January 10, 2023

India’s G20 Presidency – A shorter path to fulfill SDGs amidst the climate change

December 2022 witnessed a major breakthrough for India in the contemporary global scenario as India assumed the G20 presidency for the very first time. Since 2021, India has been an active player in the Troika (a group of the current, […]
January 6, 2023

COVID-19 : CHINA’S BREAKING POINT ?

CAVEAT: Reports coming out of China about the Covid situation have often been, to put it mildly, confusing. So, only the data gleaned from reliable wire services reporting directly from China, as also reports of established Hong Kong- or Singapore-based […]
December 23, 2022

What do the OSHWC Code and Kerala Draft Rules tell about Women’s Night Employment?

“Night shift workers are more prone to get breast cancer.  Working at night when pregnant increases the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes.”  These are only two examples of the many justifications that have, for many years, prevented women from working […]
December 7, 2022

The New Labour Codes : Ideologically Progressive Yet Practically Regressive

Labour laws have undergone a major ideological shift in recent times, from imposing a legal ban on employing women during night shifts in factories to legally requiring consent from women to employ them for the night shift.For years, the Factories […]
November 16, 2022

West Asia Optics and the Emerging Geoeconomic World Order

No region stands to gain more from the upcoming energy crisis in Europe than Asia’s newer partnerships and groupings. As winter is approaching and the Ukraine war’s end nowhere in sight, European countries are scrambling to diversify their energy sources. […]
November 1, 2022

India’s Maritime Security Architecture-Challenges & Threats

The countries of the Indo-Pacific including India are opposed to China’s aggressive policies, even flouting the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Laws of Seas (UNCLOS) and/or the decisions of the Permanent Court of International Court of Justice[i]. […]
June 20, 2022

Outsourcing of security in the Solomon Islands: A historical  perspective

Among the many geopolitical issues that were transformed or exacerbated in different parts of the world by the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing uncertainty, the current events in the South Pacific merits mention. Crises of multiple dimensions have been brewing […]
April 30, 2022

Envoy urges ASEAN, Australia, India to work for ocean health, smart ports

ASEAN member states, Australia and India need to collaborate and work towards addressing ocean health and aim for the development of smart ports through the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI), said Australia’s High Commissioner to India Barry O’Farrell on Wednesday, Trend reports citing Business […]
April 23, 2022

ഇവന്റ്: ഇന്തോ-യുഎസ് ബന്ധങ്ങൾ: മാറ്റം, തുടർച്ച, പരിവർത്തനം

സെന്റർ ഫോർ പബ്ലിക് പോളിസി റിസർച്ച്, കൊച്ചി, ചെന്നൈയിലെ യുണൈറ്റഡ് സ്റ്റേറ്റ്സ് കോൺസുലേറ്റ് ജനറലിന്റെ പിന്തുണയോടെ ഇന്തോ-യു.എസ് ബന്ധങ്ങിലെ മാറ്റങ്ങൾ തുടർച്ചകൾ പരിവർത്തനങ്ങൾ എന്ന വിഷയത്തിൽ ഒരു അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര സമ്മേളനം സംഘടിപ്പിച്ചു. CPPR ചെയർമാൻ ഡോ. ഡി ധനുരാജിന്റെ സ്വാഗത പ്രസംഗത്തോടെ ഏപ്രിൽ 19 ന് സമ്മേളനം ആരംഭിച്ചു. ഇന്ത്യയും യുഎസും തമ്മിലുള്ള ഉഭയകക്ഷി ബന്ധം […]
March 28, 2022

യുക്രെയ്ൻ പ്രഹേളികയും ഇന്ത്യയുടെ തന്ത്രവും: സംവാദം നടത്തി…

സെന്റർ ഫോർ പബ്ലിക് പോളിസി റിസർച്ചിന്റെ (സിപിപിആർ) വെർച്വൽ സംവാദ പരമ്പരയായ ‘സിപിപിആർ ടൗൺഹാളി’ൽ ‘യുക്രെയ്ൻ പ്രഹേളികയും ഇന്ത്യയുടെ തന്ത്രവും’ എന്ന വിഷയത്തിൽ സംവാദം നടത്തി. വിവിധ രാജ്യങ്ങളിൽ ഇന്ത്യയുടെ നയതന്ത്ര പ്രതിനിധിയായിരുന്ന ടി.പി.ശ്രീനിവാസൻ, കാനഡയിലെ മക്ഗിൽ സർവകലാശാലയിലെ പ്രഫസറും ഇന്റർനാഷനൽ റിലേഷൻസ് വിദഗ്ധനുമായ ടി.വി.പോൾ എന്നിവരാണ് ചർച്ചയിൽ പങ്കെടുത്തത്. ഇന്ത്യയുടെ ഏറ്റവും വലിയ പ്രതിരോധ […]
August 19, 2021

Mekong-US Partnership and Vietnam

The second Mekong-US Partnership (MUSP) Ministerial Meeting was held on August 3, 2021 in virtual format and was co-chaired by Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The ASEAN Secretary-General was also in attendance. There […]
August 4, 2021

Vietnam’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 Vietnam’s President and Prime Minister respectively for a five-year term. President Phuc assured the legislators […]
July 30, 2021

Strategic vaccine diplomacy and the changing global order

In the latest episode of Policy Beyond Politics podcast, Ambassador Gurjit Singh talks to CPPR Research Fellow, Purvaja Modak on the strategy of vaccine diplomacy adopted by different countries in the world, including India and the changing global order.  Ambassador […]
July 27, 2021

While India’s Nuclear Submarine Deterrent Accelerates, Australia’s Remains Unformulated

While India’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 India’s second nuclear-powered ballistic submarine (SSBN) […]
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, […]