Indonesia abandoning its Capital?
I have almost always lived in capital cities. I was born in New Delhi, resided in London, Prague (before Czechoslovakia split in 1993), Budapest, Rome, Bonn (long before the capital moved to Berlin in...
Category: Opinion
Dragon on the Doorstep: Growing Chinese Footprints in Israel
Days ago, Israel’s Ambassador to India in a discussion held in New Delhi said, “Tel Aviv’s ties with China is moreover, economic in nature, since, China is a big market where Israeli businesses could flex...
Bilateral and multi-lateral dimensions of cross-border terrorism
In the case of cross-border terrorism, Pakistan is pursuing its own brand of ‘two-track’ policy. While it wants a dialogue with India, it has kept up the level of violence. In its latter part...
India – US: Again a Bond of Unity
As the Indian Government decided for the abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 2019, the regional politics surrounding the issue got escalated to the International forums. Ahead of this,...
Economic Slowdown: Time to Mobilise India’s Human Potential
The global economic slowdown is striking India India has enjoyed a long period of sustained economic growth since the reform was launched in 1991, with annual growth mainly in the 6-8% range. In recent...
Turkey’s dangerous dam project will result in another water war
Throughout history, lakes and rivers have given rise to civilizations along their banks or near to their shores. In today’s world, boundaries between nations have been drawn based on political treaties or as a...
Can Shifting Capitals Shape Urban Development?
Andhra Pradesh (AP) Chief Minister (CM), YS Jagan Mohan Reddy achieved a remarkable victory in the state elections in May 2019. His party, the YuvajanaSramikaRythu Congress Party (YSRCP) secured a whopping 151 seats out...
How India could help fix the Afghan Health Care
Owing to half a century of war, health care has been least to say quite problematic. The Afghan economy suffers from an outflow of hundreds of millions of dollars of people seeking treatment outside...
The Amazon Fires: What do they tell us about nationalism and minority exploitation?
Last year, the far-right populist leader, Jair Bolsonaro, was elected as the President of Brazil in a narrow victory against his more leftist rival, Fernando Haddad. Bolsonaro ran his presidential campaign with a fervent...
Book Review: Our Time Has Come: How India is Making Its Place in the World
India is an emerging global power, which is playing a more active role internationally, even though it still faces many challenges at home, according to Alyssa Ayres. Ayres notes that India has enjoyed strong...
