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Hong Kong twilight
May 23, 2020

Hong Kong twilight

The protests In Hong Kong on Sunday will really tell us how the future will unfold. If millions participate, then it means Beijing is not going to fin

Military training in the times of social distancing
May 20, 2020

Military training in the times of social distancing

It would seem worth the effort for the Indian military to invest well — in a sustained manner, over the coming decade — in high-end simulators.

Digital Epiphany? COVID19 and our Tech Futures
May 20, 2020

Digital Epiphany? COVID19 and our Tech Futures

The coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc globally, leaving governments and communities struggling to find a response. This is happening even as new

कोविड19: जी20 के नेताओं ने नौकरशाहों और चीन से अपना अधिकार छीना
May 19, 2020

कोविड19: जी20 के नेताओं ने नौकरशाहों और चीन से अपना अधिकार छीना

जिस तेज़ी और साफ़-सुथरे तरीक़े से ये बदलाव शुरू हुए हैं उस

Coping with floods: Indigenous survival strategies in Bangladesh
May 18, 2020

Coping with floods: Indigenous survival strategies in Bangladesh

Vulnerable communities are more confident and comfortable about using their local knowledge in crisis situations and indeed their functional knowledge

Talking to the Taliban
May 18, 2020

Talking to the Taliban

India has maintained that there is no such thing as a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ Taliban, and that it views the group under a single umbrella. While dipl

The Taiwan question in Indian foreign policy
May 16, 2020

The Taiwan question in Indian foreign policy

Taiwan’s successful handling of the pandemic has led it to draw support from some major global players and some are even recalibrating their Taiwan

China’s growing counter-space capabilities
May 16, 2020

China’s growing counter-space capabilities

The risks posed by China’s military space programme is primarily to other more capable powers such as the US using space as a force multiplier.

Why India should align with the US
May 16, 2020

Why India should align with the US

Non-alignment or being a swing state makes sense if the gains to be derived from either side are equal.

Poor sanitation in Mumbai’s slums is compounding the Covid19 threat
May 16, 2020

Poor sanitation in Mumbai’s slums is compounding the Covid19 threat

‘One home, one toilet’ is the only lasting solution to combat the coronavirus in Mumbai’s informal settlements

US-China tensions: A slow road to conflict?
May 15, 2020

US-China tensions: A slow road to conflict?

The Chinese buildup continues — if the US has its B-21, the Chinese are planning to field their H-20.

COVID-19: International and domestic challenges await Sri Lanka
May 15, 2020

COVID-19: International and domestic challenges await Sri Lanka

With Geopolitical Cold War 2.0 and domestic economic strain, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has the two daunting challenges ahead of him. He would have

India-Bangladesh border trade tries to get back on track
May 14, 2020

India-Bangladesh border trade tries to get back on track

It seems very difficult to maintain social distancing while transferring goods.

Water wars over paradigms
May 14, 2020

Water wars over paradigms

The ongoing “water wars” is presently a war over two paradigms — namely the colonial engineering paradigm that is visibly reductionist, and the

50 shades of America’s China experts
May 14, 2020

50 shades of America’s China experts

Not much has been heard, especially from the large number of China “believers,” who helped perpetuate the notion China was liberalising, that it w

How fake news is complicating India’s war against COVID-19
May 13, 2020

How fake news is complicating India’s war against COVID-19

Many would not have imagined fake news becoming a major menace in the time of life-threatening pandemic. Yet, this has become business as usual in Ind

Should online sale of liquor and its home delivery be legislated?
May 12, 2020

Should online sale of liquor and its home delivery be legislated?

India is the third largest liquor market in the world with a present value of $35 billion and further to see an exponential growth of 22% by 2022 —

The Indian Air Force and an increasing HADR mandate
May 12, 2020

The Indian Air Force and an increasing HADR mandate

The primary role of the Indian defence forces is to safeguard the nation’s sovereignty from external threats, but when called upon, they are equally

Iraq: Amidst a pandemic, struggles of a fragile state
May 11, 2020

Iraq: Amidst a pandemic, struggles of a fragile state

The fact that ISIS has managed to attack in and around Baghdad is an anecdotal yet strong indicator that during this time of multiple crisis, the terr

Biological Weapons and Biosecurity - Lessons from the COVID19 war
May 10, 2020

Biological Weapons and Biosecurity - Lessons from the COVID19 war

In the second of a two-part series on how the Covid-19 pandemic has thrown open doubts on biosecurity, Ambassador Lakshmi Puri writes on how internati

The Covid19 emergency in India: An investment case for health like never before
May 10, 2020

The Covid19 emergency in India: An investment case for health like never before

The response to Covid-19 provides us an opportunity for meaningful health reform; India needs to be in the driver’s seat to make low-cost, client-ce

COVID19: Shivraj Singh Chouhan initiates Reforms 2.0 in Madhya Pradesh
May 08, 2020

COVID19: Shivraj Singh Chouhan initiates Reforms 2.0 in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh has demonstrated that it has the political will and the intent to deliver concrete measures to revive a sagging economy due to COVID19.

India’s naval evacuation gets underway amidst a pandemic
May 08, 2020

India’s naval evacuation gets underway amidst a pandemic

Indian planners would do well to reflect on some lessons from past missions.

Indo-Nepal borderland: The fate of migrant labourers
May 07, 2020

Indo-Nepal borderland: The fate of migrant labourers

The plight of the Nepali migrant labourers stuck in foreign countries like India advertently questions the interest of these labourers to travel abroa