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The Future of the Care Economy: Digitalisation and Gig Work
Developing and Emerging Economies May 15, 2025

The Future of the Care Economy: Digitalisation and Gig Work

As the care economy converges with digitalisation and gig work, addressing digital gender gaps is key to ensuring inclusive growth, decent work, and gender equality ...

From BharatNet to Starlink: Rewiring India’s Digital Future
Internet Governance | Cyber and Technology May 15, 2025

From BharatNet to Starlink: Rewiring India’s Digital Future

Digital inclusion is more than access—it’s about agency, equity, and ensuring India’s transformation lifts everyone ...

Iran and Saudi Arabia’s Dash to Delhi Amid Operation Sindoor
International Affairs May 15, 2025

Iran and Saudi Arabia’s Dash to Delhi Amid Operation Sindoor

When war clouds loomed over South Asia, it was not Washington but Tehran and Riyadh that landed in Delhi with a quiet diplomatic bid. ...

Ceasefire Season: The US-China Trade Deal
International Affairs May 14, 2025

Ceasefire Season: The US-China Trade Deal

A 90-day US-China trade truce brings momentary calm to a long-running tariff battle, offering relief to supply chains and agitated global markets ...

China’s Economic Diplomacy in Latin America Gains Strategic Ground
International Affairs | Economic Diplomacy May 14, 2025

China’s Economic Diplomacy in Latin America Gains Strategic Ground

Once under Washington’s sway, Latin America is now leaning East. China’s deep playbook of trade, diplomacy, and investment is winning allies fast. ...

The India-UK Free Trade Agreement: A Deal at Last
International Affairs | International Trade and Investment May 14, 2025

The India-UK Free Trade Agreement: A Deal at Last

Touted as historic, the India-UK FTA promises enhanced trade and trust yet reveals limits on migration, services, and climate flexibility. ...

The Missing Piece: Blue Carbon in India’s Voluntary Carbon Market
Energy May 13, 2025

The Missing Piece: Blue Carbon in India’s Voluntary Carbon Market

Despite vast coastlines and mangroves, India’s carbon market ignores blue carbon. A shift in focus could unlock powerful climate solutions. ...

The Use of Drones Marks a New Phase in India-Pakistan Hostilities
Neighbourhood May 13, 2025

The Use of Drones Marks a New Phase in India-Pakistan Hostilities

Drone warfare is redefining escalation in the India-Pakistan conflict, enabling precision strikes with deniability but also increasing the risk of miscalculation between the two countries ...

The Nuclear Overhang: India-Pakistan Escalation After Pahalgam
International Affairs May 13, 2025

The Nuclear Overhang: India-Pakistan Escalation After Pahalgam

The latest episode of India-Pakistan hostilities exposes the erosion of nuclear deterrence in the face of proxy warfare and political brinkmanship ...

Weaponising the Narrative: Social Media Propaganda post-Pahalgam Attack
International Affairs | Terrorism | Media and Internet May 13, 2025

Weaponising the Narrative: Social Media Propaganda post-Pahalgam Attack

Pahalgam reveals how, in the digital age, information warfare rivals battlefield action, where truth and narrative fight for public opinion ...

Lessons from Pahalgam: Deny Geospatial Tech to Terrorists
International Affairs | Neighbourhood | Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics | Defence and Security | Terrorism | Cyber Security | Space | Cyber and Technology May 12, 2025

Lessons from Pahalgam: Deny Geospatial Tech to Terrorists

In the fight against terrorism, preventing the misuse of civilian-commercial technologies by terrorist groups should be the priority ...

Strategic Imperative of Air Services Liberalisation in India
International Affairs May 12, 2025

Strategic Imperative of Air Services Liberalisation in India

Easing air traffic limits with the UAE isn’t just about convenience—it’s a strategic lever to fuel India’s economy and global integration ...

Operation Sindoor: Understanding Context and Consequences
International Affairs May 09, 2025

Operation Sindoor: Understanding Context and Consequences

A high-precision, multi-domain offensive, Operation Sindoor represents the strategic evolution of India’s counter-terrorism doctrine ...

Operation Sindoor and AQIS: What India’s Airstrikes Triggered in the Jihadist World
International Affairs May 09, 2025

Operation Sindoor and AQIS: What India’s Airstrikes Triggered in the Jihadist World

AQIS’s jihad call post-Op Sindoor marks a strategic escalation, spotlighting India as a primary target in its ideological and regional campaign. ...

Potential of India–Gulf Defence Cooperation Lies in Co-development
International Affairs May 09, 2025

Potential of India–Gulf Defence Cooperation Lies in Co-development

A sovereign, co-development–driven partnership between India and the Gulf states holds the key to reshaping the defence ecosystem ...

Trump Approves UK-Mauritius Deal on Chagos Archipelago
International Affairs May 08, 2025

Trump Approves UK-Mauritius Deal on Chagos Archipelago

With Trump’s unexpected nod last month, the UK-Mauritius Chagos deal moves forward, but questions over security, justice, and regional influence persist ...

Operation Sindoor and Beyond: India’s Response and Pakistani Calculus
International Affairs May 08, 2025

Operation Sindoor and Beyond: India’s Response and Pakistani Calculus

India's evolving strategy against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism highlights the delicate balance between deterrence, escalation, and the complexities of global geopolitics ...

Terror and Escalation: India’s Lessons from Pathankot to Pulwama
International Affairs May 08, 2025

Terror and Escalation: India’s Lessons from Pathankot to Pulwama

India's response to terror has evolved and emerged out of the shadows of its past attacks. Examining Pathankot, Uri, and Pulwama provides key (un)learnings for India’s future security challenges. ...

Unrest and Uncertainty: The Deepening Crisis in Nepal’s Democracy
International Affairs May 08, 2025

Unrest and Uncertainty: The Deepening Crisis in Nepal’s Democracy

As coalitions crumble and economic crises mount, Nepal faces a tipping point—its youth want hope, but the political system continues to struggle with instability ...

India-Australia: Strengthening Supply Chains in a Disrupted World
International Affairs May 07, 2025

India-Australia: Strengthening Supply Chains in a Disrupted World

Trade shocks and supply chain risks have prompted countries to rethink old models. For India and Australia, deeper ties offer a way to build stronger, more resilient supply chains ...

India’s Manufacturing Push Worries China Amid US Courtship
International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics May 06, 2025

India’s Manufacturing Push Worries China Amid US Courtship

Vance calls for India to anchor the US manufacturing pivot, as Beijing’s concerns over growing Indo-US ties heighten ...

From Trade to Strategy: Why Latin America Matters to India’s Economic Future
International Affairs May 06, 2025

From Trade to Strategy: Why Latin America Matters to India’s Economic Future

Latin America rises on India’s trade radar, offering a buffer against global volatility, access to vital resources, and deeper energy, mineral, and export linkages ...

Contextualising the Churn in South Asia: A Chinese Perspective
International Affairs May 06, 2025

Contextualising the Churn in South Asia: A Chinese Perspective

The current Chinese discourse on India provides important context to the escalating security situation in South Asia ...

Implausible Deniability and Indian Covert Action After Pahalgam
International Affairs | Neighbourhood | Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics | Defence and Security | Terrorism | Internal Security | Indian Defence May 05, 2025

Implausible Deniability and Indian Covert Action After Pahalgam

Why 'implausible deniability' may be India’s most strategic tool for responding to Pakistan after the Pahalgam massacre ...

Recalibrating India-Africa Space Ties
International Affairs | Space May 03, 2025

Recalibrating India-Africa Space Ties

India must move beyond symbolic MoUs to forge a meaningful and mutually beneficial space partnership with the African Union ...

Russia and North Korea's Partnership: A Rising Concern for Nuclear Non-Proliferation
International Affairs May 02, 2025

Russia and North Korea's Partnership: A Rising Concern for Nuclear Non-Proliferation

Russia's role as an enabler of North Korea's nuclear ambitions risks undoing decades of work toward nuclear restraint ...

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Nisarg Jani

Nisarg Jani

Nisarg Jani is a Doctoral Candidate at Pandit Deendayal Energy University situated in Gujarat, India. The author is also a Senior Research Staff Member at Geostrata, an independent youth-led think tank based in New Delhi where he Heads the Science ...

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Rahul Batra

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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