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The BIMSTEC and issue of regional integration
Jan 15, 2021

The BIMSTEC and issue of regional integration

The big challenge before BIMSTEC is to muster public support for the regional forum.

Sri Lanka and BIMSTEC in 2021
Jan 15, 2021

Sri Lanka and BIMSTEC in 2021

Sri Lanka should use the upcoming summit to move forward with its proposal to ensure that BIMSTEC maintains its momentum.

Women’s work during pandemic in the BIMSTEC region
Jan 15, 2021

Women’s work during pandemic in the BIMSTEC region

The adverse impact of the pandemic on women has been felt through a number of ways including employment and income loss.

Atlas Shrugged: The platform v. the state
Jan 14, 2021

Atlas Shrugged: The platform v. the state

The decisions social media platforms take about the content and users they host can affect livelihoods, political processes, and major public policy d

Putting vocational education centre stage in the implementation of NEP 2020
Jan 14, 2021

Putting vocational education centre stage in the implementation of NEP 2020

The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system was always a pressing need, even at the best of times, for meeting the requirements

Embracing nonlinearity: The future of India’s entertainment industry
Jan 13, 2021

Embracing nonlinearity: The future of India’s entertainment industry

The first step to prepare India to become a global leader in creative industries is an exercise in imagination — picturing what entertainment will l

From Xi with love: A New Year greeting to the new POTUS
Jan 13, 2021

From Xi with love: A New Year greeting to the new POTUS

As a new American President prepares to assume office, China has sent him a greeting card with three messages conveying the terms of Beijing’s engag

Bhutan: Regional grouping a must for economic revival
Jan 13, 2021

Bhutan: Regional grouping a must for economic revival

Bhutan must create reliable relationships with other countries that can offer the framework of an international community. One such community can be t

US Capitol attack a turning point for the Internet: Dipayan Ghosh
Jan 13, 2021

US Capitol attack a turning point for the Internet: Dipayan Ghosh

The role of powerful online platforms in the free speech debate is front and centre in the American reckoning. Dipayan Ghosh answers three questions.

India-Australia collaboration in the IOR: A case for Blue Economy
Jan 12, 2021

India-Australia collaboration in the IOR: A case for Blue Economy

The Blue Economy initiatives compel both India and Australia to acknowledge the untapped growth and power potentials.

Biden and the Indo-Pacific – Will regional powers shape America’s approach?
Jan 10, 2021

Biden and the Indo-Pacific – Will regional powers shape America’s approach?

As Biden’s commitment to the Indo-Pacific remains under question, Trump’s legacy of bolstering regional powers could force US policy continuity

Media management and regulation in 2021: Perspectives from Egypt
Jan 08, 2021

Media management and regulation in 2021: Perspectives from Egypt

There have been clear attempts from both the public and private sectors to change the use of their media outlets from entity-based benefits to public-

Digital rights in 2021: Perspectives from Kenya
Jan 08, 2021

Digital rights in 2021: Perspectives from Kenya

In the coming years, many will be watching to see whether mobile network operators will manage to retain the 2.8 million new mobile money subscribers

Blue Economy in 2021: Perspectives from Seychelles
Jan 08, 2021

Blue Economy in 2021: Perspectives from Seychelles

Seychelles will need to focus intensely on re-building its economy by creating, rejuvenating, and upscaling the country’s outlined Blue Economy sect

भारत, रूस और ब्रह्मोस सुपरसोनिक मिसाइल के लिए मनीला है नया लक्ष्य
Jan 07, 2021

भारत, रूस और ब्रह्मोस सुपरसोनिक मिसाइल के लिए मनीला है नया लक्ष्य

अक्सर तनाव से घिरे दक्षिण-पूर्व एशिया, जहां चीन के इरादों

A shakedown at Alibaba holds lessons for business
Jan 07, 2021

A shakedown at Alibaba holds lessons for business

In China, the line between state-led and private sector has become blurred over the years.

Europe’s China dilemma
Jan 07, 2021

Europe’s China dilemma

How should liberal democracies in Europe, each with relatively small populations and split by differing conceptions of national interest, deal with th

Policy challenges amidst modern medicine and AYUSH: What is the solution?
Jan 06, 2021

Policy challenges amidst modern medicine and AYUSH: What is the solution?

The difference between conventional and alternative medicine must eventually be removed so that the medicines that work are available to all practitio

ईयू-चीन समझौता — यूरोपीय संघ की अदूरदर्शिता, और भावी यू-टर्न
Jan 06, 2021

ईयू-चीन समझौता — यूरोपीय संघ की अदूरदर्शिता, और भावी यू-टर्न

चीन एक तरफ कर्ज़ के जाल में फंसा देने वाली अपनी कूटनीति का

Strengthening India’s strategic ties with the Mekong subregion
Jan 05, 2021

Strengthening India’s strategic ties with the Mekong subregion

The growing strategic ties with Mekong nations such as Vietnam and Myanmar indicate deepening mutual trust in the rapidly changing regional geopolitic

China-Turkey extradition treaty and implications on Uyghurs
Jan 05, 2021

China-Turkey extradition treaty and implications on Uyghurs

Ankara will face pressure from within and outside its Parliament if it ratifies the extradition treaty with China.

The future beckons: What 2020 revealed for Russia in the long-term
Jan 04, 2021

The future beckons: What 2020 revealed for Russia in the long-term

It is the ongoing changes in the international system and impact of global recession that have laid bare the challenges before Russia.

Tech @2021: The dark underbelly of the chrome age
Jan 04, 2021

Tech @2021: The dark underbelly of the chrome age

As we enter the new decade, it is critical that nations and communities be able to realise the transformative potential of emerging technologies, in a

Forking paths: Sustainable development in the time of a pandemic
Jan 04, 2021

Forking paths: Sustainable development in the time of a pandemic

We could either choose the way that leads to better institutions and global systems, or the other, which compromises on environmental, social and ethi

Gearing up for a riskier world
Jan 04, 2021

Gearing up for a riskier world

The economic fallout of the pandemic could last for several years, depending on how badly a country has been hit.

From turmoil to clarity: International relations in the new decade
Jan 04, 2021

From turmoil to clarity: International relations in the new decade

Indian foreign policy will have to respond to the meta-trends by crafting an approach that is more than just the sum of its bilateral and multilateral

Three trends in geopolitics and geoeconomics in 2021
Jan 04, 2021

Three trends in geopolitics and geoeconomics in 2021

The story of 2021 in the global economy will continue to be dominated by the pandemic — but examining these trends will help us understand the struc

Climate policy in 2021: Balancing domestic ambitions and global cooperation
Jan 04, 2021

Climate policy in 2021: Balancing domestic ambitions and global cooperation

While it is increasingly clear that economies can simultaneously be green and grow rapidly, the shift to a new economic model requires both finance an

2020 in the Middle East: An assassination, a blast, and peace with the enemy
Jan 03, 2021

2020 in the Middle East: An assassination, a blast, and peace with the enemy

The year 2020 was a bad year for the world, owing to Covid-19 pandemic, but for the Middle East, it was even worse.

The European Union, CAI, and the abyss
Jan 02, 2021

The European Union, CAI, and the abyss

The CAI — despite Ursula von der Leyen’s claim that it will help the EU defend multilateralism — is not multilateral at all. It is a bilateral d

Networked security: 5G and supply chains
Dec 30, 2020

Networked security: 5G and supply chains

While the geopolitical contestation in emerging technologies will continue, the importance of strengthening policies towards network security cannot b

Digital minilaterals and new approaches to technology cooperation
Dec 30, 2020

Digital minilaterals and new approaches to technology cooperation

Minilateral forums and nontraditional groupings will fill a global policy vacuum, enable deeper, nuanced debates, and help public discourse and debate

Digitalisation of confrontation: 2020 continues the trend
Dec 30, 2020

Digitalisation of confrontation: 2020 continues the trend

There is high urgency for new international legislation which would prevent unfriendly actors from using contemporary technologies for psychological w

Space race 2.0
Dec 30, 2020

Space race 2.0

The space domain has changed in significant ways in the last two decades, not only because of a multitude of new players but also the increasing incap

Data for development: Revisiting the non-personal data governance framework
Dec 30, 2020

Data for development: Revisiting the non-personal data governance framework

Any new framework for non-personal data must consider that data is not just an economic resource to be commodified, neither is it an instrument of sov

Straddling free speech and censorship: What social media should do to stay afloat
Dec 30, 2020

Straddling free speech and censorship: What social media should do to stay afloat

Social media is straddling between saving freedoms at one end, and censoring content by restricting access to extremist groups and those who are poten

For all our sakes, building digital trust had better be the technology trend of the 2020s
Dec 30, 2020

For all our sakes, building digital trust had better be the technology trend of the 2020s

The defining aspect of technology and innovation in the 2020s isn’t an algorithm or an invention, it’s a choice.

Inevitable questions, concerns, and inequalities in the fourth industrial revolution
Dec 30, 2020

Inevitable questions, concerns, and inequalities in the fourth industrial revolution

Perhaps, the most integral step towards inclusivity in the fourth industrial revolution is trust.

Mutant virus emerges in the United Kingdom, Christmas killed
Dec 29, 2020

Mutant virus emerges in the United Kingdom, Christmas killed

The UK has suffered enormously over the past year. Most visibly, it has one of the highest rates of COVID deaths per million people, and has suffered

E-politics and public accountability over digital rights, with a focus on Latin America
Dec 29, 2020

E-politics and public accountability over digital rights, with a focus on Latin America

Governments and political actors must be liable for their performance and the virtual realm is not a playground anymore.

Building resilience will be key to future success
Dec 29, 2020

Building resilience will be key to future success

Can the pandemic become a means to prepare us to deal more effectively with a number of other seismic shifts which are either already underway or immi

Future of the pandemic in 2021 and beyond — Africa’s economic challenges continue
Dec 29, 2020

Future of the pandemic in 2021 and beyond — Africa’s economic challenges continue

For 2021, governments in Africa will focus on improving their revenue and ending the economic recession, way more than it will focus on managing the p

Armenia against coronavirus: Projection for 2021
Dec 29, 2020

Armenia against coronavirus: Projection for 2021

For Armenia — just like most countries that went through a second wave — it is essential at least to stabilise the situation as soon as possible i