United Nations 1.5: Need for Structural Update
Many scholars believed the United Nations, not just US and NATO, could have played a preemptive role in arresting the impending Russian aggression in Ukraine, thus,…
NIICE · 17 September 2022
Global Governance, Sustainable Development and Smart Cities
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Challenges to Global Governance in Ukraine-Russia Conflict
Anarchy, as it exists today, is more so for the TNCs rather than States. Global governance has surely evolved, but the next big challenge is to…
NIICE · 12 July 2022
Hegemonic Concern, Democratic Response
Reports indicate that the number of liberal democracies stood at 42 in 2012, their number has shrunk to its lowest level in over 25 years, with…
NIICE · 23 May 2022
Has the UN Resisted the Rumblings of 21st Century World Politics?
Reforms in the processes are what is being asked for to make sure that UN has a long life. UN has been able to resist the…
NIICE · 11 March 2021
Revisiting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: Engaging in a ‘Green’ Post-COVID-19 Recovery
COVID-19 is not only a wakeup call but a once in a generation opportunity to redefine the power structure of human history to make it sustainable,…
NIICE · 27 October 2020
Different Flavors of Human Rights: The Self-Contradiction Within
The current degradation of human rights also generates from the conviction that human rights are western agenda and forcibly loaded onto non-westerners.
NIICE · 7 October 2020
Water and Sustainable Agriculture in Sri Lanka
Existing water policies should be coherent with the upcoming national agricultural strategy and completion and implementation such a strategy could lead us towards achieving sustainable agricultural…
NIICE · 27 September 2020
Smart City Aesthetics and Everyday Geographies of South Asian Countries
We first require a comprehensive methodology to understand cities, since a sensible, safe and inclusive city is the need of the time. And if any fancy…
NIICE · 10 September 2020
Significance of Personality Cults in Governance: The Case of China under Xi Jinping and Russia under Vladimir Putin
Cults of personalities for centuries enabled the survival of innumerable dynasties and dynasts by constructing a perception where an individual is essential for the survival or…
NIICE · 25 August 2020
India at WHO and Upcoming G-20 Presidency: Smart Power Approach to Ambivalent Geopolitics
G-20 is especially important because it provides India, a developing populous country, with an opportunity to display its global, political, economic and intellectual leadership on the…
NIICE · 25 August 2020
Governance of Non-Personal Data in India: Early Reflections from Digital Ethnography
10 August 2020, NIICE Commentary 5794 Dr. Preeti Raghunath Even as the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to put in place measures for…
Dr. Preeti Raghunath · 10 August 2020
Can Human Rights Governance be Made More Global in a Post-Pandemic World?
An already instituted global governance system for human right facilitating discussions and policy advice sharing among representatives, experts and networks of the field for timely informed…
NIICE · 28 July 2020