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Santosh Mehrotra Surjit Bhalla, India’s Executive Director (IMF), Arvind Virmani, former Chief Economic Advisor under UPA, and K Bhasin, in an IMF Working Paper, state that to estimate poverty, when no survey has been undertaken, is to take the most…
Dhiraj Nayyar Eight years into Narendra Modi’s tenure as Prime Minister, it is no surprise that many economists remain unconvinced about his economics. This is largely because of the limitations of economists, not the shortcomings of Modi. Economists fancy themselves…
T K Arun When China coughs these days, world growth shivers. Only a few Chinese are coughing because of infection by SARS Cov2, but, thanks to Chinese Communist Party boss Xi Jinping’s zero- COVID strategy, not many rasping throats are…
Harsh V. Pant The second in-person summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, Quad, in Japan managed to generate a lot of buzz. While the global media covered it in its usual breathless manner, China also ensured that the event retained…
Harsh V. Pant & Shashank Mattoo More than 16 months after taking office, President Joe Biden stepped off Air Force One and onto Asian soil for the first time in his presidency. His four-day visit coincided with a slew of diplomatic initiatives:…
Harsh V. Pant and Kartik Bommakanti Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had many impacts, but one area which merits more attention is whether it has produced effects sufficient to alter our understanding of warfare. A perusal of the evidence suggests that…
अनिल त्रिगुणायत दो दशक पहले जब शंघाई सहयोग संगठन (एससीओ) की स्थापना हुई थी, तब उसके मुख्य उद्देश्यों में आतंकवाद निरोध भी था. इस संस्था के प्रारंभिक संस्थापक दो बड़े देश- रूस और चीन- थे. अब भारत समेत नौ देश…