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Xi Jinping's Loosening Leverage Over North Korea Amid Shifting Indo Pacific Security Dynamics

New Delhi, June 11 -- After hosting the heads of state of two great powers, the United States and Russia, within the international system, Chinese President Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Commun... Read More


The Militarization of the Digital Commons: Need for New Regulatory Solutions

New Delhi, June 11 -- In its nascent decades, the internet was envisioned as an infinite, borderless territory, a global village connected together by open protocols, common information spaces, and a ... Read More


Pakistan's Literary Festivals Inject Oxygen into Constrained Intellectual Spaces, but Cross-Border Exchanges Remain Frozen

New Delhi, June 10 -- As heat waves pulverise the region, I think nostalgically back to the cooler months, marked by literary festivals across Pakistan. Having long experienced terrorism, economic in... Read More


Of Judges, Protesters and Cockroaches: The Household Pest's Little-Known Role in Maintaining a Sustainable Planet

New Delhi, June 9 -- A recent public debate in India, triggered by a passing remark about unemployed youth and "parasites of society" by India's Chief Justice Surya Kant, brought cockroaches into the ... Read More


Bangladesh's 'Red Telephone' Breach: More to it Than Meets the Eye?

New Delhi, June 8 -- During the seven-day Eid-ul-Adha holiday, something extremely alarming reportedly took place inside the office of Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. Security experts view t... Read More


Why the Bay of Bengal Is Becoming the Heart of Asian Geopolitics

New Delhi, June 8 -- The twenty-first century is increasingly shaped by maritime geopolitics. While global attention often focuses on the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, another key maritime ar... Read More


Denial of Voting Rights to Undertrials: Blinds Spots in India's Democracy

New Delhi, June 8 -- India's blanket ban on prisoner voting under Section 62(5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 ("RPA"), is facing renewed constitutional scrutiny in Sunita Sharma v. Uni... Read More


Why India and Pakistan Must Move From Rivalry to Responsibility: In Fragmenting Global Order, South Asia Cannot Afford Internal Paralysis

New Delhi, June 6 -- India and Pakistan do not only carry the burden of their own hostility. Their rivalry holds back the whole of South Asia. For nearly eight decades, the region has lived with wars,... Read More


Navigating the Intelligent Tide: How AI and Generative AI are Reshaping Maritime Mobility in South Asia

New Delhi, June 6 -- South Asia's seaports form the circulatory system of one of the world's fastest-growing economic regions. India alone routes more than 95 percent of its international trade volume... Read More


Be the CEO of Your Own Health: A Scientist's Guide to Navigating Modern Medicine's Blind Spots

New Delhi, June 6 -- I. The Industrialization of the Clinical Gaze Nearly five million people globally lose their lives each year due to avoidable medical interventions. We have entered the era of in... Read More