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Pakistan’s Afghan dilemma: Bad options, worse outcomes
International Affairs | Neighbourhood | Terrorism Jan 16, 2025

Pakistan’s Afghan dilemma: Bad options, worse outcomes

Pakistan seems to have no way out of a disastrous Afghan policy, with both military and diplomatic approaches seeming untenable ...

Syria’s transition under Ahmed al-Sharaa: Diplomacy and realpolitik
International Affairs | US Foreign Policy Jan 16, 2025

Syria’s transition under Ahmed al-Sharaa: Diplomacy and realpolitik

Ahmed al-Sharaa is off to a good start with his outreach to international leaders, but the sustainability of a new Syria remains to be seen ...

Bridging gaps in biosecurity: The significance of information
International Affairs | Healthcare Jan 16, 2025

Bridging gaps in biosecurity: The significance of information

Information dissemination is an often overlooked but key component of biosecurity, making governmental regulation and public communication essential ...

Building urban resilience to climate change
Urbanisation Jan 15, 2025

Building urban resilience to climate change

Amidst rapid urbanisation, it is imperative to protect the environment, develop tailored policy solutions, and ensure their effective implementation ...

Integrating AI in nuclear security: Challenges and ethical considerations
Nuclear Security | Artificial Intelligence Jan 15, 2025

Integrating AI in nuclear security: Challenges and ethical considerations

As AI enters the field of nuclear security, global discussion forums that produce ethical and regulatory frameworks for the use of AI are necessary ...

The changing nature of Chinese influence in Sri Lanka and Maldives
Neighbourhood Jan 15, 2025

The changing nature of Chinese influence in Sri Lanka and Maldives

China’s approach in the Maldives and Sri Lanka is shifting from mega-projects to increased high-level interactions and smaller development initiatives ...

Putting climate action at the centre of urban planning
Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation Jan 14, 2025

Putting climate action at the centre of urban planning

With the heightened recurrence of climate-related crises in Indian cities, the challenge of building climate resilience has come to the foreground of the national urbanisation discourse. ...

Behind the India-China talks: Unravelling Beijing’s deceptive long-term strategy
International Affairs Jan 14, 2025

Behind the India-China talks: Unravelling Beijing’s deceptive long-term strategy

The border rapprochement is a ruse; China hopes to keep the border issue alive to maintain its dominance in Asia ...

Anaemia in India: A silent public health crisis
Healthcare Jan 09, 2025

Anaemia in India: A silent public health crisis

Anaemia cases have been on the rise since the COVID-19 pandemic, and India needs a holistic public health approach to tackle this problem ...

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Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy

Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy

Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy is an Associate Fellow with the Strategic Studies Programme’s Neighbourhood Studies Initiative.  He focuses on strategic and security-related developments in the South Asian region, with a specific interest in Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and Bhutan.  His research work ...

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Gurjit Singh

Gurjit Singh has served as Indias ambassador to Germany Indonesia Ethiopia ASEAN and the African Union. He is the Chair of CII Task Force on Asia Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC).

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