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Contemporary World Affairs (CWA)
Young Voices on Global Politics
CWA Commentaries are primarily authored by young scholars who are a part of the course on Global Politics.
The objective is to provide a platform for the young voices on contemporary world affairs, and also equip them with effective communication skills.
Conflict Weekly
New reports on the Omicron threat, and lifting sanctions on humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
December 2021 | CWA # 635
IPRI Team
The World This Week: 150th Issue
China, East Asia, and South East Asia in 2021
December 2021 | CWA # 633
GP Team
Middle East and Africa in 2021
GP Team
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West warns Russia over Ukrainian aggression and South Korea and North Korean agree on end-of-war declaration in principle
IPRI Team
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Famine in Ethiopia: The government's refusal to acknowledge, worsens the crisis
Harshita Rathore
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The Biden-Putin, and Modi-Putin Summits
GP Team
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Protests in Gwadar: Four major highlights
Apoorva Sudhakar
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Mini budget, IMF and a contemporary puzzle.
Ankit Singh
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Indus river dolphin rescued successfully in Larkana and moved to sanctuary
Ankit Singh
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The Strategic Trade Policy Framework: A boon or a bane?
Sneha M
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Pakistan cricket: Social media an outlet for inflamed passions
Vishnu Prasad
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China in Africa, and Elections in Honduras
GP Team
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Unrest in the Solomon Islands, and the 12 million missing children in China
IPRI Team
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Strategic oil reserves' release, and another migrant crisis across the English Channel
GP Team
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Anti-lockdown protests in Europe, Farmers' protests in India, and Continuing instability in Sudan
IPRI Team
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Biden-Xi virtual summit, and Russia's ASAT test
GP Team
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Europe's other migrant crisis, and Protests in Cuba and Thailand
IPRI Team
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The Coal compromise in COP 26, Xi’s power consolidation in China, and a Migrant Crisis in Europe
GP Team
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Smog, pollution and more: Deteriorating air quality in Pakistan
Apoorva Sudhakar
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PTI’s secret dealing with the TTP and TLP
Abigail Miriam Fernandez
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Impasse over next ISI Chief over after 20 days of cordial silence
Ankit Singh
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The migrant threat to Europe from Belarus and Ceasefire with the TTP in Pakistan
IPRI Team
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COP 26 agreements on methane and deforestation, and elections in Japan
GP Team
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One year of Ethiopian conflict and UK-France fishing row
IPRI Team
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France, Algeria, and the politics over an apology
Vaishnavi Iyer
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NATO-Russia relationship: Looking beyond the suspensions and expulsions
Joeana Cera Matthews
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The fragility of Digital Media Freedom in Pakistan
Sneha M
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PTI’s TLP flip-flop and a secret deal
D. Suba Chandran
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Post IMF Review: Saudi Arabia to bolster Pakistan
Ankit Singh
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The increasing curbs on digital media freedom in Pakistan
Apoorva Sudhakar
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Pakistan IMF talks faces a logjam of accountability and trust
Ankit Singh
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Living with Risks: The Art and Science of Managing Public Risks
STIR Team
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China's White Paper on Climate Change
GP Team
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Facebook's Metaverse: Why it matters to Europe
Padmashree Anandhan
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Belarus's strategy to push migrants: Europe will find it difficult to respond. Four reasons why
Joeana Cera Matthews
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Poland, EU and PolExit. It is complicated, for three reasons
Joeana Cera Matthews
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Europe's Energy Crisis and Gazprom
Harini Madhusudhan
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Recent terror attacks in Europe: Five trends from England to Norway
Sourina Bej
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Coup in Sudan, ASEAN on Myanmar, and the Migrant game by Belarus
IPRI Team
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TLP: The government caves in again
D. Suba Chandran
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Pakistan’s transgender community: The long road ahead
Apoorva Sudhakar | Project Associate, School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS
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Political instability in Balochistan: Another Chief Minister, another no-confidence motion
D. Suba Chandran
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Since January 2021: Why the US President has not called Pakistan’s Prime Minister so far?
Abigail Miriam Fernandez
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Pakistan's Hydropower Sector: Contribution, Challenges and Prospects
Sneha M
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Appointing the new ISI Chief: Why is Imran Khan delaying the notification? Who will blink?
D. Suba Chandran
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The Military Reshuffle: A strategic or routine decision?
Abigail Miriam Fernandez
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Dr AQ Khan: Between a national hero and a nuclear proliferator
D. Suba Chandran
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Tax avoidance: From Panama papers to Pandora Papers
Ankit Singh
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Rising child abuse in Pakistan: Five reasons why
Apoorva Sudhakar
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Hazara Persecution in Pakistan: No end in sight
Abigail Miriam Fernandez
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Talking to the Pakistani Taliban: What did Imran say? And what does it mean?
D. Suba Chandran
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Europe's Energy Crisis: It could get worse. Five reasons why
Chetna Vinay Bhora
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China's hypersonic tests, Russia's Afghanistan summit, and EU's Poland challenge
GP Team
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One year after Samuel Paty's killing, Kidnapping in Haiti, and Instability in Sudan
IPRI Team
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Cover Story: War against Malaria
STIR Team
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India-China military dialogue, G20 summit on Afghanistan, and China-Taiwan tensions
GP Team
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ISIS violence in Afghanistan, and Targeted killings in J&K
IPRI Team
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Japan: New Prime Minister, Old party
Aswathy Koonampilly
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Anti-Bolsonaro protests in Brazil, UK-France fishing row, Talks with the TTP in Pakistan, and the anti-abortion law protests in the US
IPRI Team
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The Science and Politics of Materials
STIR Team
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Biden's infrastructure bill trouble in the US, and a new Prime Minister in Japan
GP Team
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Belarus: Weaponization of the Migrant Crisis
Harini Madhusudan
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Africa’s Stolen Future:Child abductions, lost innocence, and a glaring reflection of State failure in Nigeria
Apoorva Sudhakar
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Afghanistan: Who is who in the interim Taliban government? And, what would be the government structure?
Vineeth Daniel Vinoy
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The Quad reinvigoration, UN General Assembly meeting, Elections in Russia and Canada, and another political turmoil in Tunisia
GP Team
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Pride marches in Europe, Jail term for Hotel Rwanda hero, and continuing Houthi-led violence in Yemen
IPRI Team
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When Science, Technology and Innovation meet Society
STIR Team
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The AUKUS pact, North Korea's New Missile Test, New SpaceX Mission, and the State of EU address
GP Team
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Protests in Europe and Brazil, and an impending humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
IPRI Team
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20 years after 9/11, Paris terror trial, and a new government in Lebanon
GP Team
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Attacks on Chinese Investments in Pakistan: Who, Where And Why?
Juan Mary Joseph
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Haiti: Two months after the assassination, the storm is still brewing
Joeana Cera Matthews
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From Crimea to Navalny: Putin's calibrated Europe strategy
Joeana Cera Matthews
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Alibaba then, Didi now: Three reasons why Beijing is going after its tech giants
Sukanya Bali
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Nord Stream-2: Why is the region unhappy about the pipeline?
Joeana Cera Matthews
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Two months of Cuban protests: Is the ‘revolution’ ending?
Lokendra Sharma
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Texas' abortion ban, Return of the Thai protests, the Taliban government, and the Guinea coup
IPRI Team
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In Afghanistan, the Indian influence will not fade: Four reasons why
Bhuvan Ningania
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Drones: The Evolution, Types, Hypes and Controversies
STIR Team
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The US exit from Afghanistan, the Houthi violence in Yemen, and Hurricane Ida in the US
IPRI Team
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Kamala Harris' visit to Southeast Asia
GP Team
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Chaotic evacuation in Kabul, Crimea Summit on seven years of Russian occupation, anti-lockdown protests in Australia, and continuing kidnappings in Africa
IPRI Team
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Climate Change and Energy Options
STIR Team
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Pakistan's civil nuclear programme: Ambitious expansion plans to face multiple challenges
Lokendra Sharma
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Taliban's friendly neighbourhood: China, Russia and Pakistan
GP Team
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Return of the Taliban and the fall of Afghanistan
IPRI Team
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Digital Pakistan: Idea, Potential and Challenges
Apoorva Sudhakar
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South Africa: What is behind the pro-Zuma protests?
Anu Maria Joseph
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China and Russia in Myanmar: The interests that bind
Dincy Adlakha
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Nord Stream 2 is Russia’s geopolitical victory
Sarthak Jain
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The rise of Delta variant, and the fall of Afghan State
GP Team
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Protests return to Thailand, Taliban gains in Afghanistan, Pandemic action triggers protests in Europe, and new Climate Change report warns Code-Red
IPRI Team
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Space Tourism
STIR Team
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New tensions in South China Sea, an ASEAN envoy to Myanmar, and 76 years after Hiroshima bombing
GP Team
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Taliban offensive, New Zealand's apology over the Pacific communities, Peru's new problem, and an inter-State clash in India's Northeast
IPRI Team
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Olympics in Japan, Six months of military rule in Myanmar, and a political opening in Lebanon
GP Team
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France's anti-extremism bill, Canada's burning churches, and Tunisia's new political crisis
IPRI Team
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Heatwaves: Global warming is a global warning
STIR Team
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Nord Stream-2, Floods in India and China, Peru election results, and another COVID origin probe
GP Team
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Floods in Germany, Wildfires in Siberia and the Pegasus Spyware
IPRI Team
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The EU Summit 2021: Five Takeaways
Keerthana Rajesh Nambiar
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Impending famine in Tigray, should make Ethiopia everyone's problem
Abigail Miriam Fernandez
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Too late and too little is Ethiopia's international problem
Anu Maria Joseph
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Ethiopia's Tigray problem is Tigray's Ethiopia problem
Apoorva Sudhakar
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The future of nuclear energy looks bleak
Lokendra Sharma
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Five reasons why Afghanistan is closer to a civil war
Abigail Miriam Fernandez
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Beyond the apology to Rwanda: In Africa, is France still a 'silent colonizer'?
Anu Maria Joseph
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Migration in Africa: Origin, Drivers and Destinations
Mohamad Aseel Ummer
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The new three-child policy is two decades too late
Dincy Adlakha
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Loud Echoes of the National Security Law in China
Dincy Adlakha
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Farfetched goals on pandemic recovery, climate action and economic revival
Joeana Cera Matthews
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Europe's floods and EU's Climate package, SCO meet on Afghanistan, and Political crises in Lebanon and Nepal
GP Team
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Anti-government protests in Cuba, Pro-Zuma protests in South Africa, and remembering the Srebrenica massacre
IPRI Team
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Rare Earths and the Global Resource Race
STIR Team
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Haiti's political crisis, and China's control of tech giants
GP Team
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Taliban offensive in Afghanistan, Protests in Colombia, and the Heat Wave
IPRI Team
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Hundred Years of Communist Party of China
GP Team
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Ceasefire in Ethiopia, Berlin Conference on Libya and the World Drug Report
IPRI Team
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The Rise and Reign of Ransomware
SDP Scholar
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The EU Council Summit, the Merkel-Macron proposal on Russia, and Moscow's response
GP Team
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The US Juneteenth, UN resolution on Myanmar and Global Peace Index
IPRI Team
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India and the geopolitics of supply chains
Gurpreet Singh
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Spain, Morocco and the rise of rightwing politics in Europe over immigration
Chetna Vinay Bhora
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Timor Leste: Instability continues, despite 19 years of independence
Anju Joseph
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G7, NATO and Biden-Putin summits, and the Iran elections
GP Team
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Three new reports on Child labour, Ethiopia and Xinjiang, Tensions in Belfast, and the Suu Kyi trial
IPRI Team
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The Rise of Cryptocurrency,Black Carbon deposition leads to glacier retreat in the Himalayas, Advancing Commercial Space Travel
SDP Scholars
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G7 Summit, China's new anti-foreign sanctions law, Peru Elections, and France's Sahel exit
GP Team
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The UN report on Taliban-al Qaeda links, Denmark on relocating refugee camps, Burkino Faso massacre, Arctic melt, and Afghan trilateral dialogue
IPRI Team
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India should invest in technology to meet China's water challenge
Sarthak Jain
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Fresh election-call mean unending cycle of instability
Sourina Bej
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The return of Taliban will be bad news for women
Vibha Venugopal
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The SCRI will fail before it takes off, for three reasons
Dincy Adlakha
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Revisiting the recent violence: Three takeaways
Udbhav Krishna P
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For the Economist, Taiwan is the most dangerous place. The argument is complicated
Joeana Cera Matthews
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China and Australia: Beijing's suspension of the economic dialogue with Australia will cost China more.
Keerthana Rajesh Nambiar
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Though the US is late to the race, it has an edge. Three reasons why
Julia Mathew
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Between "strategic patience" and "grand bargain," Biden's policy options on Pyongyang are limited
Dhanushaa P
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China's Three Child policy, the US ban on investments in China, Biden's support for COVAX, and Israel's new government
GP Team
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Continuing protests in Colombia, another mass abduction in Nigeria, and a controversial election in Syria
IPRI Team
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US, China, and the race to Mars, Cryptocurrencies face a setback as states pose hurdles, Polar Regions and Climate Change
SDP Scholars
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Another US investigation on COVID origin, Russia's Belarus embrace, Mali's second coup, and Europe's Africa apology
GP Team
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Ceasefire in Israel, NLD ban in Myanmar and a new Belarus crisis
IPRI Team
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EU's China investment freeze, Arctic Council meeting, Cryptocurrency crash, and a BBC apology
IPRI Team
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Elusive ceasefire in Israel-Palestine conflict, a migration crisis in Spain, three weeks of protests in Colombia, and the rise of Ransomware reign
IPRI Team
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China's new census, Cyber attack on a US energy grid, and 100 days of military rule in Myanmar
GP Team
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Escalating Israel-Palestine violence, an attack and a ceasefire in Afghanistan, and the fallouts of Scotland election for the UK
IPRI Team
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The waiver debate on vaccine patent, UK-France tensions over fishing rights, China-Australia tensions, North Korea's response to Biden, and Russia's tough posture towards Navalny
GP Team
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The systemic oppression continues despite three decades of the Royal Commission report
Avishka Ashok
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15 of the 23 global hunger hotspots are in Africa. Three reasons why
Apoorva Sudhakar
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The US decision to withdraw is a call made too early. Three reasons why
Abigail Miriam Fernandez
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As Russia takes over the Arctic Council chair from Iceland, will it balance its regional and national interests?
Rashmi BR
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Learning from Cuba's vaccine development efforts
Lokendra Sharma
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The US' Leaders Summit on Climate: Global Issue, Regional Prisms
GP Team
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Violent protests in Colombia, US troops withdrawal in Afghanistan, and the battle for Marib in Yemen
IPRI Team
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100 days of President Biden, and three years of inter-Korean dialogue
GP Team
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Israel-Syria missile strikes, Clashes in Somalia and Afghan meetings in Pakistan
IPRI Team
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An energy mix of renewables and nuclear is the most viable option
V S Ramamurthy and Dinesh K Srivastava
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Deadly second wave spirals into a humanitarian disaster
Lokendra Sharma
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Biden's climate summit, Putin's new redlines, China's media clampdown in Hong Kong, and India's alarming COVID case
GP Team
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The Greenland election result is all about eco-geopolitics, and growing Chinese interests
Harini Madhusudan
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Libya: A new unity government and rekindled hope, a decade after the fall of Gaddafi
Apoorva Sudhakar
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George Floyd murder trial, Fukushima water release controversy, anti-France protests in Pakistan, Report on the Rwandan genocide and another Loya Jirga in Afghanistan
IPRI Team
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Iran's 60 per cent nuclear enrichment, US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan, India's second COVID wave, US-China Climate dialogue, Sanctions on Russia, and US-Japan Dialogue
GP Team
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Riots in Northern Ireland, Sabotage on an Iranian nuclear facility, and a massacre in Ethiopia
IPRI Team
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Return of the Iran nuclear talks, Pak-Russia rapprochement, Greenland elections, and Russia-Ukraine tensions
GP Team
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Global gender gap report, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam talks failure, Maoist attack in India, Border tensions between Russia and Ukraine, and the Security forces take control of Palma in Mozambique
IPRI Team
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The WHO Report on COVID-19, and Brazil's political crisis
GP Team
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The US-Taliban Deal: One Year Later
Abigail Miriam Fernandez
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The Quad Plus and the search beyond the four countries
Akriti Sharma
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Despite the economic challenges, there are opportunities for Quad
Avishka Ashok
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India's Endgames, Roles and Limitations in Quad
Apoorva Sudhakar
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Tracing the Quad's evolution in the last two decades
Sukanya Bali
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Bloody Week in Myanmar, a Suicide attack in Indonesia and an Insurgency in Mozambique
IPRI Team
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Fifty years of India-Bangladesh relations, Israel's elections and North Korea's new missile tests
GP Team
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Sanctions on China, Saudi Arabia ceasefire in Yemen, the UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka, and a massacre in Niger
IPRI Team
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The Moscow Summit on Afghanistan, US-China Dialogue in Alaska, Return of the US to East Asia, UK Defence Policy Review and the Protests in Lebanon
GP Team
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Gender Protests in Australia, Expanding Violence in Myanmar and Anti-protests bill in the UK
IPRI Team
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Quad Summit, Ten Years of Fukushima and China's Two Sessions
GP Team
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Women’s Day, Swiss Referendum, Myanmar Violence, George Floyd Trial and Lebanon Protests
IPRI Team
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The case against MBS, the Ireland trouble post-Brexit and the Pope's Iraq visit
GP Team
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From Myanmar and Hong Kong in Asia to Nigeria in Africa: Seven conflicts this week
IPRI Team
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India-Pakistan Ceasefire, US-Saudi Arabia reset, Afghan dialogue in Doha, and the Australian new media law on Facebook/Google
GP Team
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Continuing Protests in Myanmar, ‘Comfort Women’ issue in South Korea and Abductions in Nigeria
IPRI Team
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Ethiopia: Five fallouts of the military offensive in Tigray
Apoorva Sudhakar
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Afghanistan: The recent surge in targeted killing vs the troops withdrawal
Abigail Miriam Fernandez
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In Argentina, an extraordinarily progressive law on abortion brings the Conservatives to protest
Avishka Ashok
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In Poland, the protests against the abortion law feed into anti-government sentiments
Harini Madhusudan
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In Honduras, a move towards a permanent ban on abortion laws
Abigail Miriam Fernandez
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In Thailand, the new abortion law poses more questions
Sukanya Bali
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Civilian protests vs military: Three factors will decide the outcome in Myanmar
Aparupa Bhattacherjee
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Trump’s Climate Change legacy: Disruption and Denial
Abigail Miriam Fernandez
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Trump’s Iran legacy: Maximum pressure, minimum results
Apoorva Sudhakar
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US-Iran restart, Munich Security Conference, Libya ten years after Gaddafi and the US Cold Storm
GP Team
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Anti-Separatism bill in France, Protests in Nepal against a gender-specific law, Surge in targetted killings in Afghanistan, and Instability continues in Ethiopia
IPRI Team
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India-China border disengagement, Senate acquittal of Donald Trump, UAE’s Mars mission success, and the WHO’s findings on the COVID
GP Team
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Anti-Coup protests in Myanmar, a new US strategy on Yemen, and the US-Iran differences on nuclear roadmap
IPRI Team
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Five ways India can detangle the fishermen issue with Sri Lanka
N Manoharan and Drorima Chatterjee
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Biden's new US foreign policy priorities, Russia-EU tensions over Navalny, and China's redline on Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Taiwan
GP Team
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Coup in Myanmar and Protests in Russia
IPRI Team
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The Daniel Pearl case in Pakistan and the new vaccine complications in Europe
GP Team
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Farmers' protests in India, Vaccine Wars, another India-China border standoff, and Navalny's imprisonment
IPRI Team
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The US returns to the Paris Agreement, and India reengages the region through a Vaccine diplomacy
GP Team
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New President in the US, new Chinese Village in Arunachal Pradesh, new Israeli settlement in West Bank, and another massacre in Sudan
IPRI Team
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Iran’s decision to enrich its Uranium by 20 per cent: What does it mean?
GP Team
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Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP): Global and Regional Implications
GP Team
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North Korea's Party Congress, Houthis as terrorists, and Elections in Uganda
GP Team
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Trump impeached by the US House, Hazara miners buried in Pakistan, Farm laws stayed in India, and the Crisis escalation in CAR
IPRI Team
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The Hazaras protest over burying the dead; PM says don’t blackmail me
D Suba Chandran
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Disorderly transition in the US, Breakthrough over Qatar, Enrichment in Iran and Arrests in Hong Kong
GP Team
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GCC lifts Qatar blockade, Iran decides to enrich uranium, Argentina legalizes abortion, French soldiers targeted in Mali, and the AFSPA extended in India's Northeast
IPRI Team
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The PDM differences, Gwadar fencing, and Lakhvi's arrest
D Suba Chandran
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PR Chari General Dipankar Banerjee
Mr Chari and Gen Banerjee, we owe you. And we will continue the tradition that you have set.
D. Suba Chandran
Professor and Dean, NIAS
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