Lt. Gen. Menon was quoted in an article in The Wire on the legacy of General Bipin Rawat. The article argues that Gen. Rawat’s legacy, among other things, will be marked by his support for the politicisation of the Indian army.

Megha Pardhi was quoted in an article in The Next Web about China’s new AI policy.

Manoj Kewalramani appeared on Pranay Kotasthane and Saurabh Chandra’s Hindi podcast Puliyabaazi to discuss China’s narrative management during the pandemic. We also discuss politics and factions in China and try to understand the media environment there. Manoj also has some tips on how to read between the lines of official propaganda. The episode is based on Manoj’s first book Smokeless War: China’s Quest for Geopolitical Dominance.

Nitin Pai appeared on Newslaundry’s NL Hafta podcast. In the episode, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal and Jayashree Arunachalam spoke to Apar Gupta, writer and executive director of Internet Freedom Foundation, and Nitin Pai, columnist and co-founder of Takshashila Institution.

They discuss parliamentary proceedings and the implications of the anti-conversion bill passed by the Karnataka government.

Manoj Kewalramani was quoted in the Hindu Businessline on the corporate winners of the pandemic. The article also explored the effect of India-China relations on India’s startups, and China’s domestic economy.

Prateek Waghre was part of a discussion with Tarunima Prabhakar, research lead at Tattle Civic Tech, on misinformation and online harms on Reddit.

Lt. Gen. Prakash Menon was quoted in Moneycontrol on the successor to Gen. Rawat as Chief of Defence Staff.

Manoj Kewalramani spoke to Ambassador Nirupama Menon Rao on her new book, “The Fractured Book”, at an event by the Bangalore International Centre on 9th December.

Prateek Waghre appeared on an Internet Governance Forum panel on the use of Contact Tracing Apps during the pandemic. Prateek’s work in the area is centred on a Takshashila Discussion Document titled Technological Interventions for COVID-19 Management: An Analysis.

Pranay Kotasthane spoke to Ashish Kulkarni of the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics. Ashish Kulkarni is an Assistant Professor at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics. They discussed topics ranging from how public policy affects different aspects of our lives, how changing subjects influenced Pranay’s understanding of public policy, what skills complement the study of economics and touched on topics like geopolitics of semiconductors.