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Time for bold options in Afghanistan
Aug 16, 2010

Time for bold options in Afghanistan

India's Afghanistan policy has for long been hos tage to the vagaries of policy making in Washington and the enormous baggage of myths and wishful thinking which burden its strategic outlook.

Transnational corporations and the challenge to underwrite trade disruptions scare
Nov 29, 2021

Transnational corporations and the challenge to underwrite trade disruptions scare

The flailing multilateral system has led global corporations to rethink just how connected they ought to be

Trump’s exemptionalist US foreign policy
Jul 17, 2018

Trump’s exemptionalist US foreign policy

Under President Trump, the United States seems to adopting an unprecedented antagonistic stance against the institutions, commitments, and unpronounced precedents alike, of the liberal world order that the US itself put in place in the aftermath of the Second World War.

Underground coal gasification: Option for decarbonisation and source of hydrogen?
Mar 23, 2023

Underground coal gasification: Option for decarbonisation and source of hydrogen?

Overall, UCG has both strategic advantages and huge environmental and geological risks. India would have to weigh it out before proceeding

Understanding ISIS: From conception to operations
Aug 24, 2017

Understanding ISIS: From conception to operations

This paper bridges the gap in Indian public discourse on the aims of ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or Islamic State) and where it stands today as the most formidable terrorist organisation of the 21st century. It explores ISIS from the perspective of the Middle East, rather than coming from an Indian foreign policy and security point of view, of which there is no dearth in literature. Such an approach is crucial in understanding the terr

Uptick in India’s headline inflation: A transitory phase
Jul 18, 2021

Uptick in India’s headline inflation: A transitory phase

While economic growth remains the main focus, elevated inflation may ask for some attention.

Uri attack: There are no military options that will give India the outcome it wants
Sep 19, 2016

Uri attack: There are no military options that will give India the outcome it wants

In Pathankot and again in Uri, we have seen the perimeter breached too easily.

US needs to treat India as an exception
Dec 07, 2013

US needs to treat India as an exception

The United States needs to treat India as an exception given the uniqueness of the US-India relationship, argues Dr. Anit Mukherjee of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore.

US Policy options in Pakistan
Oct 13, 2011

US Policy options in Pakistan

Pakistan will face severe consequences if they do not change their policies in dealing with terror networks, said Dr. Lisa Curtis during a talk on "US Policy Options in Pakistan" on October 13, 2011 at Observer Research Foundation.

US-India ties under Biden — Leveraging Trump’s disruptions
Dec 28, 2020

US-India ties under Biden — Leveraging Trump’s disruptions

Biden will seek to capitalise on the ‘America First’ approach’s uninhibited emphasis on divergences that have long been at an impasse.

USA - al Qaida- Pakistan: Conventional Wisdom or Faulty Assumptions?
Jan 31, 2006

USA - al Qaida- Pakistan: Conventional Wisdom or Faulty Assumptions?

Few nations have been thrust more dramatically into limelight since those tragic 9/11 events than Pakistan. Prior to that date, Pakistan was isolated: perceived as a Taliban and Al Qaeda supporter, a military regime, and a failing state. Events of 9/11 brought it closer to a danger where, in the words of General Musharraf, ¿It could lose its strategic assets.¿

Valuing flexibility and stability of power supply: Options for India
Jun 27, 2023

Valuing flexibility and stability of power supply: Options for India

Creating a new system to stimulate investment in enough future capacity without interfering with the ancillary market's valuation and procurement of r

Wait and watch: The most optimal strategy for sustaining Indo-Turkmen energy ties
Aug 13, 2019

Wait and watch: The most optimal strategy for sustaining Indo-Turkmen energy ties

The intervening time could be utilised to deliberate on carrying out technical and commercial feasibility studies, identifying logistical challenges a

Where’s the big idea? FM got optics wrong
Oct 26, 2017

Where’s the big idea? FM got optics wrong

Using disinvestment proceeds to inject public finance into private companies is a great idea.

WHISPER IN A TEMPEST: Reflections on the CAG Report and Allocation of Captive Coal Blocks
Oct 03, 2012

WHISPER IN A TEMPEST: Reflections on the CAG Report and Allocation of Captive Coal Blocks

The Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on "Allocation of Captive Coal Blocks and Augmentation of Coal Production" for the year ending March 2012 has, among other things,

Whither Opposition: Choice limited as options shrink?
Jul 01, 2019

Whither Opposition: Choice limited as options shrink?

The opposition should have ideally drawn an appropriate strategy to checkmate the ruling party, but nothing of that sort has happened till now.

Why a licence scheme is not an option to resolve India-Sri Lanka fishermen dispute
Mar 07, 2023

Why a licence scheme is not an option to resolve India-Sri Lanka fishermen dispute

While New Delhi is alive to the realities of the ground situation vis a vis IMBL and the UNCLOS notification, to the governments in India, it is as mu

Why the new Balochistan strategy is the best option for India
Aug 22, 2016

Why the new Balochistan strategy is the best option for India

The Balochistan rebellion gives India a leverage, one it has not used so far, at best, to compel or at worst to punish Pakistan for its asymmetric ter

Will the Chinese anti-corruption campaign succeed?
Jul 08, 2015

Will the Chinese anti-corruption campaign succeed?

For over a year, China is running a huge anti-corruption campaign. More than 1,82,000 officials have been punished, including high ranking military officials, four national leaders and senior executives of state companies. However, this type of arbitrary and high-handed posture could backfire and become a catalyst for political crisis if it continues in the present way.

World in flux: India’s choices may help manage disruptions
Jan 25, 2018

World in flux: India’s choices may help manage disruptions

The political and cultural arrangements states and communities arrive at will be heavily implicated by the one major transition Foreign Secretary S. J

Yoga Day disruption: A new cause for concern in Maldives
Jun 24, 2022

Yoga Day disruption: A new cause for concern in Maldives

The ‘India Out’ campaign has taken a new shape as protestors disrupt Yoga Day celebrations in Maldives.

‘Jobs to be done’ approach to disruptive strategy
Jun 02, 2018

‘Jobs to be done’ approach to disruptive strategy

Linked to every job that we do for which we get paid is a job that the customer wants done. Businesses run because customers buy products despite what

#2022 उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव: क्या जातीय राजनीति पर लोक कल्याणवाद की जीत होगी?
Jul 30, 2023

#2022 उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव: क्या जातीय राजनीति पर लोक कल्याणवाद की जीत होगी?

उत्तर प्रदेश के हालिया चुनाव में हमने ‘नए लोक कल्याणवाद’

#AIForAll: कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता के लिए केंद्रीय नियामक मुद्दे
Jul 29, 2023

#AIForAll: कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता के लिए केंद्रीय नियामक मुद्दे

कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता (Artificial Intelligence) के नियमन के वास्ते एक उपयु