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Profound Transformation in China in the “NEW ERA” (Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Vivelìkananda International Foundation)

In a surprising statement, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman on 22 September 2021 stated that the “…Galwan incident took place because India violated all signed agreements...

Using AUKUS to Brazen it Out (Sarosh Bana, Vivekananda International Foundation)

The United States’ and the United Kingdom’s overtures to Australia to help it acquire a fleet of nuclear-powered general-purpose attack submarines (SSNs) infuse a...

Climate-induced migration and modern slavery: a toolkit for policymakers (IIED)

Bharadwaj, R., Bishop, D., Hazra, S., Pufaa, E., Kofi Annan, J. (2021). Climate-induced migration and modern slavery: a toolkit for policymakers. IIED, London Anti-Slavery International, London -...

The case for treating long-term urban IDPs as city residents (Lucy Earle, Christopher Ward, IIED)

A significant percentage of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who seek safety in towns and cities will not return home. Yet this is a reality...

Locally-led nature-based solutions can deliver global leaders’ pledge (Xiaoting Hou Jones, IIED)

One year on from the launch of the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature – when political leaders committed to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 –...

Mining cobalt better (Abbi Buxton, IIED)

While the post-COVID-19 world looks at ‘building back better’, little has changed for artisanal cobalt miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Over the last 12...

Food Systems Summit: implications for global food governance (Lorenzo Cotula, IIED)

Last week's Food Systems Summit raised questions about global governance models in a policy area fundamental to everyone’s lives. Lorenzo Cotula argues that, without...

The North Korean Nuclear Program: The End of CVID? (Alon Levkowitz, BESA Center)

The Biden administration has accepted the fact that CVID—the complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantling of the North Korean nuclear program—will not occur under the Kim...

Karbi Anglong Peace Accord: Cordoning Security to Enhancing Connectivity (Vaibhav Kullashri, CLAWS)

On 04 September, a tripartite agreement was signed between the Centre, the Assam government, and the five insurgent groups’ active in the Karbi Anglong...

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