Why democratic governments must consult, but must neither be obliged to nor bound by the results Aparajita Ray, Senior Correspondent (Urban Infrastructure) of Times of India asked me to comment...
The Philippines becomes the first Indo-Pacific country to declare itself for Beijing On the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific, I have long argued that “the small- and medium-sized countries of the...
New Delhi must not waste further energy on a forum that lacks any common basis. Russia needs international platforms to show that the West’s attempts to isolate it are not...
By Swati Sudhakaran The historic collapse of an almost-historic peace accord A mere formality gone wrong? The citizens of Colombia just voted out what could have been an historic peace...
Can we have a proliferation of broadband access through public Wi-Fi networks? What are the issues and challenges? The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India held a public workshop in Bangalore...
Following the Uri Attacks, the 19th SAARC Summit that was due to take place on the 15th and 16th of November has been postponed. India refused to attend the summit,...
The Takshashila Institution and the US Consulate, Chennai, hosted a roundtable conference on reviewing India’s coastal security architecture at The Hyatt MG Road, on 23 September 2016. The roundtable discussion...
The Indian resolve to strike at Pakistani terror camps as a fitting response to Uri attacks and call Pakistan’s bluff demonstrates clearly why Pakistan must learn from military history The...
Pakistan’s military-jihadi complex will need more then the prospect of diplomatic isolation to change its policies. Cyril Almeida’s report reads too good to be true. Facing international isolation—read lack of...
by Pranay Kotasthane (@pranaykotas) [An edited version of this review first appeared in The Business Standard Newspaper on 4th October 2016] A lucid and comprehensive account of India’s strategic predicament in...
Conventional definitions of war are insufficient in the face of increasing global terror. These definitions must be revisited to provide states with the appropriate means to protect themselves against such acts...
Post-surgical mattersLast night, militants attacked a Border Security Force-Rashtriya Rifles camp in Baramulla, killing one trooper and injuring another. Coming a few days after India announced that it had carried...
By Dr. Suma Singh August 2015, the 21-year old Hardik Patel brought the Gujarat government to its knees by leading a massive Patel agitation. Now in September 2016, a young...
by Pranay Kotasthane (@pranaykotas) Summary of an interview I gave to Channel News Asia. The Indian Army claimed that it conducted surgical strikes on terrorist launch pads in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir...
India’s punitive strike across the Line of Control could set a new norm Whatever might be the consequences, it is clear that the Indian Army’s operation across the Line of...
Just enjoy the drama, if that’s your cup of tea.Every four years the news-consuming people of India get caught up discussing politics—US politics. They seem to know a lot about...
The security in the cities currently is limited in its imagination of city as a series of physical infrastructure. The strongest common link between 9/11 and 26/11 attacks are their...
By Dr. Suma Singh India @70 – as a nation we are celebrating the various facets of the historic seventy years of life as an independent nation. The story however...
Little attention is provided to India’s sea borders which are a huge source of vulnerability. Over the past years, efforts to secure India’s coasts have stepped up but are they...
Statesmanship is about rescuing policy from being hostage to mass hysteria My response to a request for comment from the Times of India: The role of social media in spreading...
Change the ground, er water rules This is my response to Mint’s request for comment: The political and constitution crisis is a direct consequence of the faulty basis on which...
The EAS displays few concrete results and this is a problem that is symptomatic of most multilateral institutions in the Asia-Pacific region. By Hamsini Hariharan (@HamsiniH) The 11th East Asian...
India must be prepared for two responses — one from the MJC and one from the putative state of Pakistan by Pranay Kotasthane (@pranaykotas) For the first time in many years,...
While the introduction of draft Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, is a welcome step towards plugging the existing regulatory vacuum in the commissioning of surrogacy in India, the provisions spelt out...
BY Anupam Manur (@anupammanur) No democratically elected government with a limited term of office would want to risk negative popularity in the short term for potential benefit in the future,...
The increased politicisation of the urban land problems brings out the duality in a city. Solomon Benjamin in his paper, ‘Occupancy Urbanism: Radicalizing Politics and Economy beyond Policy and Programs’...
The G-20 Summit this weekend will see world leaders descend upon Hangzhou. How much will be accomplished considering the G By Hamsini Hariharan (@HamsiniH) Over the last few months, Chinese...
The ecosystem for implementation of reforms in India is structurally setup to solve acute, visible problems, but not chronic issues that require long-term monitoring. By Akshay Alladi (@akshayalladi) In much...