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Curated by Laetitia Bruce Warjri and Anahita Khanna

The Raisina Edit offers a selection of commentaries that unpack, interpret, and problematise contemporary global developments corresponding to the Raisina Dialogue thematic pillars for 2023— Neo Insurgence: Geographies, Domains, Ambitions; Amoral Mosaic: Contest, Cooperate, or Cancel; Chaotic Codes: Sovereignty, Security, Society; Pernicious Passports: Climate, Commons, Citizens; and Grey Rhinos: Democracies, Dependencies, and Debt Traps.

Publications

Leveraging BRICS in times of economic uncertainty

International Affairs | Economics and Finance | BRICS

Mar 04, 2023

Leveraging BRICS in times of economic uncertainty

Increased investment and support across BRICS can be an incisive way to leverage the BRICS and serve as a counterpoint to Bretton Woods orthodoxy ...

The Future of Work and the role of education in shaping it

Cyber and Technology

Mar 04, 2023

The Future of Work and the role of education in shaping it

Educational institutions can play a huge role in helping learners find a supportive community, figure out how to learn new things, and continually reinvent themselves in a fast-paced digitally-driven world ...

Utkarsh Amitabh | Utkarsh Amitabh

A multilateral framework for digital trade

International Affairs | International Trade and Investment

Mar 04, 2023

A multilateral framework for digital trade

The success of a multilateral framework for digital trade, like it or not, depends on the renewal of the WTO Moratorium at the WTO Ministerial Council Meeting in early 2024 ...

| Jane Drake-Brockman

The Pandemic Treaty – One ring to rule them all

Healthcare

Mar 04, 2023

The Pandemic Treaty – One ring to rule them all

How well are the needs of non-G7 countries being reflected in the negotiations for a “pandemic treaty”? ...

| Sridhar Venkatapuram | Rajat Khosla

Eastern promise: The power shifts in EU politics

International Affairs

Mar 04, 2023

Eastern promise: The power shifts in EU politics

Central and Eastern Europe have activated the geopolitical dimension of the EU and showcased their importance in shaping the EU’s future ...

| Robert Vass

Can—will—European countries avoid being dragged into a conflict in Taiwan?

International Affairs

Mar 04, 2023

Can—will—European countries avoid being dragged into a conflict in Taiwan?

Key strategic changes over the past few years increase the likelihood of the EU being dragged into a military conflict in the Taiwan Strait ...

| Alicia Garca Herrero

International Affairs

Mar 03, 2023

A United States-Pakistan Rapprochement?

American leaders must abandon their decades-long dream of achieving strategic convergence between the US and Pakistan ...

S. Paul Kapur

International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics

Mar 03, 2023

The New Australia-China dynamic

Australia’s reformed policy towards China is not a turn to China; it’s a return to normality ...

| Melissa Conley Tyler

Golden rules for regulating Digital Public Goods

Media and Internet | Cyber and Technology

Mar 03, 2023

Golden rules for regulating Digital Public Goods

We must have checks and balances on our technologists and on those who govern technology, especially in the case of DPGs because of their increasingly broad public utility and dependence ...

| Johanna Weaver | Tanvi Nair

The need for a strategy to counter China’s Human Rights violations

International Affairs | China Foreign Policy

Mar 03, 2023

The need for a strategy to counter China’s Human Rights violations

The challenge for policymakers is to identify the means necessary to tackle the threat China poses to security while also addressing threats to human rights ...

| Olivia Enos