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Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.

West must stop blaming Russia

T K Arun A certain narrative is building up in the West, in which India is being portrayed as a villain, along with China, in the ongoing war in Ukraine. A recent article in The New York Times read ‘In…

India can take G7 to G8 via G20

Anil Trigunayat The G7 Summit (June 26-28), in Schloss Elmau in the beautiful Bavarian Alps, sadly may not rise to the German Presidency’s goal and theme of ‘Progress Towards an Equitable world’. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz would prefer to focus…

Digital cities: Problem, Barriers, and Solutions

Sameer Unhale The institutions, processes, finances and behaviours of all the stakeholders of the Indian Urban System will require imagination, innovation, collaboration, inclusion, technology and participation. The future of a city, to a great extent, would depend upon its capacity…

The real Agni-Path to better jobs

Dhiraj Nayyar The era of the permanent job is fading away. But the time has not yet arrived of (sufficient) high-wage good jobs. That is the bind that India finds itself in. The paradox is that while at least some…

The Afghan Crisis

Anil Trigunayat Misfortune of brave Afghan people simply does not go away. They have suffered due to the neglect of the international community after the USA cut the Doha deal with the Taliban in 2020. Expectations from the Taliban, subsequently…

India-Vietnam defence ties get major push

Harsh V. Pant & Pratnashree Basu The furtherance of India’s Act East Policy, maritime multilateralism, maritime security outreach and the building of stronger networks across the Indo-Pacific are some of the key elements which have made New Delhi and Hanoi…

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