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India. Is monetising public assets a good idea? (The Hindu)

Last week, the Centre released the ‘National Monetisation Pipeline’, a document listing the various public assets that will be leased out to private companies...

India. Reforming PSBs most important task ahead for govt: Montek Singh Ahluwalia (Business Standard)

Business Standard sits down with renowned economist and former deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, to get answers to crucial questions...

India-Afghanistan. India’s Failure to Help Afghan Friends is a Strategic Liability (Constantino Xavier, CSEP)

In March 1990, an Indian Air Force IL-76 took off from Trincomalee, in eastern Sri Lanka, en route to Mauritius. On board was Tamil...

India. Leveraging India’s Northeast Region for Regional Connectivity (Riya Sinha, CSEP)

In this edition of Sambandh Scholars Speak, Riya Sinha interviews Sanjay Kathuria and Priya Mathur on their co-edited book, Playing to Strengths: A Policy Framework for...

India-South Asia. India’s New Consulates and Subnational Diplomacy in South Asia (Constantino Xavier, Nitika Nayar, Stimson Center)

Following the Taliban’s sudden takeover in Afghanistan in August, India closed its five diplomatic missions in the country. However, this was a rare exception...

Afghanistan. Who Will Run the Taliban Government? (Crisis Group)

The Taliban announced an “interim” cabinet on 7 September, their first step since taking power on 15 August toward forming a government and signalling...

9/11-Al Qaeda-ISIS. Al-Qaeda and ISIS twenty years after 9/11 (Crisis Group)

On the eve of the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a new episode of Hold Your Fire! looks at the shadow cast by the “global war on...

9/11-Africa. Escaping 9/11’s Long Shadow (Crisis Group)

Since mid-July, when the Taliban march toward the Afghan capital accelerated at an astonishing pace, the Somalia-based jihadist group Al-Shabaab’s media channels have covered little...

9/11/War on Terror/USA. Who Won the War on Terror? (CFR)

Speakers Daniel L. Byman Professor, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Senior Fellow, Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution; Author, Road Warriors: Foreign Fighters in...

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