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Low-Carbon City Development in China: Evaluation Results for More Than 100 Cities Around the World (World Resources Institute)

This study constructs a low-carbon city evaluation system encompassing four key areas: low-carbon production, consumption, environment, and progress. Jointly developed by the World Resources...

How Trump’s Environment and Aid Policies Undermine His Latin America Agenda (Jennifer Scotland – RUSI)

While Latin America has featured prominently in the new US administration’s foreign policy, the suspension of vital aid and censoring of official discussion on...

AK-203 Rifle Joint Venture and India–Russia Defence Cooperation (Rahul Wankhede, Manohar Parrikar Institute)

The success of the AK-203 Joint Venture could serve as a model for future collaborations between India and Russia in arms, ammunition, weapon systems...

Ukraine’s Strategic Minerals: Trump’s War Alimony (Ajey Lele, Manohar Parrikar Institute)

History suggests that some wars fought between the 17th and 19th centuries were driven by the desire to control natural resources. The rise of...

The Great AI shift: The rise of ‘services as software’ (Nisha Holla, Observer Research Foundation)

Human effort has traditionally driven the adoption of technology services—programmers coding algorithms and business logic into executable programmes, analysts managing data, system integrators deploying...

Xi’s meeting with China Inc: Economic revival amidst US trade barriers (Kalpit A Mankikar, Observer Research Foundation)

One of the most significant developments in Beijing concerning its economy has been President Xi Jinping’s meeting with the heads of China Inc. in...

Paris AI Action Summit: A missed opportunity? (Megha Shrivastava, Observer Research Foundation)

World leaders, tech moguls, and AI advocates gathered in Paris on 10-11 February 2025 for the third Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit. Compared to the...

The Loss and Damage Fund: Questions, Concerns, and Suggestions (Nilanjan Ghosh, Vivek Kumar – Observer Research Foundation)

COP29 announced the full operationalisation of the Loss and Damage (L&D) Fund, a long-awaited step for developing countries, including small island states, least-developed countries,...

Shifts in Governance Structure in Southern African Countries and their Internal and External Consequences (Emirates Policy Center)

In 2024, several countries in the Southern African region – including Mauritius, Namibia, Botswana Mozambique and South Africa – held general elections that resulted...

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