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Making Schools Accountable Through Learning Disclosures
Education Dec 11, 2025

Making Schools Accountable Through Learning Disclosures

Public disclosures of student learning outcomes can incentivise performance, enhance parental choice and make schools more transparent and accountable ...

Paradox of Plenty: Understanding Himalayan Water Insecurity
Water | Climate Change Dec 11, 2025

Paradox of Plenty: Understanding Himalayan Water Insecurity

The Himalayan region illustrates a paradox of abundance, where immense hydrological wealth coexists with intensifying water insecurity driven by climate change, urban pressures, and extractive development ...

India and the UAE Could Define ‘Eastern’ Ethics for AI
International Affairs | Artificial Intelligence Dec 10, 2025

India and the UAE Could Define ‘Eastern’ Ethics for AI

Ethical models for artificial intelligence are getting divided between Eastern and Western frameworks. India and the UAE are uniquely positioned to drive Eastern ethics in AI ...

From Promise to Practice: Making South-South Cooperation Work for Latin America
International Affairs Dec 10, 2025

From Promise to Practice: Making South-South Cooperation Work for Latin America

Strong safeguards and regional coordination can turn South–South cooperation into the engine Latin America needs for real development gains ...

2025: France’s year in the Indo-Pacific?
International Affairs Dec 09, 2025

2025: France’s year in the Indo-Pacific?

France’s 2025 Indo-Pacific outreach shows its intent to anchor a European-Asian “third way,” grounded in real security commitments and deepening strategic alignment with India ...

Marching Beyond Tokenism: Women and India’s Defence Future
Indian Defence Dec 09, 2025

Marching Beyond Tokenism: Women and India’s Defence Future

The induction of women at the NDA marks progress, but true equality in India’s military demands leadership, not tokenism. ...

LCA Tejas Rises as IAF Faces Fighter Crunch
Defence and Security | Indian Defence Dec 09, 2025

LCA Tejas Rises as IAF Faces Fighter Crunch

As procurement paralysis narrows options, the LCA Tejas emerges as the IAF’s only viable path to arrest an alarming fighter shortfall ...

From Geopolitics to Geoeconomics: Trincomalee’s Transition and India-Sri Lanka Relations
International Affairs Dec 09, 2025

From Geopolitics to Geoeconomics: Trincomalee’s Transition and India-Sri Lanka Relations

India is focusing on enhancing geo-economic linkages in Trincomalee to subtly enhance its economic and security interests, specifically keeping in mind Sri Lanka’s political sensitivities ...

Six Key Takeaways from Trump’s New National Security Strategy
International Affairs Dec 08, 2025

Six Key Takeaways from Trump’s New National Security Strategy

Trump’s new National Security Strategy signals a decisive shift toward culture-war politics, Western Hemisphere primacy, and a narrower conception of America’s global role ...

The Limits of Trump's MAGA Diplomacy in Central Asia
International Affairs Dec 08, 2025

The Limits of Trump's MAGA Diplomacy in Central Asia

The C5+1 summit signalled renewed US interest in Central Asia, yet Trump’s tariff-driven diplomacy and minimal regional investment undermine Washington’s long-term strategic position ...

South Asian Nuclear Security Narratives: Introducing Confidence Building Measures
Nuclear Security Dec 08, 2025

South Asian Nuclear Security Narratives: Introducing Confidence Building Measures

As China boosts Pakistan’s capabilities and crises flare, the absence of institutionalised nuclear risk-reduction leaves South Asia perilously exposed ...

China debates: “Made in China”—A Boon or a Bane?
International Affairs Dec 08, 2025

China debates: “Made in China”—A Boon or a Bane?

Manufacturing, China’s biggest strength, is increasingly seen as its greatest weakness, dragging down the domestic economy and complicating China’s foreign relations ...

The Case for Deepening India-Comoros Relations
International Affairs Dec 06, 2025

The Case for Deepening India-Comoros Relations

Comoros remains a critical gap in India’s Indian Ocean strategy, offering untapped economic potential and strategic significance amid rising Chinese influence ...

Renovating India’s Statistical Architecture
Indian Economy | Developing and Emerging Economies Dec 06, 2025

Renovating India’s Statistical Architecture

The IMF identifies outdated deflators, gaps in informal-sector coverage, and weak seasonality — precisely the areas MoSPI’s new GDP architecture is now overhauling ...

Confronting White-Collar Terrorism in India
Terrorism Dec 05, 2025

Confronting White-Collar Terrorism in India

India, a long-term victim of terror activities, is experiencing a new face of terrorism: white collar terrorism. Thus, its security preparedness has to be of the highest order.  ...

Afghanistan-Pakistan Quagmire Reveals the Limits of China’s Leverage
International Affairs Dec 05, 2025

Afghanistan-Pakistan Quagmire Reveals the Limits of China’s Leverage

China’s efforts to mediate Afghanistan-Pakistan tensions and safeguard its strategic and economic interests are increasingly constrained by persistent security threats ...

The US War Department and the STEM Recalibration
International Affairs Dec 05, 2025

The US War Department and the STEM Recalibration

The formation of the US’ War Department has triggered a global recalibration of STEM talent migration. ...

The Evolution of Russia’s Drone Warfare in Ukraine
International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics Dec 04, 2025

The Evolution of Russia’s Drone Warfare in Ukraine

Russia has rapidly transformed its drone warfare, which now sits at the core of its warfighting strategy in Ukraine ...

Geopolitical Fallout from the US-China AI Competition
International Affairs | Artificial Intelligence Dec 04, 2025

Geopolitical Fallout from the US-China AI Competition

The indecision surrounding US export controls on AI chips to China highlights the Trump administration’s erratic and inconsistent tech policy, casting the American-led strategy of decoupling into doubt, even among its own allies ...

Why India Remains Unable to Sell at Scale in China
International Affairs Dec 04, 2025

Why India Remains Unable to Sell at Scale in China

India can escape the post-Galwan economic trap only by building the capabilities needed to secure meaningful market access in China ...

Limits of Türkiye’s Rising Influence in Central Asia
International Affairs Dec 03, 2025

Limits of Türkiye’s Rising Influence in Central Asia

Türkiye’s push through the OTS underscores its bid to bridge Europe and Asia, but its expanding trade, energy, and defence footprint still faces limits ...

Transboundary Waterways: Northeast India’s Trade and Connectivity Gateway
International Trade and Investment Dec 03, 2025

Transboundary Waterways: Northeast India’s Trade and Connectivity Gateway

Transboundary waterways in Northeast India provide a strategic conduit for trade, regional integration, and sustainable development, linking the region to mainland India and Southeast Asia ...

G2 and a Multipolar Order in the Indo-Pacific
International Affairs | Maritime Security | Maritime Infrastructure Dec 03, 2025

G2 and a Multipolar Order in the Indo-Pacific

A potential G2 construct is a vital reminder that the Indo-Pacific is multipolar, and a cohesive security order in the region cannot afford to be overly reliant on the US ...

The Nuclear Chessboard: Rising Tests, Expanding Arsenals, Eroding Restraint
International Affairs | Nuclear Security Dec 02, 2025

The Nuclear Chessboard: Rising Tests, Expanding Arsenals, Eroding Restraint

The nuclear question has returned to the centre of global security anxieties, as great-power rivalry, renewed testing signals, and expanding arsenals reshape the strategic landscape ...

Growing Bioweapon Misinformation in Congo
International Affairs Dec 02, 2025

Growing Bioweapon Misinformation in Congo

Bioweapon misinformation in the DRC is endangering public health, highlighting the urgent need for stronger verification, clear communication, and a humanitarian focus ...

Beyond CSR: Building Fair and Inclusive Blue Futures
Developing and Emerging Economies Dec 01, 2025

Beyond CSR: Building Fair and Inclusive Blue Futures

As ocean-sector investments grow, embedding equity and community rights into governance and corporate practice is vital for building sustainable and inclusive blue futures ...

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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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