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August 5, 2021

เด•เดฐเตเดคเดฟเดฏเดฟเดฐเดฟเด•เตเด•เตเด•, เด•เต‡เดจเตเดฆเตเดฐเดธเตผเด•เตเด•เดพเตผ เดธเดนเด•เดฐเดฃ เดธเตเดฅเดพเดชเดจเด™เตเด™เดณเต† เดฑเดพเดžเตเดšเดฟเดฏเต‡เด•เตเด•เดพเด‚

เด•เต‡เดจเตเดฆเตเดฐ เดธเตผเด•เตเด•เดพเตผ เดธเดนเด•เดฐเดฃ เดชเตเดฐเดธเตเดฅเดพเดจเดคเตเดคเดฟเดจเต เดฎเต‡เตฝ เด•เดฃเตเดฃเตเด‚ เดจเดŸเตเดŸเต เดตเดŸเตเดŸเดฎเดฟเดŸเตเดŸเต เดชเดฑเด•เตเด•เดพเตป เดคเตเดŸเด™เตเด™เดฟเดฏเดฟเดŸเตเดŸเต เด•เตเดฑเดšเตเดšเต เดจเดพเดณเดพเดฏเดฟ. เดจเต‹เดŸเตเดŸเต เดชเดฟเตปเดตเดฒเดฟเด•เตเด•เตฝ เด•เดพเดฒเดคเตเดคเต เด•เต‡เดจเตเดฆเตเดฐเด‚ เดšเดฟเดฒ เดฌเตเดฆเตเดงเดฟเดฎเตเดŸเตเดŸเตเด•เตพ เดธเตƒเดทเตเดŸเดฟเดšเตเดšเต†เด™เตเด•เดฟเดฒเตเด‚ เดธเดนเด•เดฐเดฃ เดธเตเดฅเดพเดชเดจเด™เตเด™เตพเด•เตเด•เต เดชเดฟเดŸเดฟเดšเตเดšเต เดจเดฟเตฝเด•เตเด•เดพเตป เด•เดดเดฟเดžเตเดžเต. เด…เดŸเตเดคเตเดค เด•เดพเดฒเดคเตเดคเดพเดฏเดฟ เดšเดฟเดฒ เดจเดฟเดฏเดฎเด™เตเด™เตพ เดชเดพเดธเดพเด•เตเด•เดฟเดฏเตเด‚, เดธเดนเด•เดฐเดฃ เดตเด•เตเดชเตเดชเต เดธเตƒเดทเตเดŸเดฟเดšเตเดšเตเด‚ เด•เดŸเตเดคเตเดค เด‡เดŸเดชเต†เดŸเดฒเดฟเดจเต เดคเดฏเตเดฏเดพเดฑเต†เดŸเตเด•เตเด•เตเดจเตเดจ เด•เต‡เดจเตเดฆเตเดฐ เดธเตผเด•เตเด•เดพเดฐเดฟเดจเต†เดฏเดพเดฃเต เด•เดพเดฃเดพเตป เด•เดดเดฟเดฏเตเดจเตเดจเดคเต. เดธเดนเด•เดฐเดฃ […]
August 4, 2021

Vietnamโ€™s New Leadership and Diplomatic Priorities

Last week, during the first session of the 15th National Assembly in Hanoi, Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Pham Minh Chinh were officially sworn in as Vietnamโ€™s President and Prime Minister respectively for a five-year term. President Phuc assured the legislators […]
August 3, 2021

COVID-19 in BRICS: Pandemic Management

Introduction The grouping of the BRICS countries by Goldman Sachs economist, Jim O’ Neill for their rapid economic development has become an important forum connecting the economies of four continents since 2001. Its member countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China […]
August 2, 2021

Covid-19 & South Asiaโ€™s Lockdown Generation: Case for South Asiaโ€™s Cooperative Regionalism

INTRODUCTION Housing a quarter of the world’s population, South Asia (comprising Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan & Sri Lanka) is the most densely populated region of the world. Huge young labour force availability, low cost of business operations […]
July 29, 2021

เดธเดนเด•เดฐเดฃ เดฌเดพเด™เตเด•เตเด•เตพ เดจเดฟเด•เตเดทเต‡เดชเด•เดฐเต† เด…เด•เดฑเตเดฑเตเดฎเต‹?

เด•เต‡เดฐเดณเดคเตเดคเดฟเดฒเต† เดธเดนเด•เดฐเดฃ เดชเตเดฐเดธเตเดฅเดพเดจเดคเตเดคเดฟเดจเต เดชเตŠเดคเตเดตเดฟเดฒเตเด‚ เดธเดนเด•เดฐเดฃ เดฌเดพเด™เตเด•เตเด•เตพเด•เตเด•เต เดชเตเดฐเดคเตเดฏเต‡เด•เดฟเดšเตเดšเตเด‚ เดตเดฒเดฟเดฏ เดชเดพเดฐเดฎเตเดชเดฐเตเดฏเด‚ เด…เดตเด•เดพเดถเดชเตเดชเต†เดŸเดพเดจเตเดฃเตเดŸเต. เดธเตเดตเดพเดญเดพเดตเดฟเด•เดฎเดพเดฏเตเด‚ เดตเดพเดฆ เดชเตเดฐเดคเดฟเดตเดพเดฆเด™เตเด™เตพ เดธเดนเดœเด‚. เด‡เดชเตเดชเต‹เตพ เด•เดฐเตเดตเดจเตเดจเต‚เตผ เดธเดนเด•เดฐเดฃ เดฌเดพเด™เตเด•เดฟเดฒเต† เดจเต‚เดฑเต เด•เต‹เดŸเดฟ เดตเดฟเดตเดพเดฆเดตเตเด‚ (1000 เด•เต‹เดŸเดฟ เดตเดฐเต†เดฏเดพเด•เดพเด‚), เด•เต‡เดจเตเดฆเตเดฐเดคเตเดคเดฟเดจเตเดฑเต† เดชเตเดคเดฟเดฏ เดธเดนเด•เดฐเดฃ เดตเด•เตเดชเตเดชเต เดธเตƒเดทเตเดŸเดฟเดฏเตเด‚ เดตเดฟเดตเดพเดฆเดคเตเดคเดฟเดจเต เดชเตเดคเดฟเดฏ เดจเดฟเดฑเดตเตเด‚ เดฐเตเดšเดฟเดฏเตเด‚ เดจเตฝเด•เดฟเดฏเดฟเดฐเดฟเด•เตเด•เตเดจเตเดจเต. เดฐเดฃเตเดŸเดฟเดŸเดคเตเดคเตเด‚ เดชเตเดฐเดคเดฟเดธเตเดฅเดพเดจเดคเตเดคเต เดญเดฐเดฃเด•เต‚เดŸเดตเตเดฎเดพเดฏเดฟ เดฌเดจเตเดงเดชเตเดชเต†เดŸเตเดŸเดตเตผ เดคเดจเตเดจเต†เดฏเดพเดฃเต. เด•เต‡เดจเตเดฆเตเดฐเดคเตเดคเดฟเดจเตเดฑเต‡เดคเต […]
July 28, 2021

Analog AI 2: Towards POWER Sustainability and Sovereignty

Conventional AI/Machine Learning systems consume staggering amounts of power owing to their inefficient digital architectures. Sustainability of AI development and a sovereign presence on the AI engagement field will require a shift to intelligent analog solutions. The AI enterprise of […]
July 27, 2021

While Indiaโ€™s Nuclear Submarine Deterrent Accelerates, Australiaโ€™s Remains Unformulated

While Indiaโ€™s plan to construct six nuclear-powered attack submarines is the result of decades-long perseverance in the face of ridicule and a lack of funding, Australia remains ideologically constrained. A recent report stated that Indiaโ€™s second nuclear-powered ballistic submarine (SSBN) […]
July 27, 2021

World order and India: Negotiating Thucydides trap & great convergence

Harvard Professor Graham Alisonโ€™s โ€˜Thucydides Trapโ€™ and Geneva School of Economics Professor Richard Baldwinโ€™s โ€˜Great Convergenceโ€™ are two dominant geopolitical perspectives today that guide and capture current global geopolitical transitions and turbulence of our times. Thucydides Trap and Great Convergence […]
July 26, 2021

The New Development Bank Turns Six: Evaluating Successes, Failures and Challenges

The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) completes six years since its inception in July 2021. Considered as the most successful initiative of the BRICS grouping so far, the NDB was proposed at the fourth BRICS summit 2012 in New Delhi, […]
July 24, 2021

US Navy is Building a Ghost Fleet

The US Navy is building a Ghost Fleet comprising unmanned surface combatants. In 2019, it announced that ten new unmanned corvette-sized ships measuring 200-300 feet length and displacing about 2,000 tons will be ordered over the next five years. These […]
July 23, 2021

Analog AI 1: Towards DATA Sovereignty and Sustainability

Current machine learning and other AI systems rely on unsustainably large quantities of data owing to inefficient digital architectures. A shift towards upcoming intelligent analog solutions can help reduce external storage dependencies, ensuring a sustainable and sovereign AI industry.  The […]
July 19, 2021

What a mid-pandemic reshuffle has in its fold ?

It had been quite a while that the hints of a cabinet reshuffle of the second Narendra Modi government were going round in the national political circles, and what we witnessed is a massive overhaul of his cabinet by the […]
July 19, 2021

COVID-19 and other pandemics in history: Lessons and findings

Introduction Since it began in 2019, Covid-19 pandemic has rendered people, economies and countries critically vulnerable. As warnings and preparations for a third wave are underway, it is  pertinent to look at the prominent pandemics in history for possible lessons […]
July 15, 2021

Mapping COVID-19 casualties in G7 countries: Lessons from Japan

Introduction G-7 countries are the most advanced industrial democracies of the world. Member countries are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US. Ever since their formation in 1975, G-7 countries functioned like the global elders to guide […]
July 13, 2021

Afghanistan as the Final Flank of a Chakravyuha

History repeats itself in Afghanistan more often than in other countries. Nobody has conquered that country and one super power after another met their waterloo in Afghanistan. The tribal chiefs and warlords battled for supremacy and influence, and the Soviet […]