Geoengineering and Power Politics: Who Decides if the Planet is Dimmed?
When scientists talk about “dimming the planet,” they do not use analogies. Instead, they refer to solar geoengineering, which includes intentionally reflecting a portion of sunlight into space to cool the Earth, and has moved from science fiction to actual policy discussions. Proposals such as pumping aerosols into the stratosphere, brightening marine clouds, and installing […]
Can Cryptocurrency and Carbon Trading Shake Hands?
The digital revolution is no longer confined to social media, e-commerce, or cloud platforms- it is transforming the systems that govern money, markets, and climate action. In this, the most disruptive innovations are cryptocurrency and carbon credits. At first glance, these two may appear unrelated: one is a decentralized form of digital money, the other […]
Paywall vs People: Shadow Libraries and The Global South’s Fight to End Knowledge Apartheid
The recent decision by the Delhi High Court to restrict access to Sci-Hub, LibGen, and all shadow libraries has reignited a critical debate: Who gets to access knowledge and at what cost? This is not just a courtroom skirmish over copyright. It is about a deeper and more urgent question- who controls knowledge, who gets […]
Is the USA Undermining Itself as a Superpower with Its Actions under Trump?
When everything seemed great and was going in the right direction immediately after the assumption of the charges under the second term of the Trump administration, there seemed to be an ugly turn in its foreign policy in the form of a tariff regime. A country that always advocated a liberal world order, stood for globalisation, free trade, a number of security alliances, and its involvement in global governance, seems to be drifting apart. The first term (2017-2021) was significant for many reasons, but the second seems to have started with problems from day one.
Despite chaos, the Gen Z Movement Signals Nepal is Maturing As a Democracy
The new wave of youth-led protests that has unfolded in Nepal, referred to frequently as the “Gen Z movement,” has garnered an international attention. The protests were ignited by the government’s ban on several social networks, and quickly transformed into a larger movement against corruption, nepotism, and a lack of accountability from the political ruling […]
Tariff, Turmoil, and Troika: Re-imagining the Geopolitical Chessboard In the Global South
The strain in the U.S-India relations is now an open secret for the world. “Ponder and deliberate before you make a move” is a valuable quote from the ancient text ‘Art of War’; which American foreign policy has missed. The U.S has shockingly slapped one of the highest tariff rates on India. As per the […]
Rare Earth Rush in Myanmar Reveals China’s Near Monopoly
In May 2025, China issued a stark ultimatum to the Kachin Independence Army (KIA),
Amend The Law to Make Election at Puducherry More Meaningful
In about a year, the people of Puducherry would be voting in the election to their territorial assembly. Unfortunately, their small population would keep their peculiar Constitutional problems away from deliberations across the media. After the Council of Ministers headed by the Chief Minister resigned in February 2021, elections and democracy at Puducherry had been […]
What Next for the Region After the 12-Day War?
The recent twelve-day conflict between Israel, the United States, and the Islamic Republic of Iran, while ostensibly concluding the military engagement, leaves numerous questions unanswered. Has this conflict established a new balance of power and deterrence? Have mutual attacks, by solidifying new rules of engagement, entirely eliminated the prospect of further conflict? Will the disagreements […]
Lessons for India from South Asia’s Strategic Silence on ‘Operation Sindoor’
The Pahalgam terror attack and the ensuing events that followed was a critically volatile time in South Asia. Two of the world’s nuclear armed powers, and the largest regional players were at each other’s throats. Escalations, missile strikes, cross border shelling created a crisis that could have galvanised into a conventional war. Considering the magnitude […]