Harsh PantOn October 17, 2025, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) expelled nine of its most senior military leaders, including members of the Central Military Commission (CMC), former defence ministers, and theatre commanders, from party membership. While the expulsions were...
Harsh PantThe Acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Amir Khan Muttaqi, will be traveling to New Delhi between October 9-16, after having received a waiver from the UNSC sanctions committee. His previous bid to secure the...
Policy UpdateRiya SinghBackgroundThe Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) is an initiative that was introduced by the Government of India as a historic move to establish a national digital health infrastructure. It is a continuation of the former National Digital...
FFPF Feminist Foreign Policy Fellowship– Cohort 2.0 | Theme: Women, Peace & Security | An Online International Winter School Program | A Three-Month Immersive Online Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program | Oct-Dec 2025 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearningFellows blog listFFPF Feminist Foreign...
Tikender Singh PanwarKerala’s experiment with participatory planning, if extended through workers’ councils, could illuminate a new model of urban democracy.Slum-dwellers collecting drinking water from a tanker in East Delhi on April 21, 2025. Photo: PTIThe story of urbanisation in...
Nilanjan BanikOver the last two months, social media has been active with both President Trump and Prime Minister Modi hailing each other as friends, yet the stalemate in US-India trade continues. Despite this exogenous tariff shock, the Indian economy has...
Policy UpdateAshutosh ShuklaGeostrategic significance of Bhutan for IndiaBhutan, one of the most important countries from a Geostrategic angle, is located between Tibet and North-East India and also to the nearest points of the Chumbi Valley of Tibet, Sikkim and...
Srikanth KondapalliThe session heard the work report submitted by CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping, followed by a 5,000-word declaration of the plenum’s ‘decisions.’The much-delayed Fourth Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee met in Beijing from October...
TK ArunBuying Russian oil is not about the cost of energy, but about reducing the chance of a bipolar hegemony under the US and ChinaThere are good reasons for India to continue sourcing oil from Russia, notwithstanding the latest...
Soumyadip ChattopadhyayTransit-oriented Development can curb India’s urban dysfunctions by integrating land use with transport, but fragmented governance, weak execution, and poor planning hinder its transformative potential.Indian cities face a perfect storm of dysfunction. Urban sprawl stretches endlessly outward. Air...
