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Integrating climate change impact: Key to strengthening mental health services in India
Oct 10, 2024

Integrating climate change impact: Key to strengthening mental health services in India

With climate change intensifying, India faces not only a mounting environmental crisis but also a growing mental health epidemic

Election security, influence operations and Indo-Pacific: New challenge(s) for Democracies
Apr 30, 2024

Election security, influence operations and Indo-Pacific: New challenge(s) for Democracies

China’s growing influence operations necessitates the implementation of proper measures to ensure election security

दहशतवादाविरुद्धच्या युद्धाचे भविष्य: ऑनलाइन लढाईसाठी धोरण काय असावे?
Mar 02, 2024

दहशतवादाविरुद्धच्या युद्धाचे भविष्य: ऑनलाइन लढाईसाठी धोरण काय असावे?

AI च्या युगात दहशतवादी आणि हिंसक अतिरेकी त्यांचे ऑनलाइन ड�

The future of counterterrorism: Evolving online tools and tactics
Feb 21, 2024

The future of counterterrorism: Evolving online tools and tactics

As terrorists and violent extremists adapt their online tactics in the era of AI, counterterrorism efforts should also evolve, employing new tools and

Digital Democracy: बेहद अस्थिर ज़मीन पर चल रहा है डिजिटल प्रजातंत्र
Jul 29, 2023

Digital Democracy: बेहद अस्थिर ज़मीन पर चल रहा है डिजिटल प्रजातंत्र

दुनिया के विकासशील या कम विकसित देश वैसी तकनीक के साथ जीत�

New elite takes the helm in China
Mar 21, 2023

New elite takes the helm in China

Discussions are taking place amongst China’s elites on the restructuring of CPC and state institutions to make them respond to the demands of the Po

मेटावर्स में आधिपत्य और इंटरऑपरेबिलिटी के बीच लड़ाई
Mar 13, 2023

मेटावर्स में आधिपत्य और इंटरऑपरेबिलिटी के बीच लड़ाई

अलग-अलग प्लैटफॉर्म को हर हाल में मिलजुल कर काम करना चाहिए

Taming digital titans
Mar 11, 2023

Taming digital titans

Are the regulatory arrangements for ensuring “competition in the market” adequate to control the Tech giants?

Decentralised social networks and consumer agency
Jan 27, 2023

Decentralised social networks and consumer agency

Social media and networking is also being scrutinised in the wake new data privacy laws

Aggregative, derivative, creative: Generative AI and human creativity
Jan 06, 2023

Aggregative, derivative, creative: Generative AI and human creativity

Adequate regulations need to be put in place as the mass adoption of gen-AI is inevitable and fast-approaching

वेब 3.0 साठी भारत जागतिक धोरणाला आकार देऊ शकतो का?
Jan 05, 2023

वेब 3.0 साठी भारत जागतिक धोरणाला आकार देऊ शकतो का?

भारताने वेब 3.0 वर आपली धोरणे सुव्यवस्थित केली पाहिजे आणि �

तंत्रज्ञान धोरण शक्तीशाली, कल्पक आणि सुरक्षित कसे बनवायचे?
Jan 05, 2023

तंत्रज्ञान धोरण शक्तीशाली, कल्पक आणि सुरक्षित कसे बनवायचे?

बड्या कंपन्यांच्या मक्तेदारीचा परिणाम राष्ट्रीय सार्व�

Intensification of Xi’s anti-corruption campaign
Sep 27, 2022

Intensification of Xi’s anti-corruption campaign

Xi Jinping’s security purge gathers steam ahead of China’s leadership transition.

Qubits for climate change
Aug 23, 2022

Qubits for climate change

As nation-states and Big Tech firms continue to make advances in quantum computing, the ethical use of technology must be streamlined with R&D to

Leveraging data privacy by design
Aug 02, 2022

Leveraging data privacy by design

Embedded privacy by design can help build consumer trust instead of systems that seek privacy as an additional feature.

Can India shape the global policy for Web 3.0?
Apr 12, 2022

Can India shape the global policy for Web 3.0?

India should streamline its policies on Web 3.0 and participate in the global policy development so that it can become a significant player in the Web

How can India make its technology policy powerful, innovative, and secure?
Apr 02, 2022

How can India make its technology policy powerful, innovative, and secure?

The monopoly of Big Tech firms impacts national sovereignty, fair competition, innovation diffusion, consumer rights, privacy, market efficiency, econ

Big Tech: The phony knight of democracy
Feb 18, 2022

Big Tech: The phony knight of democracy

The titans of tech evade regulations on the ground of free speech as they rake in profit from misinformation in host countries, while complying to sim

Metaverse: Making it a universe for all
Feb 10, 2022

Metaverse: Making it a universe for all

To avoid the pitfalls of previous inventions that promised to be accessible to all, the metaverse should ensure that it remains more democratic and op

Xi resumes hunt for the ‘tigers’ of finance
Feb 09, 2022

Xi resumes hunt for the ‘tigers’ of finance

Anti-graft agency looks to sever business-CCP collusion

The future of the battle for minds
Jan 15, 2022

The future of the battle for minds

The use of cognitive warfare by states showcases that a new avenue for contestation has emerged

Big Tech and climate change: There’s more to it than meets the eye
Jan 12, 2022

Big Tech and climate change: There’s more to it than meets the eye

Is Big Tech using financial metrics and emission-based metrics to evade accountability?

Battle of legacies in China as Xi consolidates position
Nov 25, 2021

Battle of legacies in China as Xi consolidates position

Now on par with the great leaders of China’s past, the recent Plenary session successfully captured Xi Jinping’s supremacy.

Turbulent times for China's Big Tech is far from over
Nov 19, 2021

Turbulent times for China's Big Tech is far from over

China is instating new measures such as blockchain standardisation and amendment of the Anti-Monopoly Law in an effort to further rein in the Big Tech

Decrypting China’s Big Tech crackdown – Part 2
Oct 24, 2021

Decrypting China’s Big Tech crackdown – Part 2

The CPC is employing strict measures to keep the Tech industry under its thumb to  ensure that their goals align to achieve the greater “Chinese Dr

That First Childhood Cigarette: Big Tobacco metaphor drags US Congress to address a bigger dilemma
Oct 22, 2021

That First Childhood Cigarette: Big Tobacco metaphor drags US Congress to address a bigger dilemma

The recent testimony by Frances Haugen placed Facebook under scrutiny after flagging its harmful algorithms, thus raising the question should governme

When Algorithms decide and regulating those decisions
Oct 19, 2021

When Algorithms decide and regulating those decisions

How do we ensure that a user know what they are consenting to when the calculus between short-term gain of using the service against any harm due to l

21st Century mythologies: The rise (and fall?) of Big Tech
Oct 18, 2021

21st Century mythologies: The rise (and fall?) of Big Tech

As sovereign states work overtime to “tame” the tech giants, should platforms be punished for succeeding beyond anyone’s wildest imaginations?

Magnanimous machines: Why AI work should work for people and not the other way around
Oct 17, 2021

Magnanimous machines: Why AI work should work for people and not the other way around

Machine learning allows us to replicate past patterns at an astonishing rate, we should work towards not replicating past mistakes and patterns

Can competition tools fix social media?
Oct 13, 2021

Can competition tools fix social media?

Replacing tech authoritarianism with state overreach will only exacerbate problems plaguing social media platforms

China aims to algorithmise Internet Information Services (IIS)
Oct 12, 2021

China aims to algorithmise Internet Information Services (IIS)

As a part of the ongoing tech crackdown, Beijing has decided to introduce AI Algorithm-based regulations to rein in the Big Tech

China’s Big Tech pledges support to common prosperity: By choice or design?
Sep 15, 2021

China’s Big Tech pledges support to common prosperity: By choice or design?

Post a regulatory crackdown, tech CEOs are pledging moral and monetary support for the CPC’s “common prosperity” programme

The infodemic: Regulating the new public square
Apr 22, 2021

The infodemic: Regulating the new public square

Social media platforms were ostensibly conceived to democratise ideas, not stifle them. What is at stake is if the US’s friends continue to trust th

De facto shared sovereignty and the rise of non-state statecraft: Imperatives for nation-states
Apr 22, 2021

De facto shared sovereignty and the rise of non-state statecraft: Imperatives for nation-states

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has created complexity in the international power model of state sovereignty.

US needs a federal data protection law right now: Marietje Schaake
Jan 29, 2021

US needs a federal data protection law right now: Marietje Schaake

If this is a moment that will change the Internet, how will that process proceed from here? And for whom will it change?

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

Principles of financial regulation for Big Tech
Dec 22, 2020

Principles of financial regulation for Big Tech

The legal, regulatory and political momentum to take action is there — yet, regulations remain mostly globally uncoordinated.

Treading the unusual alliance between Big Tech and the government post-Covid-19
Oct 02, 2020

Treading the unusual alliance between Big Tech and the government post-Covid-19

No matter how dangerous it is to individual freedoms, government-Big Tech collaboration is necessary, both in times of crisis as well as normalcy as m

Three reasons behind Apple’s $2 trillion valuation: China, China and China
Aug 20, 2020

Three reasons behind Apple’s $2 trillion valuation: China, China and China

In the past six months, the valuation of Apple has doubled — what it delivered over four decades has been replicated in six months.

Amalgamating small cogs in the giant tech machine: Three lessons for regulators following the Congressional hearings
Aug 13, 2020

Amalgamating small cogs in the giant tech machine: Three lessons for regulators following the Congressional hearings

The prevailing school of thought on antitrust laws cannot reign in Big Tech. Focus should be given to other forms of anti-competitive behaviour.