outreach to India, New Delhi will carefully watch how Berlin deals with its economic entanglement with China.

India’s G20 Presidency can work to resolve the global debt crisis
Indian Economy | Economics and Finance Dec 06, 2022

India’s G20 Presidency can work to resolve the global debt crisis

As global borrowing increases across the world, India can make a huge long-term difference in the resolution of the global debt crisis as it takes over the G20 presidency

India Engages Myanmar
Neighbourhood Dec 06, 2022

India Engages Myanmar

What explains New Delhi’s greater engagement with the country’s military government?

China and India Jostle in the Indian Ocean
International Affairs | Indian Ocean | Maritime Security Dec 05, 2022

China and India Jostle in the Indian Ocean

This has been a longstanding policy of China, but more recently, Beijing has been perturbed by New Delhi’s proactive push in China’s periphery along the wider Indo-Pacific. Beijing is attempting to portray itself as the new leader in the emerging multipolar world

Xi Jinping’s Challenge to China
Domestic Politics and Governance | China Foreign Policy Dec 02, 2022

Xi Jinping’s Challenge to China

His failures on multiple fronts, including the zero-Covid policy, show for all the pretence, China’s is a system not quite in control

India’s G20 Presidency: Setting the world agenda
International Affairs | Indian Foreign Policy Dec 02, 2022

India’s G20 Presidency: Setting the world agenda

Think20, the ideas bank of G20, will engage with the gamut of issues – strategic, economic and structural – that confront all countries

A spymaster who now has the Pakistan Army’s reins
International Affairs Dec 01, 2022

A spymaster who now has the Pakistan Army’s reins

As the 17th Army Chief of Pakistan, General Syed Asim Munir faces challenges in ensuring political stability and elevating people’s perception of the Army, while India needs to wait and watch

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