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Unlocking capital for climate response in the emerging world
Apr 23, 2021

Unlocking capital for climate response in the emerging world

The policy decision to decarbonise capital flows are important in driving the necessary shift towards a more sustainable and resilient global order, b

Assessing the challenges to London’s Indo-Pacific tilt
Apr 19, 2021

Assessing the challenges to London’s Indo-Pacific tilt

The UK’s Integrated Review outlines a comprehensive Indo-Pacific framework, but overlooks some challenges facing London’s ‘Indo-Pacific tilt.’

The promise of AI: Can it hold for environmental sustainability?
Apr 14, 2021

The promise of AI: Can it hold for environmental sustainability?

We need to be in a better position to do our homework and genuinely assess the environmental impact of digital technologies, including AI.

Value chains disrupted: Navigating the American and Chinese contest for dominance
Apr 14, 2021

Value chains disrupted: Navigating the American and Chinese contest for dominance

Decoupling, like sanctions as a geopolitical tool, can be a substitute for outright conflict, and this has started a controversy that is likely to be

The need for integrated SOPs to combat human trafficking along India–Nepal border
Mar 23, 2021

The need for integrated SOPs to combat human trafficking along India–Nepal border

It becomes imperative that both India and Nepal urgently address the existing gaps in cross-border management by formulating integrated SOPs that targ

2021 में कैसा होगा काम-काज का भविष्य: दक्षिण-अफ्रीका का परिदृश्य
Mar 22, 2021

2021 में कैसा होगा काम-काज का भविष्य: दक्षिण-अफ्रीका का परिदृश्य

एक बात तो तय है, काम-काज का भविष्य डिजिटल है. ये प्रयोग 2021 मे�

A new development paradigm for sustainable development: A case study of Dhun, Rajasthan
Mar 20, 2021

A new development paradigm for sustainable development: A case study of Dhun, Rajasthan

The Dhun Project aspires to create a microcosm in a 500-acre ecological reserve, comprising of living, working, learning, recreational and research sp

Quad, India, and the development-linked cooperative security in the Indo-Pacific
Mar 16, 2021

Quad, India, and the development-linked cooperative security in the Indo-Pacific

Multidimensional development-linked cooperation, as initiated by Quad, should be seen by countries in the region as an enabler to harmonise domestic s

First Quad leaders meeting: An agenda beyond security
Mar 16, 2021

First Quad leaders meeting: An agenda beyond security

Besides vaccine diplomacy, this Quad meeting deliberated on matters like climate change, and critical and emerging technologies.

Toxic trolls: How can we protect women on social media?
Mar 13, 2021

Toxic trolls: How can we protect women on social media?

Peer pressure is the single most effective tool for building successful platforms that encourage women’s participation without fear.

Women-owned enterprises: With a little help, they can be the engine for economic growth
Mar 08, 2021

Women-owned enterprises: With a little help, they can be the engine for economic growth

If women’s participation in microenterprises were to increase, it could address two crises that plague the country — job growth and declining part

Celebrating ‘Nari Shakti’ the patriarchal way
Mar 08, 2021

Celebrating ‘Nari Shakti’ the patriarchal way

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

Mapping her world: The future of gender-sensitive urban designing
Mar 08, 2021

Mapping her world: The future of gender-sensitive urban designing

Women have particular reproductive, safety, and biological needs that urban designing must cater to in order to make the entire cityscape more accessi

भारत के पूर्वोत्तर में एसडीजी-9 को बढ़ावा देने के लिए बुनियादी ढांचा कैसा हो?
Feb 25, 2021

भारत के पूर्वोत्तर में एसडीजी-9 को बढ़ावा देने के लिए बुनियादी ढांचा कैसा हो?

पूर्वोत्तर का इलाक़ा न सिर्फ़ आसियान के सदस्य देशों बल्क

Kisan Rail: Towards raising farmer incomes
Feb 11, 2021

Kisan Rail: Towards raising farmer incomes

Kisan Rails is a step taken in the right direction as it intends to capitalise on the robust railway network — and cutting-edge technology — to co

हार में तब्दील हुई डोकलाम की जीत
Feb 03, 2021

हार में तब्दील हुई डोकलाम की जीत

हाल के दिनों में डोकलाम में चीन की गतिविधियां ये इशारा कर�

The war budget: Can the Centre fight a pandemic simply by turning water into wellbeing?
Feb 01, 2021

The war budget: Can the Centre fight a pandemic simply by turning water into wellbeing?

Given the daunting challenges of 2021, and the opportunity that the pandemic presented to reform the health sector, Budget 2021 unfortunately remained

Relocating Mumbai in the geoeconomics of the Indo-Pacific
Jan 30, 2021

Relocating Mumbai in the geoeconomics of the Indo-Pacific

Positioning Mumbai in the Indo-Pacific will require planning. A new version of the ‘Bombay Plan’ — Bombay Plan 2.0 — is needed to build on the

Why artificial intelligence needs a new name for better regulation
Jan 29, 2021

Why artificial intelligence needs a new name for better regulation

To regulate entities and aid in better rulemaking, it is important to get the nomenclature right.

कामकाज का भविष्य, इंसान के लिए है या मशीन के लिए?
Jan 29, 2021

कामकाज का भविष्य, इंसान के लिए है या मशीन के लिए?

विकासशील देशों में कम आमदनी वाले और अकुशल मज़दूरों की नौ�

Domestic reform key to India’s rise
Jan 29, 2021

Domestic reform key to India’s rise

The geoeconomic benefits of working towards more robust growth, both now and in the future, are multiple.

Biden on Indo-Pacific: Continuing the ‘America First’ approach
Jan 29, 2021

Biden on Indo-Pacific: Continuing the ‘America First’ approach

Trump’s effort to shape the region’s economic future was coupled with a trade approach, which will fit squarely with the Biden administration’s

The future of work: For man or machine?
Jan 28, 2021

The future of work: For man or machine?

Education and skills development are key factors in the ‘man or machine’ debate.

Towards resilient cities: Harnessing digital services and creating global city alliances
Jan 28, 2021

Towards resilient cities: Harnessing digital services and creating global city alliances

What can cities do to ensure progress and prosperity for all?

Conspiring on Afghan soil? Sino-Pak collusion in Kabul
Jan 22, 2021

Conspiring on Afghan soil? Sino-Pak collusion in Kabul

Beijing’s growing interest in co-conspiring with Pakistan on Afghan soil adds to the growing tensions in the subcontinent, heightening concern over

Myanmar: Trafficking issues, plight of Rohingyas in Thailand
Jan 21, 2021

Myanmar: Trafficking issues, plight of Rohingyas in Thailand

Thailand has long been a hub for human trafficking networks, transporting displaced Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants to Malaysia and other countries.

Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and its economic implications
Jan 19, 2021

Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and its economic implications

To defend their turf — and prevent extreme decoupling — central banks are keen on designing their own network of digital payments by officially is

Energising tourism for a Bay of Bengal community
Jan 18, 2021

Energising tourism for a Bay of Bengal community

Promotion of the tourism sector is inherently linked with the connectivity in the sub-region.

Reflections on Phuket ministerial meeting
Jan 15, 2021

Reflections on Phuket ministerial meeting

The signing of the framework agreement on free trade area was not anticipated during the event, which later appeared as a new revelation in the wake o

Looking ahead retrospectively: A Bangladeshi perspective
Jan 15, 2021

Looking ahead retrospectively: A Bangladeshi perspective

The revival of the multi-modal connectivity web in today’s context — with the Bay of Bengal central to it — holds rich promises for all South an

The BIMSTEC and issue of regional integration
Jan 15, 2021

The BIMSTEC and issue of regional integration

The big challenge before BIMSTEC is to muster public support for the regional forum.

Women’s work during pandemic in the BIMSTEC region
Jan 15, 2021

Women’s work during pandemic in the BIMSTEC region

The adverse impact of the pandemic on women has been felt through a number of ways including employment and income loss.

Brand Bhutan and tourism in BIMSTEC
Jan 15, 2021

Brand Bhutan and tourism in BIMSTEC

The ‘high-value, low volume’ tourism policy ensures that the number of tourists arriving is consistent with the absorptive carrying capacity of th

Bhutan: Regional grouping a must for economic revival
Jan 13, 2021

Bhutan: Regional grouping a must for economic revival

Bhutan must create reliable relationships with other countries that can offer the framework of an international community. One such community can be t

India: Understanding the structural drivers for political defections
Jan 13, 2021

India: Understanding the structural drivers for political defections

A deeper analysis of the working of the party structures and leadership style is necessary to unravel the fundamental factors that create the breeding

Technology for women in 2021: Perspectives from Kenya
Jan 08, 2021

Technology for women in 2021: Perspectives from Kenya

2020 has seen the rapid uptake of technology in both the formal and informal sectors with many formal employers adapting strategies that have allowed

Digital rights in 2021: Perspectives from Kenya
Jan 08, 2021

Digital rights in 2021: Perspectives from Kenya

In the coming years, many will be watching to see whether mobile network operators will manage to retain the 2.8 million new mobile money subscribers

The future of work in 2021: Perspectives from South Africa
Jan 08, 2021

The future of work in 2021: Perspectives from South Africa

One thing is for sure, the future of work is digital.

Rallying old friends: Adapting to an evolving Afghan theatre
Jan 07, 2021

Rallying old friends: Adapting to an evolving Afghan theatre

India has been calling upon all sections across the political spectrum of Afghanistan — to work together — to meet the aspirations of all in the c

Policy challenges amidst modern medicine and AYUSH: What is the solution?
Jan 06, 2021

Policy challenges amidst modern medicine and AYUSH: What is the solution?

The difference between conventional and alternative medicine must eventually be removed so that the medicines that work are available to all practitio

वर्क फ्रॉम होम से वर्क फ्रॉम एनिव्हेयर तक: ‘को-वर्किंग’ का भविष्य
Jan 02, 2021

वर्क फ्रॉम होम से वर्क फ्रॉम एनिव्हेयर तक: ‘को-वर्किंग’ का भविष्य

कोविड-19 के दौरान पैदा हुए ‘रिमोट-वर्किंग’ के तौर तरीके, आन�