India’s aspirations to be a leading power in the Asia-Pacific and Russia’s matching influence in Eurasia and outer Europe well converge on common ground. Emerging regional context and shifting global narratives will potentially further deepen the relations between the two nations - more by values, history and soft power, rather than just through trade, defense and commerce. ...
It is necessary that countries realise that ignoring the migrants will not reduce their problems in any way. The COVID-19 has shown the world that all the countries are inter-linked and it is time, the governments take actions with this in mind. ...
The structural violence and stigma faced by sex workers in normal times itself, is humongous, and this multiplies in the crises that have been created by a health disaster. The need of the hour is to absorb the capacities and energies of sex workers within societal structures, so as to give them enough opportunity to sustain themselves. ...
Digital technology will have an amplified role to play in people’s lives. The pandemic has already proven that China can be a global provider of digital infrastructure. With its already established digital prowess, China has the potential to play the global leader even in the post-COVID-19 world. ...
Insights from Realism do help explain, to a certain degree, the prevailing international order and what might follow in the coming months, but it is important to remember that no International Relations theory perfectly explains the world at all times. ...
With the objectives to promote food security, improving the income level of farmers, import substitution and export promotion and mechanization in agriculture can be an important vehicle. Infrastructure deprived Nepal should come ahead with big infrastructure projects to soak up the daily workers and migrant workers. Other possible sectors can be small scale industries, home and medium enterprises and service sector. ...
India should respond positively to Nepal’s request for high level talks involving Foreign Secretaries and Political leadership once the COVID-19 crisis is over. The two governments should fill the communication gap as a matter of urgency. ...
India has collated its security strategy with the island countries of Sri Lanka and the Maldives. These two island countries are key for India's Neighbourhood First and security policy. ...
If Myanmar decides to move the China-India balancing act in favour of Beijing, post-COVID-19, Myanmar might fall into huge debt trap that might further jeopardise its economy. But India cannot compromise on Myanmar if it aims to expand its presence in East Asia and the Indo-Pacific. ...
Are Billionaires the New Government?: Debating the Role of Powerful Citizens in Global Crises
It is the widening gap and the massive accumulation of wealth that has left many with little and the few with many, the reason why we have to rely on their giving. These category of non-state actors are expected to take on a larger share of the accountability for the world problem after the state. ...