Manifesto Guarantee Deconstructed
As can be expected, these go unmentioned in the manifesto – after all the manifesto is supposed to create a feel good factor in the nation. The end result of 'Modi’s guarantee’ could be contrary to the promises.
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India’s Quest for Global South Leadership: Reforming Multilateralism for a Multipolar World
The year 2023 upheld India’s credibility as a strong champion for Global South aspirations. India is advocating for a more inclusive global governance structure, embracing new technological forefronts like digital public infrastructure. The Global South plays an instrumental role in Indian diplomacy’s playbook. It prompts a series of issues that keep sustainable development at its core, like global health, food security, mitigating climate change, steering towards a green economy, supply chain resilience, countering cyberterrorism, early implementation of Sustainable Development Goals, and so on.
The Name Game: China’s Renaming Strategy in Arunachal Pradesh
Srikanth Kondapalli China has been raising irredentist claims on territories and resources of its neighbors on one pretext or another in order to finally grab them. China’s leadership is following what its communist party founder Mao Zedong used to say…
Why Democracy Deserves the First-Time Voter’s Support
We must choose not the least bad option but the option that allows us to develop new thinking without such thought being labelled deviant and being crushed.
Democracy
Many tend to make their choice of political party in much the same manner as in which they decide which team to support in the World Cup.
The likes and dislikes of friends and family play a large role. The impression created by a particular leader at the local or the national level makes a difference. Claims and counterclaims of what governments run by the parties seeking their vote have achieved matter.
The media plays a big role in making such considerations available to the voter, modifying the considerations en route. Most of the media hinders, rather than helps.
Navigating the Complex Dynamics of West Asian Geopolitics: Preventing Escalation
What will the complex calculus of the new Middle East crisis resolve into, and what will be the impact on India?
ISRAEL has succeeded in diverting world attention from Gaza and Hamas to Iran. This is similar to how Hamas, in October 2023, successfully short-circuited US efforts at normalising relations between the Arab states and Israel under the Abrahams Accord.
These moves and countermoves are ratcheting up the intensity of conflict in West Asia with serious global implications, including for India. The Indian approach seems to be similar to that in the case of the conflict in Ukraine— to play both sides.
Careers in Public Policy Research: A Guide for Aspiring Researchers
On Day 10 of the Public Policy Qualitative Participatory Action Research Fieldwork
Fellowship- Cohort 2.0 organized by Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, the participants gained insights into a career in public policy research from a veteran in the field and were also taken through the process of writing a research article from start to finish.