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India – “Indigenize India’s Military Doctrines, Procedures and Customs too”: PM at Kevadia (Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak, VIF)

On 06 March 2021 the Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi delivered the valedictory address to the Combined Commanders’ Conference at Kevadia in Gujarat....

India – Improving India’s human capital by enhancing investment in the early years of children’s development (Shoba Suri, ORF)

India’s development trajectory is critically linked with investments in healthcare and education. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is firmly anchored in investing in...

India/Regulating Tech Giants – Big Tech and the State: The necessity of regulating tech giants (Samir Saran, ORF)

The scramble for gold on the Internet has transferred control of vast swathes of cyberspace to a very small and select group: Big Tech....

Turkey/Africa – Turkey’s return to Africa and its implications (Kenan Toprak, ORF)

With shifts in geopolitics and business, Africa, which is known for its abundant natural resources, rapidly increasing population, and free markets, has become a...

Maldives – How in the name of Islam, hate crime bill is being made into a hate object (Sathiya Moorthy, ORF)

At a time when the nation should be united in the face of terrorism that had targeted Parliament Speaker Mohammed ‘Anni’ Nasheed, the ruling...

India – Rebooting Jammu and Kashmir (Sushant Sareen, ORF)

The software in Jammu and Kashmir was updated nearly two years ago in August 2019, but the system had not been rebooted completely. The...

China/Russia/USA – Hypersonic Missiles: A New Arms Race (Rajeswari (Raji) Pillai Rajagopalan, ORF)

The Biden administration is making a big push for hypersonic-related research funding in the fiscal year 2022 budget. The administration has requested $3.8 billion, almost...

Japan – Who wins from the Tokyo Olympics going ahead (Corey Wallace, East Asia Forum)

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics have cast a shadow over Japan’s COVID-19 response. Critics — including a former Japanese prime minister — questioned...

Bangladesh – Opportunism catching up with Bangladesh’s Awami League (Mahir Abrar, East Asia Forum)

The government of Bangladesh has launched a crackdown on the Islamist advocacy group Hefazat-e-Islam. It follows violent protests against the visit of Indian Prime...

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