Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Is a shadow presidency fueling the gas-prices fire in oil-rich Kazakhstan? A citizens' uprising takes Kazakhstan by storm. Socio-economic inequalities and neglect of workers' rights might be at play.
Caravan Magazine Parent Entity: The Jaishankars blur the lines between the ministry of external affairs and Reliance-funded ORF India's most prominent think tank launches its Washington operations. The son of India's External Affairs Minister is in the thick of it.
Newsclick India owed the highest in unpaid dues for UN peacekeeping As financial woes burden the UN, it is struggling to repay troop and police contributing countries like India and support its peacekeeping missions across the world.
Caravan Magazine Reliance Industries' mark on Observer Research Foundation Conflicts of interest with its main corporate backer and a lack of independence dog Asia's most influential think tank.
The Wire UN's green award for Modi comes despite criticism of environmental record Asked about the contradictory actions of UN agencies, staffers say UN bodies may not necessarily coordinate and in some cases even be aware of each other’s work.
Newslaundry Why Sushma Swaraj’s UN speech was a missed chance Instead of presenting an internationalist vision at the UN General Assembly, India's External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj played to the gallery at home.
The Wire Brookings demystified: Overlapping networks and the business of influencing policy Published in The Wire. 3 January 2018 In 2016, India had 280 think tanks, the fourth largest after the US, China and the UK. The number of Indian think tanks
The Print ‘The People Next door’ provides a wide angle view of India-Pakistan relations Author T.C.A. Raghavan attempts to show the flesh and blood of the relationship rather than just mapping the skeleton.
Asia Times Adani’s Aussie coal mine could fuel China’s BRI Coal from the group's proposed mega-mine in northeastern Australia could go to the Belt & Road Initiative which India has strongly opposed
Caravan Magazine Why India’s commitment to nuclear disarmament is “merely rhetorical” India champions itself as a leader of nuclear disarmament, but fails to walk the talk.
The Wire Carnegie Endowment in India: Promoting US leadership with Indian corporate wealth The influential think tank, whose goal is to safeguard 'American interests' globally, is also seen by Indian businesses with strong US partnerships as a way of lobbying the Indian government
The Wire India, Israel and Palestine: A triangle that does not sum up As Palestine observes its 50th year of Israeli occupation, hard strategic and military calculations define India’s national interest and colour its ties with Israel and Palestine.
Scroll.in Brics' New Development Bank may be new only in name – it's yet to lay the ground for sweeping change As the member countries look to take the New Development Bank ahead at the ongoing summit, they would do well to first look at its existing problems.
Scroll.in BRICS may not replace the old world order – but it could still make a difference The grouping can bring India investments, help find areas of cooperation with China, and influence the UN Security Council, IMF and World Bank.
Scroll.in Is India's trade with Israel significant enough to justify jettisoning its support for Palestine? Photo: President of India/Facebook Published in Scroll.in. 17 October 2015 A "historic political milestone" is how President Reuven Rivlin of Israel described Pranab Mukherjee's just concluded visit, the
