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Emancipating the third tier of Government for India’s urban ‘Amrut Kaal’
Urbanisation in India | Urbanisation Oct 17, 2024

Emancipating the third tier of Government for India’s urban ‘Amrut Kaal’

India needs an urgent overhaul of its urban governance architecture to improve the performance of the cities as potential engines of growth for the national economy ...

Elections and externalities: India-US security ties under the next US presidency
International Affairs Oct 17, 2024

Elections and externalities: India-US security ties under the next US presidency

External factors are likely to weigh heavily on US commitments in the Indo-Pacific under the next administration, which will in turn influence the evolution of the India-US security partnership ...

Changing threads: Bangladesh’s setback fuels India’s RMG surge
Neighbourhood Oct 16, 2024

Changing threads: Bangladesh’s setback fuels India’s RMG surge

In response to Bangladesh’s political unrest, global market dynamics have shifted orders away from its RMG sector to other countries, with India emerging as a key beneficiary ...

Biden, Netanyahu, and the game theory spectacle in the Middle East
International Affairs Oct 16, 2024

Biden, Netanyahu, and the game theory spectacle in the Middle East

A pro-Israel policy is a legacy that Biden inherited but what he leaves behind for the next administration is critical ...

The India model: A blueprint for harnessing Africa’s STEM diaspora
International Affairs Oct 15, 2024

The India model: A blueprint for harnessing Africa’s STEM diaspora

Africa can learn from the Indian diaspora’s global success in fostering social, cultural, and economic progress ...

China's strategic concerns amid Bangladesh’s political turmoil
International Affairs Oct 14, 2024

China's strategic concerns amid Bangladesh’s political turmoil

The great power politics playing out in the backdrop of the Bangladesh crisis is getting increasingly complicated. India’s response must factor in the calculations of all stakeholders. ...

Climate change’s new ‘X’ factor: The interconnection of social media and climate policy
Social Inclusion | Digital Inclusion Oct 14, 2024

Climate change’s new ‘X’ factor: The interconnection of social media and climate policy

The dynamic nature of digital spaces urgently requires existing scholarship to be regularly updated. This has most certainly been lacking, particularly following Twitter’s transformation to X in 2022. ...

China in the Mekong: The evolving dragon
International Affairs Oct 11, 2024

China in the Mekong: The evolving dragon

In the era of compounding climate crises, China’s traditionalist developmental mindset is causing environmental degradation in the Mekong Basin ...

Chagos Islands: UK-Mauritius reach a historic agreement
International Affairs Oct 11, 2024

Chagos Islands: UK-Mauritius reach a historic agreement

The decades-old UK-Mauritius dispute over the Chagos Islands has been resolved with a historic deal while preserving the UK-US presence on Diego Garcia ...

Subsurface setbacks: China’s submarine accident in Wuhan
International Affairs | Maritime Security Oct 11, 2024

Subsurface setbacks: China’s submarine accident in Wuhan

China’s risk-taking in submarine development, evident in the Wuhan accident, highlights its commitment to building a formidable naval force—something India could learn from ...

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Kartik Bommakanti

Kartik Bommakanti

Kartik Bommakanti is a Senior Fellow with the Strategic Studies Programme. Kartik specialises in space military issues and his research is primarily centred on the Indo-Pacific region. He also works on emerging technologies as well as nuclear, conventional and sub-conventional ...

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Vivek Mishra

Vivek Mishra is Deputy Director – Strategic Studies Programme at the Observer Research Foundation. His work focuses on US foreign policy, domestic politics in the US, America’s role in the Indian Ocean and the Indo-Pacific, particularly its role in shaping South ...

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