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Harit Sagar Decoded: India’s Green Push for the Blue
Maritime Security Jan 20, 2026

Harit Sagar Decoded: India’s Green Push for the Blue

Harit Sagar outlines India’s push to green ports while linking climate action with maritime growth and trade ...

Digital Deception in Rural India and the AI Counter-Offensive
Cyber and Technology Jan 20, 2026

Digital Deception in Rural India and the AI Counter-Offensive

As cyber fraud shifts from metros to India’s hinterlands, AI-led policing and governance are becoming central to protecting first-time digital users and sustaining trust in the digital economy ...

India Must Prioritise Indigenous Ground Combat Vehicles
Defence and Security | Indian Defence Jan 20, 2026

India Must Prioritise Indigenous Ground Combat Vehicles

The Indian Army’s rejection of the Stryker highlights the need to field domestically developed armoured platforms ...

Quantum Diamond Microscope: A Milestone for India’s National Quantum Mission
Cyber and Technology Jan 20, 2026

Quantum Diamond Microscope: A Milestone for India’s National Quantum Mission

India’s first Quantum Diamond Microscope marks a critical step towards practical quantum sensing under the National Quantum Mission ...

From Frontier to Fulcrum: Northeast India’s Indo-Pacific Opportunity
International Affairs Jan 19, 2026

From Frontier to Fulcrum: Northeast India’s Indo-Pacific Opportunity

By aligning infrastructure development, digital connectivity, and regional diplomacy, Northeast India can anchor India’s eastern trade and connectivity ambitions in the Indo-Pacific ...

The End of Comfort Zones: Europe and Its Fight to Stay Relevant
International Affairs Jan 17, 2026

The End of Comfort Zones: Europe and Its Fight to Stay Relevant

For Europe, the idea that the US could turn from an ally to a potential aggressor is deeply unsettling. This angst, however, can be channelled towards reform and renewal. ...

Japan’s Immigration Debate — and Where Indian Workers Fit In
International Affairs Jan 17, 2026

Japan’s Immigration Debate — and Where Indian Workers Fit In

As Japan cautiously edges towards becoming an immigration country amid demographic decline, a contested domestic debate is shaping where Indian and other foreign workers fit into its evolving labour market and social fabric ...

IMEC: A Blueprint for Transcontinental Energy Integration
International Affairs | Energy Jan 17, 2026

IMEC: A Blueprint for Transcontinental Energy Integration

IMEC offers a blueprint for transcontinental energy integration—linking markets, securing affordable energy flows, and shaping a more connected global energy architecture ...

Uyghurs at the Crossroads: China’s Leverage in Post-Assad Syria
International Affairs Jan 17, 2026

Uyghurs at the Crossroads: China’s Leverage in Post-Assad Syria

China is leveraging Syria’s post-Assad transition to press Damascus into repatriating Uyghur fighters ...

EU–India Strategic Convergence Beyond Trade
International Trade and Investment Jan 16, 2026

EU–India Strategic Convergence Beyond Trade

EU leaders at India’s Republic Day signal a strategic turn in New Delhi–Brussels ties ...

India in the German Zeitenwende
International Affairs | International Trade and Investment Jan 16, 2026

India in the German Zeitenwende

Germany’s Zeitenwende has elevated India from an economic partner to a central pillar of Berlin’s security, trade, technology, and demographic strategy in an increasingly fragmented global order ...

From Coup to Ballot: The Limits of Electoral Legitimacy in Myanmar
International Affairs Jan 16, 2026

From Coup to Ballot: The Limits of Electoral Legitimacy in Myanmar

Myanmar’s elections are not a pathway back to democracy but a carefully managed mechanism to formalise military rule while suppressing dissent and meaningful political choice ...

Deepfakes and Financial Cybercrime: India’s Multi-Layered Response
Cyber Security | Cyber and Technology Jan 15, 2026

Deepfakes and Financial Cybercrime: India’s Multi-Layered Response

With the escalating threat of deepfakes to the global financial sector, the Indian government’s multi-layered response makes long strides in securing digital finance through horizontal regulation without sector-specific mandates ...

Breathing the Trade-Offs of the Urban Anthropocene
Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation Jan 15, 2026

Breathing the Trade-Offs of the Urban Anthropocene

Air pollution is a governance failure as much as an environmental one, demanding integrated urban planning, mobility reform, and justice-centred air governance ...

COP30 and Children’s Rights: Climate Action Still Falls Short
Climate Change Jan 14, 2026

COP30 and Children’s Rights: Climate Action Still Falls Short

COP30 highlighted children’s growing exposure to climate risks, yet weak commitments on emissions, adaptation finance, and systemic drivers left the promise of child-centred climate action largely unfulfilled ...

India’s BRICS Presidency: South Africa at a Diplomatic Crossroads
International Affairs | BRICS Jan 14, 2026

India’s BRICS Presidency: South Africa at a Diplomatic Crossroads

India’s leadership of BRICS in 2026 could allow South Africa to consolidate the gains of its G20 presidency while navigating the pressures of bloc expansion and strained ties with Washington ...

Circular Blue Economy Enterprises: From Innovation to Scale
Economics and Finance | Developing and Emerging Economies Jan 13, 2026

Circular Blue Economy Enterprises: From Innovation to Scale

Bridging the scale-up gap is critical for transforming marine waste-to-value innovations into commercially viable circular blue economy enterprises ...

From Restraint to Readiness: Tokyo’s 2026 Defence Budget
International Affairs | Defence and Security Jan 13, 2026

From Restraint to Readiness: Tokyo’s 2026 Defence Budget

Japan’s record 2026 defence outlay signals a recalibration of strategic priorities in an increasingly volatile regional security environment ...

Ukraine’s Drone War: From Improvisation to Systematised Combat
International Affairs | Defence and Security Jan 13, 2026

Ukraine’s Drone War: From Improvisation to Systematised Combat

Battlefield necessity drove Ukraine’s shift from volunteer drones to AI-enabled, mass-scale unmanned warfare ...

G20 in Flux: Changing Chairs, Shifting Priorities, and the Limits of Informality
International Affairs Jan 13, 2026

G20 in Flux: Changing Chairs, Shifting Priorities, and the Limits of Informality

The transition from South Africa’s development-focused presidency to a narrower US agenda raises questions about how easily hard-won G20 initiatives can lose momentum without sustained political sponsorship ...

PLA Justice Mission 2025: China’s Military Drills Around Taiwan
China Military Jan 12, 2026

PLA Justice Mission 2025: China’s Military Drills Around Taiwan

Justice Mission 2025 highlights how Beijing is institutionalising military drills as calibrated coercion to shape cross-Strait dynamics and deter external intervention ...

South Korea Turns to Immigration to Fix Its Skills Gap
International Affairs Jan 12, 2026

South Korea Turns to Immigration to Fix Its Skills Gap

Demographic decline is pushing South Korea towards skilled immigration, exposing gaps between labour demand and policy design ...

Rethinking the Right to Be Forgotten in India’s AI Governance
Internet Governance | Artificial Intelligence Jan 12, 2026

Rethinking the Right to Be Forgotten in India’s AI Governance

India’s Right to Be Forgotten must evolve beyond data deletion to address how personal data is internalised, retained, and inferred by AI systems ...

COP30 and the Urban Turn in Climate Diplomacy
Economic Diplomacy | Climate Change Jan 09, 2026

COP30 and the Urban Turn in Climate Diplomacy

While international relations are traditionally viewed as the domain of national governments, one of the most striking takeaways from the recently concluded COP30 Summit in Belém, Brazil, is the emergence of cities as influential actors in global climate diplomacy ...

China’s Evolving CBDC Architecture
Economics and Finance | Cyber and Technology | Digital Inclusion Jan 09, 2026

China’s Evolving CBDC Architecture

China’s interest-bearing digital yuan marks a shift toward digital deposits, potentially boosting domestic uptake and modestly expanding its cross-border role without challenging the US dollar ...

US Operation in  Venezuela: Modern Conflict Lessons
International Affairs Jan 09, 2026

US Operation in  Venezuela: Modern Conflict Lessons

The US’s precision warfare in Venezuela delivered battlefield results, but its broader roadmap remains unclear ...

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Mitu Sengupta

Mitu Sengupta

Mitu Sengupta is a Full Professor with the Department of Politics and Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is also a Visiting Professor at the Council for Social Development (CSD) and Senior Adjunct Fellow at Research andInformation Systems for Developing ...

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Mitu Sengupta

Mitu Sengupta is a Full Professor with the Department of Politics and Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is also a Visiting Professor at the Council for Social Development (CSD) and Senior Adjunct Fellow at Research andInformation Systems for Developing ...

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