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Can IORA aid maritime security efforts in the Indian Ocean?
Indian Ocean | Maritime Security May 14, 2024

Can IORA aid maritime security efforts in the Indian Ocean?

Maritime security in the Indian Ocean needs to be conceptualised. Thus, a rethink about injecting momentum into collective regional cooperation via IORA is required. ...

Offshore migration services: A slippery slope for the Global South
International Affairs May 13, 2024

Offshore migration services: A slippery slope for the Global South

The UK’s Rwanda Act has big implications for not just the West but for the Global South ...

China threat spurs Taiwan’s space ambitions
International Affairs | Space May 13, 2024

China threat spurs Taiwan’s space ambitions

These power plants pose not only an environmental threat but a security risk as well ...

Implications of China’s floating nuclear power plants in the South China Sea
International Affairs May 13, 2024

Implications of China’s floating nuclear power plants in the South China Sea

These power plants pose not only an environmental threat but a security risk as well ...

Reviving the old bonhomie: Assessing the next phase of North Korea-Russia ties
International Affairs May 10, 2024

Reviving the old bonhomie: Assessing the next phase of North Korea-Russia ties

Factors like the rise of the Indo-Pacific as a theatre for great power competition and the Ukraine war have pushed Russia and North Korea closer together ...

Countering Maoist Insurgency: Has Chhattisgarh turned the corner?
Terrorism | Internal Security May 10, 2024

Countering Maoist Insurgency: Has Chhattisgarh turned the corner?

Despite the recent series of successful operations against the Maoists, the state and its security forces have to entrench themselves in the state while still opening a line for peace dialogue with the rebels ...

Can ‘The Inclusive City’ be a reality?
Urbanisation May 09, 2024

Can ‘The Inclusive City’ be a reality?

The universal desire to establish inclusion as the driving ideal for development shall remain unachieved if it is not realised in the most significant habitat in which the world lives—the cities ...

The changing face of Baloch activism
Neighbourhood May 09, 2024

The changing face of Baloch activism

The harsh response by the Pakistani state towards the ongoing Baloch protests will only alienate people further and deepen the existing crisis ...

The slowdown in renewable capacity addition in India: Secular trend or cyclical flux?
Energy | Oil, Gas and Renewables May 09, 2024

The slowdown in renewable capacity addition in India: Secular trend or cyclical flux?

Recent headlines show India's renewable energy, especially solar, is slowing despite optimism. The government's coal focus hints at a shift. ...

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Prashant Kumar

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