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Towards Radical Municipal Reform: Rethinking Urban Governance
Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation Apr 27, 2026

Towards Radical Municipal Reform: Rethinking Urban Governance

Enduring weaknesses in urban governance and the limited effectiveness of existing reform pathways point to the need for more structural approaches, including city-state models for large urban centres ...

Winning Without Fighting? How Russia Is Shaping China’s Taiwan Playbook
International Affairs Apr 24, 2026

Winning Without Fighting? How Russia Is Shaping China’s Taiwan Playbook

By combining capability transfers, joint exercises, and wartime lessons, Moscow and Beijing are reshaping the strategic calculus over Taiwan ...

Reframing Healthy Ageing as a Post-2030 Development Agenda
Healthcare Apr 24, 2026

Reframing Healthy Ageing as a Post-2030 Development Agenda

The demographic transition towards older societies demands a post-2030 agenda that embeds ageing within human capital, productivity, and social protection systems ...

From Growth to Security: China’s Techno-Statist Turn with 15th Five-Year Plan
International Affairs Apr 24, 2026

From Growth to Security: China’s Techno-Statist Turn with 15th Five-Year Plan

China’s 15th Five-Year Plan signals a shift toward a techno-security model—embedding technological self-reliance and supply chain resilience within a more stable, innovation-led growth strategy amid rising geopolitical uncertainty ...

Biohacking, Peptides, and The Grey Market
Healthcare Apr 24, 2026

Biohacking, Peptides, and The Grey Market

Regulatory shifts in the US could expand access to peptides with limited clinical evidence, amplifying risks already driven by biohacking culture and grey-market supply chains ...

The Maritime Insurance Chokepoint: Securing India’s Sea-Borne Trade
Maritime Security | Maritime Infrastructure | Maritime Governance Architecture Apr 23, 2026

The Maritime Insurance Chokepoint: Securing India’s Sea-Borne Trade

India must treat maritime insurance as a strategic instrument and build institutional, sovereign-backed capacity to prevent external risk pricing from disrupting its economy ...

The Next Global Epic: Why AAA Gaming is India’s ‘Kung Fu Panda’ Moment
Cyber and Technology Apr 23, 2026

The Next Global Epic: Why AAA Gaming is India’s ‘Kung Fu Panda’ Moment

As India crosses the US$4-5 trillion threshold, its first globally scaled AAA game could become the cultural bridge that reframes how the world experiences Indian civilisation ...

Between Tariffs and Truces: Southeast Asia in a Recalibrating US–China Order
International Affairs Apr 23, 2026

Between Tariffs and Truces: Southeast Asia in a Recalibrating US–China Order

Southeast Asia faces growing economic pressure and strategic uncertainty as US–China competition and accommodation reshape the region ...

What GenomeIndia Reveals About Health Across India’s Diverse Populations
Healthcare Apr 23, 2026

What GenomeIndia Reveals About Health Across India’s Diverse Populations

New GenomeIndia findings point to a more uneven landscape of disease risk, drug response, and underdiagnosed metabolic burden than India’s current medical averages can capture ...

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Nithin Ramakrishan

Nithin Ramakrishan

Nithin Ramakrishan is a postgraduate in international law, currently working with Third World Network as a Senior Researcher. He observes negotiations on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing issues across various international fora such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, ...

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Nithin Ramakrishan

Nithin Ramakrishan is a postgraduate in international law, currently working with Third World Network as a Senior Researcher. He observes negotiations on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing issues across various international fora such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, ...

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