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There is hardly any doubt that failing health systems result in poor health outcomes and hamper progress towards the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In Africa, health systems are hobbled by leadership and governance challenges, extreme shortages of health workers, corruption in procurement systems for medical products and technologies, poor information systems, and health financing const
The HAC advocates for a strong Plastics Treaty which would also bring developing countries like India under a similar binding timeline to end plastic
In a massive state of the size of Uttar Pradesh, centralisation is a recipe for administrative paralysis.
Backing Moscow beyond a point is likely to hurt Beijing’s economic plans and long-term interests
Nothing of substance came out from the recent low profile visit of the US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates
The EU Indo-Pacific strategy signifies a shift in the EU’s perspective of the region from just economic to strategic
Sri Lankan leadership seems wanting to take on the West, not on facts and details, as listed out by the OHCHR but on ‘core principles’
Prime Minister Abe has been one of the strongest pillars of the India-Japan bilateral ties since 2006.
India’s membership of the SCO is a manifestation of the reality that India’s interests are as much in the Indian Ocean as the Eurasian landmass.
Taiwan is not willing to be assimilated, at least politically, into the motherland
The Biden administration's Indo-Pacific strategy was announced days before the conflict between Ukraine and Russia took a turn for the worse, necessitating that the US turns its focus sharply on Russia and Europe once again.
The Mumbai Model has shown how decentralised, collaborative and data-driven governance can effectively overcome a crisis even in the densest and poorl
While the politicisation of the WHO remains a serious concern, it also presents an opportunity to rethink the underpinnings of the broader global gove
AI has sparked heavy investment in military R&D, notably in Autonomous Weapons Systems (AWS), prompting urgent global debate on the accompanying e
India is asserting its rights as a Nuclear Weapons Power, and France is helping us do this at great risk to itself, and the Indian public discourse se
The lack of platforms to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine does not bode well for the crisis; India could play a role, especially as it takes on
China continues to warn regional players of negative consequences of their actions. Yet, it is Beijing’s own behaviour that is reshaping the Indo-Pacific landscape
Policy makers are asked to worry deeply about how workers will deal with the costs of reskilling if they aren’t paid for the duration of the reskill
European leaders need to reflect carefully about their electoral strategies if they do not want to damage the liberal, open societies they intent to p
The bill has to be a constitutional amendment as it overshoots the Supreme Court's 50% cap on quotas and takes the total to 60%.
There is an element of Shakespeare in Bihar politics. It has over the last 40 years seen so many historical developments impacting national politics that the ongoing election will once again throw up a surprise.
An inductive approach to AI development can improve the data foundation for discussions and mobilise a wider coalition advocating for its integration
like the ISI, Lashkar-e-Tayyeba or the Indian Mujahideen, the al Qaeda will not meet much success in India because the Indian Muslims are happy with their lot in a secular, democratic country and even al Zawahiri understands that.
Much more is at stake than domestic security when it comes to how the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan will affect the small South Asian states
By pulling the US out of the INF Treaty, US President Donald Trump is only hastening the inevitable
Bihar’s policy foundations were erroneous, and in an effort to cover up its rudimentary faults, advocates of this policy have been resorting to othe
If the two countries want to move ahead along the lines indicated in Wuhan, they need to settle this, not set it aside as they have been doing in recent decades.
Unless urban planning is heavily incentivised with quality men and money, development plans are likely to remain on paper
If Hillary Clinton runs for office in 2016, it seems that she will be campaigning for herself as herself - an exceptional professional, a controversial former secretary of state, and a woman.
The costs of a hot conflict in the Asia Pacific would be high and have difficult consequences. The challenge for US and its partners would be to deter Chinese aggressive posture without risking an escalation of conflict.
There is reluctance in offering absolute autonomy to institutes in something as basic as issuing degrees. When it comes to financial autonomy, it is a
New Delhi just commissioned its first indigenously built major warship. It will need more to challenge Beijing on the high seas.
