G20: Tech-driven education in India bridges the gap between urban and rural students
By Prof. Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit India's growth story in recent years can best be visualized as a tale of ‘two cities’ told through...
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Jan 31, 20235 min read
The Indian Move for Revision of the Indus Waters Treaty: Making Hydro-diplomacy and Treaty-law Work
By Prof. Bharat H Desai A long awaited yet unprecedented development finally took shape in hydro-diplomacy and treaty law with India...
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Jan 26, 20234 min read
Will US outreach to China’s next-gen leaders bear fruit?
By Prof. Swaran Singh US Secretary of State Blinken is on his way to Beijing but it’s not clear yet how China’s new leaders will receive...
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Jan 26, 20235 min read
The Audacity of Hope: The UNGA Request for an ICJ Advisory Opinion on Occupied Palestinian Territory
By Prof. Bharat H Desai The beginning of 2023 came with resounding audacity of hope for Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) – the oldest...
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Jan 26, 20236 min read
On the UN Resolution calling for a ban on ASAT Missile Tests
By Ankit Tiwari The US and the USSR were directing huge resources towards R&D in Outer Space capabilities in order to gain a strategic...
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Jan 19, 20235 min read
Kishida’s rearming of Japan wins support of allies
By Prof. Swaran Singh His five-nation tour saw all his hosts strongly reiterating commitment to building closer cooperation in the...
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Jan 19, 20235 min read
The Advent of Indian Law to Repress Global Maritime Piracy: Making International Law Work
By Prof. Bharat H Desai In a heartening development, both the houses of the Indian Parliament finally passed a special legislation...
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Jan 5, 20233 min read
Xi’s revenge
By Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli The ‘you are on your own now’ policy came following nationwide protests in late November against Xi’s...
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Jan 4, 20236 min read
Making sense of Nepal Elections
By Prof. Sangeeta Thapliyal New government has been formed in Nepal after much anticipation with Prachanda as the Prime Minister. Leading...
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Dec 10, 20221 min read
SIS Students I Ms. Sweta Basak participates in Moscow Nonproliferation Conference 2022
Ms. Sweta Basak is pursuing integrated PhD program from Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies. Recently she was...
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Dec 9, 20223 min read
G20 Presidency | A big narrative articulating Global South’s priorities is crucial
By Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva India’s G20 presidency still has to come out with a specific long-term agenda for the Global South While...
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Dec 6, 20223 min read
China Churning: Can Xi Jinping Retain Premiership Amid Protests & Party Crisis?
By Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli From COVID to Economy, China is witnessing its strongest resistance since the Tiananmen Square incident in...
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Dec 5, 20225 min read
‘Prairie fires’ rage across China
By Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli More than nine decades ago, on January 5, 1930, Mao Zedong wrote a letter titled “A single spark can start a...
SIS Blog
Dec 4, 20224 min read
International Political Economy of iPhone Production
By Aishwarya Pathak There was a headline on the Hindu on September 26, 2022 that read “Apple starts production of iPhone 14 at Foxconn’s...
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Nov 27, 20226 min read
Democratic Backsliding in Post-Soviet Space: Understanding it through Hungary as a Test Case
By Pratik Mall Hungary, a country in Eastern Europe, has come full circle from autocracy during the Cold War period to democracy in the...
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Nov 18, 20224 min read
Will Lula’s Brazil be a game changer at COP27?
By Dr. Aprajita Kashyap Brazil, endowed with the Amazon Rainforest and dubbed as the ‘lungs of the earth’, is one of the countries from...
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Nov 16, 20224 min read
Summitry represents historic recognition of Asian wisdom
By Prof. Swaran Singh This month, Asia is hosting back-to-back four world summits: November 6-18 Climate summit at Sharm el-Sheikh in...
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Nov 15, 20223 min read
India-UK FTA: Without migration, a comprehensive deal is unlikely
By Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva The real challenge is migration and mobility. Still, a ‘thin interim deal’ is possible in the coming months In...
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Nov 15, 20224 min read
Fact or fiction? The book that exposes the game behind ‘saffron terror’
By Dr. Vandana Mishra The most attention-grabbing section of the book are the chapters which deal with the planning and preparation for...
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Nov 13, 20225 min read
Blog Special: Global Climate Change as a Planetary Concern: Making International Law Work- Part I
By Prof. Bharat H Desai As the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) commenced...
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