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Diplomacy of survival: The geopolitics of healthcare and vaccines in the age of COVID-19

International Affairs | Healthcare

Mar 11, 2021

Diplomacy of survival: The geopolitics of healthcare and vaccines in the age of COVID-19

Jaimal Anand

Neighbourhood | Healthcare

Feb 18, 2021

Indian Vaccine Diplomacy in Nepal

Hari Bansh Jha

Why we can’t take China’s “peace moves” at face value

Privacy & Data Protection

Feb 05, 2021

Why we can’t take China’s “peace moves” at face value

India can’t afford to lower its guard with Xi’s plan to increase conscript intake.

Kalpit A Mankikar

मुंबई की संभावनाओं के विस्तार के लिए ज़रूरी है पैराडिप्लोमैसी

Urbanisation in India

Jan 29, 2021

मुंबई की संभावनाओं के विस्तार के लिए ज़रूरी है पैराडिप्लोमैसी

समूचे इतिहास के दौरान, ‘बॉम्बे’ दुनिया के साथ अपने संपर्�

Kalpit A Mankikar

Paradiplomacy is key for Mumbai to realise full potential

Urbanisation

Jan 28, 2021

Paradiplomacy is key for Mumbai to realise full potential

Paradiplomacy and leveraging links with other cities is useful in attracting investment and technology, and fostering cultural understanding.

Kalpit A Mankikar

Atlas Shrugged: The platform v. the state

Media and Internet | Cyber Security | Internet Governance | Cyber and Technology

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

Trisha Ray

Vaccine Diplomacy: In 2021, the UAE will become the new vaccine hub of the Middle East

Healthcare

Dec 29, 2020

Vaccine Diplomacy: In 2021, the UAE will become the new vaccine hub of the Middle East

This “niche diplomacy” is expected to be one of the key guiding principles of Emirati foreign policy in 2021.

Europe’s great reawakening — Will Brussels walk the talk on its “strategic autonomy”?

Privacy & Data Protection

Dec 28, 2020

Europe’s great reawakening — Will Brussels walk the talk on its “strategic autonomy”?

Europe will have to build on the promising trends and deliver quickly in 2021.

Garima Mohan | Garima Mohan

Is Pakistan operationalising ‘pro-active’ diplomacy of assassinations?

Neighbourhood

Dec 23, 2020

Is Pakistan operationalising ‘pro-active’ diplomacy of assassinations?

The Pakistani establishment is trying to muzzle dissent within Pakistan — and without.

Sushant Sareen

Mauritius-India Relations: Opportunities for greater cooperation & better understanding

Indian Foreign Policy | Indian Ocean

Dec 03, 2020

Mauritius-India Relations: Opportunities for greater cooperation & better understanding

Vinitha Revi

Chinese dam on Yarlung Tsangpo/Brahmaputra: Should India be concerned?

Water

Dec 01, 2020

Chinese dam on Yarlung Tsangpo/Brahmaputra: Should India be concerned?

The contribution emerging from the Chinese boundary to the immediate point in the Indian boundary cannot be stated to be negligible.

Nilanjan Ghosh

Reinvention and principled diplomacy — Biden on East and Southeast Asia

US Foreign Policy

Nov 10, 2020

Reinvention and principled diplomacy — Biden on East and Southeast Asia

What would be crucial to note is whether there is a salving of positions taken towards China by Trump, as US policy towards China still stands to dete

Pratnashree Basu | Sreeparna Banerjee

टेक्नोलॉजी ने बदल दिए कूटनीति के तौर-तरीके़: कोविड-19 से पहले और बाद की हक़ीक़त

Media and Internet | Cyber Security | Cyber and Technology

Nov 09, 2020

टेक्नोलॉजी ने बदल दिए कूटनीति के तौर-तरीके़: कोविड-19 से पहले और बाद की हक़ीक़त

संचार के आधुनिक साधनों के दौर में कूटनीति को भी बदलना होग�

Viktoriia Ivanchenko

Chinese technonationalism: An era of “TikTok diplomacy”?

Cyber Security | Internet Governance | Cyber and Technology

Oct 28, 2020

Chinese technonationalism: An era of “TikTok diplomacy”?

The politicisation of technology is not new. However, China’s ambitions in promoting homegrown companies at the expense of foreign competitors is br

International Affairs

Oct 21, 2020

Venezuela, the Pink Tide and China

Defence and Security

Oct 15, 2020

Institutionalisation of the Quad

An Indo-Pacific security architecture would have to be evolved. This should ensure a free, open and rule-based Indo-Pacific confirming freedom of navi

| Ashok Sajjanhar

Technologies changing diplomatic practices: Pre and post-Covid-19 reality

Healthcare | Media and Internet | Cyber and Technology

Oct 06, 2020

Technologies changing diplomatic practices: Pre and post-Covid-19 reality

In the time of modern means of communication, diplomacy must evolve as well. The question is — what is the right direction of this evolution?

| Viktoriia Ivanchenko

India’s Lines of Credit to Africa in Health: Opportunity to Build a Key Pillar to the Economy

International Affairs | Indian Foreign Policy | Healthcare | Economic Diplomacy

Oct 05, 2020

India’s Lines of Credit to Africa in Health: Opportunity to Build a Key Pillar to the Economy

Oommen C. Kurian

‘दक्षिण-दक्षिण सहयोग’ के ज़रिए कोविड-19 के दौर में भारत की स्वास्थ्य कूटनीति

Indian Foreign Policy | Healthcare

Sep 10, 2020

‘दक्षिण-दक्षिण सहयोग’ के ज़रिए कोविड-19 के दौर में भारत की स्वास्थ्य कूटनीति

भौगोलिक सीमाओं को पार करते हुए, दुनिया भर में जिस तेज़ी से

Kaustuv Chakrabarti

Can India consider an FTA with Australia in critical minerals?

Privacy & Data Protection

Aug 26, 2020

Can India consider an FTA with Australia in critical minerals?

Economic growth in current times will ask for identifying new, efficient ways of increased productivity, ways to integrate policy priorities across di

Natasha Jha Bhaskar

Biden will not bid for war to contain China

US Foreign Policy | US Domestic Politics

Aug 18, 2020

Biden will not bid for war to contain China

If Biden wins in the upcoming elections, a shift in America’s China policy is on the cards.

Atul Bhardwaj

Sport as diplomacy in India - Pakistan ties

Neighbourhood | Indian Foreign Policy

Aug 04, 2020

Sport as diplomacy in India - Pakistan ties

Jitendra Nath Misra

Is India’s Chabahar calculus in trouble?

Indian Ocean | Connectivity

Jul 21, 2020

Is India’s Chabahar calculus in trouble?

Recent developments bring to light two key costs for India as it seeks to pursue its interests at Chabahar: access to Afghanistan and its leadership i

Kriti M. Shah | Ritika Passi

The extent of China’s soft power in South Asia

Privacy & Data Protection

Jul 11, 2020

The extent of China’s soft power in South Asia

Soft power in South Asia has ushered a fear of retaliation; negative impacts such as debt traps appear less threatening to these countries than turnin

Tara Rao

India’s medical diplomacy during COVID19 through South South Cooperation

International Affairs | Indian Foreign Policy | Healthcare

Jul 09, 2020

India’s medical diplomacy during COVID19 through South South Cooperation

Kaustuv Chakrabarti

Why New Delhi featured in Pompeo’s salvo against Iran

Indian Foreign Policy | US Foreign Policy

Jul 02, 2020

Why New Delhi featured in Pompeo’s salvo against Iran

India, which maintains good relations with Iran and has strategic interests in that country, has walked the trapeze wire regarding the issue of its nu

Kabir Taneja

De-escalation this time around will not be as easy as in Doklam

Defence and Security | Indian Defence | China Military

Jun 23, 2020

De-escalation this time around will not be as easy as in Doklam

New Delhi’s decreased policy manoeuvrability coupled with China’s decreasing need to comply with international norms and conventions is a dangerou

Anant Singh Mann

Knowing one’s friends and allies: The politics of the BRICS amidst the pandemic

International Affairs | Multilateralism

Jun 16, 2020

Knowing one’s friends and allies: The politics of the BRICS amidst the pandemic

For most coalitions — and especially so when they involve developing countries — there are usually doomsayers predicting its premature death. The

Amrita Narlikar

The Simmering Boundary: A “new normal” at the India–China border? | Part 2

Defence and Security | Indian Defence | China Military

Jun 14, 2020

The Simmering Boundary: A “new normal” at the India–China border? | Part 2

Past experience and Occam’s razor suggest wolf warrior diplomacy has seized the day.

| Jeff M. Smith

India’s public health diplomacy in the time of COVID19

International Affairs | Indian Foreign Policy | Healthcare

Jun 13, 2020

India’s public health diplomacy in the time of COVID19

Harsh V. Pant

When a pandemic meets the era of ‘infodemic’

Media and Internet | Cyber and Technology

Jun 12, 2020

When a pandemic meets the era of ‘infodemic’

The ideas of disinformation and misinformation are as old as history. What is new, are the technologies that enable its rapid spread.

Manoj Joshi

The BRI and Covid-19: A tale of two crises

Economics and Finance

May 28, 2020

The BRI and Covid-19: A tale of two crises

The fallout from Covid-19 makes imminent two crises for BRI’s continued progression: a crisis of credibility and a crisis of viability.

| Ritika Passi

Understanding the coming challenges to India’s pharma sector

International Affairs | Healthcare

May 22, 2020

Understanding the coming challenges to India’s pharma sector

India should use the likely shortage of Chinese APIs to its advantage and become a dominant player in the world pharma market

Privacy & Data Protection

May 21, 2020

New Delhi’s Nepal conundrum

The present inflection point in Indo-Nepalese border tensions has evolved into an awkward position where neither of the two states can realistically b

Harsh V. Pant

Regional dimensions of global response to COVID-19

Climate, Food and Environment

May 19, 2020

Regional dimensions of global response to COVID-19

The regional approach to collectively combat the pandemic may have allowed global institutions such as the United Nations and its agencies to engage r

| K. Yhome

Medical diplomacy by India and Europe can restrain Iranian hardliners

Privacy & Data Protection

May 13, 2020

Medical diplomacy by India and Europe can restrain Iranian hardliners

As the US doubles down on its “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran, India and Europe can cooperate to stem the tide against the surge of Irani

| Kashish Parpiani

Indian Foreign Policy

May 02, 2020

Indian diplomacy in the age of COVID-19

New Delhi has been quietly focused on tackling the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, trying to help others within its own limitations and bu

Harsh V. Pant

COVID diplomacy and regional dynamics in Southern Asia

Privacy & Data Protection

Apr 30, 2020

COVID diplomacy and regional dynamics in Southern Asia

Several Chinese provincial governments have taken the lead on COVID diplomacy in continental Southern Asia.

| K. Yhome

यूरोप में छद्म कूटनीति की आड़ में चीन की आक्रामक विदेश नीति

Healthcare

Apr 29, 2020

यूरोप में छद्म कूटनीति की आड़ में चीन की आक्रामक विदेश नीति

जिसतरह से महामारी को लेकर अनिश्चितता का माहौल है और जनता �

Alicja Bachulska

China’s COVID-19 relief diplomacy in West Asia

China Foreign Policy

Apr 22, 2020

China’s COVID-19 relief diplomacy in West Asia

The Chinese outreach in West Asia has been arguably subtle and careful.

Kabir Taneja

Sino-Indian transitions in the energy sector

Energy | Urbanisation | Energy Access

Apr 20, 2020

Sino-Indian transitions in the energy sector

Where China and India indicate conspicuous commonalities, aim for similar objectives and reflect identical challenges — exploring Sino-Indian partne

Soumya Bhowmick

COVID-19: China's ‘Health Silk Road’ diplomacy in Iran and Turkey

International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics | Healthcare

Apr 13, 2020

COVID-19: China's ‘Health Silk Road’ diplomacy in Iran and Turkey

Covid-19: China’s donation diplomacy towards Africa turns into a public relations disaster

International Affairs | Healthcare

Apr 13, 2020

Covid-19: China’s donation diplomacy towards Africa turns into a public relations disaster

| Abhishek Mishra

COVID19: Taiwan, accountability and global institutions

Privacy & Data Protection

Apr 10, 2020

COVID19: Taiwan, accountability and global institutions

Health crises may originate anywhere in the world, but the subsequent responses from the concerned countries characterise their roles as responsible c

Pratnashree Basu