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The Red Sea Crisis Revives the Importance of IMEC
February 21 , 2024 Tiziano Marino
Commentary Views: 1038
Despite the initial perception that a prolonged conflict in the Middle East could stall the implementation of the ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), the recent developments see...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : EU , Houthis , IMEC , Indian Navy , Red Sea

A Full Circle by Second Anniversary of Russia-Ukraine Conflict
February 20 , 2024 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Article Views: 1193
Premise
The Russo-Ukraine war crossed its two-year mark on 22 Feb 2024. This work is based on the premise that in the two years gone by, the war has come a ‘full circle’. How? On 22 Feb 2022, Russia looked ‘strong and confident’ ready to do a Crimea; on 22 Feb 2024, Russia looks ‘strong and confident’ again.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Russian invasion of Ukraine , Russo-Ukraine war , Ukraine counteroffensive , Ukraine War

In Defence of Indonesian Democracy
February 17 , 2024 Satish Chandra Mishra
Commentary Views: 1246
In politics, as in life, context is everything. This is something on which almost everyone agrees and yet most of us ignore.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : democracy , elections , Indonesia , Probowo

The 13th WTO Ministerial Conference: Addressing Fragmentation and Unilateral Industrial Policy
February 16 , 2024 Anil Kumar Kanungo
Commentary Views: 1135
As the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC) is scheduled to take place during February 26-29, 2024 at Abu Dhabi amidst a highly fractured world,

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : agriculture , China's supply chains , dispute settlement mechanism , Food Security

Semiconductor Technology : A Perspective on the Future of Intelligent Systems
February 15 , 2024 Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 1177
The world is witnessing an inflection point in the realm of semiconductor technology and its applications.

Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : AI , Chips to Startup , Cyran , Digital Empire , Electronics , Geopolitics , Memory Technology , Moore’s law , Neuromorphic Computing , Non Von Neumann , PLI scheme , semiconductor , Semiconductor Materials , StartUps , Supply chains

Legal Reform in Criminal Justice System of India – a Much Awaited Overhaul for Time Bound Justice
February 15 , 2024 Dr Ramanand Garge
Article Views: 1208
January 26, the largest democracy of the world celebrates its 75th Republic Day. As in 2022, India celebrated its 75th year of Independence where it carved out a rightful place for itself in 1947 and si...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : CCTNS , Criminal Justice System , CRPC , Evidence , Legal Reforms India

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