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There is an urgent need to accept the reality of cattle trade across the Indo-Bangladesh border and the challenge is to bring about a change in the mindset of people on this issue, according experts and former policy makers.
Even if attempts are being made to deepen bilateral ties, the Quad countries will need to think of ways to tap into all the ASEAN countries in this In
The recent cyberattack on Albania by Iran highlights the intensification of conflict within cyberspace.
Imran’s unceasing attacks on the government and the military have increased the instability in Pakistan
Trump Tantrum: US sanctions on Iran threaten to hit India’s strategic interests in West Asia
Accountability is needed for both past and present regimes
This issue brief assesses the enduring political influence of the military in Pakistan. It delves into the historical, social, and geopolitical factors that have propelled the military's rise in the nation's governance structure. The brief also examines the military-bureaucratic nexus and its role in perpetuating military dominance, and the implications of a weak civil society and its constrained ability to counterbalance military power.
The Centre's Notification of the Cauvery Award should encourage Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to work with the Centre and the other two riparian stake-holders to revive the proposal to build an additional reservoir to store the excess waters, to be shared among them.
Much in departure to this existing thinking of water being State subject, thereby, leading to divergent definitions of property rights, the Supreme Court has observed that water of the Cauvery river was a “national asset and no single state could claim ownership over it”.
Since the dispute started off nearly a century ago, the two riparian states — Karnataka and Tamil Nadu — have been contending on self-interest ove
Central Bank Digital Currencies need a unified global approach given the fracturing of geopolitics into contesting silos
The data collected through CBDCs has the potential to be paired with strict reserve requirements for commercial banks, creating a theoretical framewor
The media in India enjoys a great deal of freedom and when it is threatened, the response is vociferous. Nevertheless, there is the need to maintain a balance between free expression and other community and individual rights; this responsibility should not be borne by the judiciary alone, but by all those who enjoy these rights.
Chemical-Biological and Radiological (CBR) threats are being increasingly perceived as the new face of terrorism. The possibility of non-state actors employing non-conventional weapons using CBR materials.
Sri Lanka could explore and benefit more from close ties with the middle powers than equating most foreign policy decisions on binaries.
Xi’s overall achievements may be a mixed bag, but his biggest success has been in carrying out wide-ranging reforms of the military and security app
Western democracies need to be cautious and must guard against the CCP’s ‘charm offensive’ that threatens their interests.
The foremost geostrategic challenge for India vis-à-vis Bangladesh is to counter the machinations of the China-Pakistan axis.
The Indian embassy in Kabul filled with Afghans of every walk and every ethno-sectarian background for a reception to celebrate the 70th anniversary o
The 75th anniversary of India–Thailand relations presents new opportunities to further collaborations in different spheres.
Let’s try to make the home and the workplace more gender equal, build the necessary infrastructure in rural areas, pay equal salaries for equal work
Indian Vice-President Hamid Ansari's recent State visit, coming after the visit by another important Minister (for Commerce and Industry), Anand Sharma, to Bangladesh, has highlighted New Delhi'sefforts and sincerity at improving the burgeoning relationship with its neighbour even more.
There is a need to fix the BRICS, by altering growth strategies, reducing external dependence, securing domestic demand and investments, providing jobs to the unemployed, and aiming at lowering untenable inequality.
The BRICS is growing more relevant and increasingly institutionalised. Economic growth rates continue to outpace the rest of the developing world. According to the UNDP, Brazil, China and India's combined GDP will be greater than the combined GDP of the US, the UK, Canada, France, Germany and Italy by 2020.
How do states rank in 2021 in terms of urbanisation? What impact does reverse migration on account of COVID-19 have on demography and economy?
It is important to understand the historical background of the India-CEE relationship. At the beginning lay CEE’s interest in India’s brilliant an
With the Taliban taking over in Afghanistan, India must engage more closely with Central Asia for both strategic security concerns and trade
With the threat of instability looming over Central Asia, the need for regional cooperation has increased significantly.
The absence of a comprehensive Central Asian policy under Trump has paved the way for China and Russia to more clearly project their interests in the
In two sets of visits to the Central Asian region in 2013 and 2014, Xi Jinping set a scorching pace for Modi to follow. Unfortunately for India, even a super-star Prime Minister cannot do the impossible. He lacks the vast investible resources that China has already deployed and is deploying in the region.
To defend their turf — and prevent extreme decoupling — central banks are keen on designing their own network of digital payments by officially is
Maximising the effectiveness of fulfilling the essential functions of fiat money should be the primary objective of CBDC.
Inflation is proving hard to tame as central banks lose sight of their primary role of inflation-targeting
