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•June 4, 2020•By and

Xi’s Strategic Folly: Why a New National Security Law Highlights China’s Insecurities

This article was first published in The Diplomat. Xi Jinping’s move reflects Beijing’s insecurities over Hong Kong Last week was among the most critical in Hong Kong’s history since the...
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•June 3, 2020•By, and

Takshashila Discussion SlideDoc: China’s Maritime Coercion Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Download the Discussion SlideDoc in PDF Executive Summary This document assesses the recent escalation of coercive activities by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the South China Sea (SCS)...
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•June 2, 2020•By

Joint/Theatre Commands

The dawn of 2020 heralded, three simultaneous, path breaking and long- awaited steps in India’s defence reforms – the institution of the posts of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)...
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•June 2, 2020•By

Role of Political Guidance for Self-Reliance in Defence

During his address to the nation on May 12, the Prime Minister called for a ‘Self-Reliant India’ as the pathway to be adopted as India confronts the COVID-19 pandemic. For...
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•June 2, 2020•By and

How Covid-19 Changes the Geopolitics of Semiconductor Supply Chains

On May 15, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) — a semiconductor manufacturing behemoth which makes Apple’s A-series chips — announced its plans to build a $12 billion plant in the state of...
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•June 2, 2020•By

All Things Policy: Spying on your Neighbour

Governments are advocating for social pressure to ensure compliance with lockdowns. Is this wise? And should social media play a role? Prateek Waghre talks to Mira Swaminathan and Shubhika Saluja...
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•June 1, 2020•By and

Anticipating the Unintended #38: ‘No Train Lost Its Way’

This newsletter is really a weekly public policy thought-letter. While excellent newsletters on specific themes within public policy already exist, this thought-letter is about frameworks, mental models, and key ideas that...
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•June 1, 2020•By

Will India experience the fallout of Trump vs Twitter?

This is an extract from the full article which appeared in Deccan Herald. …. But before resorting to isomorphic mimicry, it is important to understand what the executive order proposes....
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•May 31, 2020•By

Tech This Week | #BanTikTok Solves Nothing

This article was first published in Deccan Chronicle. Earlier this month, there was a huge push on Twitter to #BanTikTok. While Twitter is always enraged about most things, there are...
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•May 30, 2020•By

Eye on China: LAC Tensions – HK NatSec Law – Two Sessions End – 5G for D10 – Sino-US Frictions – Meng Wanzhou & Huawei

Eye on China is a weekly bulletin offering news and analysis related to the Middle Kingdom from an Indian interests perspective. I. HK NatSec Law This has perhaps been the...
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•May 30, 2020•By and

Anticipating the Unintended #37: Kerala vs Gujarat Models: History Matters

This newsletter is really a public policy thought-letter. While excellent newsletters on specific themes within public policy already exist, this thought-letter is about frameworks, mental models, and key ideas that will...
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•May 30, 2020•By

The PLA Insight: Issue no 55: India-China Border Standoff; China’s Defence Budget; NPC & PLA; Hong Kong & PLA; Memory: A Chinese Soldier from 1962 War; PLA Daily Attacks the US

I. The Big Story: India-China Border Standoff Tensions along the disputed Sino-Indian border remain high. Last week’s newsletter covered a detailed timeline of the events at the border and speculated a few possible reasons...
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•May 30, 2020•By

Not vultures but watchdogs

The Supreme Court of India finally took up the issue of the plight of migrant workers and their families. It took up this issue suo moto. Meaning it was not...
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•May 29, 2020•By

The Compound Eye – The National and Public Health Bills, Dubious funding in Science and HCQ

National Health Bill 2009; Public Health Bill, 2017 In the current pandemic climate, we often hear of the archaic Epidemics Act of 1897 as a vehicle for the policy response....
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•May 29, 2020•By

On Trump’s Offer to Mediate Between India and China

The Print’s daily roundtable TalkPoint posed a question connected to the US President Donald Trump’s offer to mediate between India and China over the “raging border dispute”: Does Trump help or harm India’s...
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•May 29, 2020•By and

All Things Policy: Managing Civil-Military Relations?

With the establishment of the position of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) there also came the new Department of Military Affairs (DMA). In this episode, Pranay Kotasthane talks to Lt...
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•May 29, 2020•By

All Things Policy: Lift Off: Space policy reforms and the private sector in India

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently announced that the Union government will provide a predictable space policy and regulatory environment for private players. But are the measures announced enough to build...
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•May 29, 2020•By

Why the “Atma Nirbhar” package seems insufficient to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak ?

The Atma Nirbhar Package announced by the Union Government might be insufficient to deal with the economic impacts of the COVID19 pandemic. The package does little to create a demand...
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•May 28, 2020•By

Recent Political Developments in Afghanistan – An Assessment

The Unending Saga of US-Taliban ‘Peace’ Deal On May 23 2020, the Taliban announced a three-day ceasefire with effect from May 24, the day when Afghanistan celebrates Eid ul Fitr...
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•May 28, 2020•By

India Can’t Be Self-Reliant & Prosperous With Price Caps, Quotas

A lot of people around the world will retweet you if you blame the coronavirus pandemic on ‘neoliberal capitalism’. In an excellent article in Boston Review, Alyssa Battistoni outlines the...
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•May 28, 2020•By

Flashpoints on the Periphery: Understanding China’s Neighborhood Opportunism

How is China taking advantage of the pandemic to pursue its foreign policy goals? Tensions in China’s periphery have increased dramatically over the past few months as Beijing stepped up...
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•May 27, 2020•By, , and

Takshashila Discussion SlideDoc – A Pathway for Post-Pandemic Economic Reconstruction

By Nitin Pai, Anupam Manur, Sarthak Pradhan, Anirudh Kanisetti Download this slidedoc as a PDF. Executive Summary: The economic response to the pandemic should consist of immediate disaster relief, a...
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•May 27, 2020•By

Going Private: The Crew Dragon launch and lessons for India

Activities in space never sleep. Satellites continue to orbit the Earth; telescopes gaze at distant heavenly bodies and astronauts carry on with their experiments in the International Space Station. In...
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•May 27, 2020•By

China’s post-COVID economic recovery plan

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang outlined the government’s roadmap for a post-COVID economic recovery in his annual policy address before the National People’s Congress on Friday. There are three highlights from...
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•May 27, 2020•By and

All Things Policy: Call of Duty: Short-term service in armed forces

The Union government recently announced a new recruitment plan called “Tour of Duty” to recruit young soldiers and officers for a term of three years. Will this help reduce the...
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•May 26, 2020•By and

All Things Policy: Intervention Using Tech

Technology touches almost every aspect of our daily life. But what’s the use of it during a pandemic? In this episode, Rohan Seth talks to Prateek Waghre, Sapni G Krishna...
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•May 26, 2020•By

How India can end Chinese transgressions: Take conflict to a place Beijing is worried about

How should India respond to another surge in Chinese transgressions at several places along our Himalayan frontiers? Over the past 15 years or so, strategic analysts have recommended two diametrically opposite approaches....
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•May 26, 2020•By

MisDisMal-Information #5 – This Week In Information Disorder Letter

This newsletter is published at techpolicy.substack.com Of Bots, Moral Panics, Plandemics, Content Moderation and more What is this?This newsletter aims to track information disorder largely from an Indian perspective. It will...
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•May 26, 2020•By

What 300 Days of Internet Winter in Kashmir Tell Us About Erecting a Digital Wall

This is an extract from the full article published on The Wire ….. What is the cost of this protracted disruption? There is no shortage of real-life stories about the...
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•May 26, 2020•By

All Things Policy: Krishnadevaraya: The Man and the Myth

Krishnadevaraya, emperor of Vijayanagara, was a remarkable man, a transition between an ancient Indian king and a recognisably “modern” political leader. Awestruck travellers wrote of the might and wealth of...
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