Voter cautions Modi
NDA's Third Term
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Electoral battle of 2024 over and the BJP-led NDA government returning for the third term, techniques of governance such as...
Strategic defence pact
Saudi Arabia & Pakistan
By Piotr Opalinski
(Expert, Centre for International Relations, Poland)
The Defence Agreement, signed last month by Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, is another sign...
People’s money, apna money, yaar!
Polls Freebies Nautanki
By Poonam I Kaushish
In the ongoing five States ‘Vote Me’ no-holds-barred-free-for-all electoral nautanki Parties are raining promises topped by luscious lip-smacking freebies...
Vital for Industry,growth
Innovation & Research
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
Government officials, economists and experts have long stressed that innovation drives industrial growth and global competitiveness. Despite this, manufacturing in...
Make or break year
Republic At 61
By Poonam I Kaushish
How does one feel on Republic day week? Rather how is one supposed to feel? Patriotic? Puffed up in...
Politics of oppurtunism
Market for Defectors
By Poonam I Kaushish
In the monsoon season it’s raining Party splitting. One doesn’t know who is sleeping with whom and who is...
Fostering new state leaders?
BJP's Poll Strategy
By Sagarneel Sinha
General Election 2024 is still far away, but it hasn’t stopped political parties from devising strategies to prepare well for...
Democracy in times of tension
Taiwan's Future
Dr Maciej Gaca
(Centre for International Relations, Poland)
Taiwan’s presidential vote in 2020 was over 74 per cent and in 2024 76 per cent, which...
Past fixation at present cost
Politics Of Statues
By Poonam I Kaushish
It's been a week of stark contradictions in India's ongoing political nautanki. Seven days when we stood witness to...
Resetting foreign policy!
Voicing Global South
By Dr. D.K. Giri
Prof. International Relations, JIMMC
India hosted the virtual Global South meeting on 12 and 13 January as a part of...
Yours vs mine?
Caste Cauldron
By Poonam I Kaushish
The caste genie unleashed by our polity nearly three decades ago has bared its poisonous fangs once again in Karnataka...
Budget Session may end up in a farce
By Inder Jit
(Released on 18 April 1989)
Parliament seems poised to reduce its Budget session virtually to a farce. The general budget was, no doubt,...
India’s key stakes
US-China Rivalry
By Dr. D.K. Giri
(Prof. International Politics, JMI)
The rivalry between the US and China should intensify until one of them, mainly the latter concurs...
The road ahead
Kashmir Unhinged
By Poonam I Kaushish
The air in J&K is thick with a sense of jamais vu. By abrogating Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu...
Fresh look at India-US ties
By Inder Jit
(Released on 11 December 1984)
The poll battle is hotting up. Salvoes are being fired from both sides. Nevertheless, normal life and work...
Halt India’s poll merry-go-round
Modi's New Poser
By Poonam I Kaushish
Bribery in public services continues to plague India with corruption watchdog Transparency International underscoring India has the highest bribery...
AIP & JeI entry stirs interests
Run-Up to J & K Polls
By Insaf
The spotlight on Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election after a decade promises to be intense and match up...
Parliament and Poll Commission
By Inder Jit
(Released on 19 July 1983)
Parliament’s monsoon session, beginning next Monday, is appropriately getting full attention from both the Government and the Opposition....
Does India stand to gain?
Widening Trade Pacts
By Dhurjati Mukherjee
The global trade scenario is complex and the situation is unlikely to improve shortly. With the US imposing tariff barriers,...
Rhetoric of success & systemic risks
China's "Two Sessions" 2025
By Maciej Gaca
(Centre for International Relations, Poland)
Following the turmoil on global scene caused by the Trump administration, China is changing strategy...