Regulating Social Media: Why Accountability Is Better Than Bans
Protecting young users and democratic discourse requires platform accountability, not age bans that are hard to enforce and easy to evade.
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One Year of Al Sharaa: Syria’s Uneasy Transition Amidst Ethnic Tensions and International Pressures
Syrian President Ahmed Al Sharaa’s main problem has been the integration of rival ethnic groups like the Druze, Kurds, Alawites, and Christians, who have their historic grievances and fear Sunni Arab domination
Chalaunthi’s Cracks: A Warning From the Lesser Himalaya
Tikender Singh Panwar The cracks will travel – from Chalaunthi to Shimla, from Shimla to Kullu, from Kullu to the upper valleys – until the Lesser Himalaya responds not with fissures, but with collapse. The mountain has already spoken. Chalaunthi…
The Case Against US Intervention in Iran
There is no plan for the day after. The disgruntled Iranian diaspora and global media organisations joined the Western chorus against the conservative Islamic regime, as if bombing Iran could effect any credible change—other than causing more mayhem and destruction
Beyond the Data Centre Boom:Rethinking India’s AI Strategy
Storing foreign data in India is neither necessary nor sufficient to develop Indian AI, and is guaranteed to create power shortages and spread Delhi-like air pollution across the country
Between Powers: Bangladesh’s Case for Strategic Pragmatism
New Delhi has clearly articulated its approach with a more robust Neighbourhood First policy, but the ball is in Dhaka’s court. Tarique Rahman must make the right choices to steer Bangladesh onto a development path
Green Power for Farms: India’s Next Reform Frontier
Here is a wish list of policy reforms that India desperately needs, and will give coherence to what has already been implemented. Some have been promised by the government but have not been delivered. Some merely need to leverage existing policy infrastructure and institutions.