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As Trumpism knocks down pillars of the rules-based global order, and others scramble to piece together a new architecture, India, sandwiched between middle power status and great power aspirations, is uncertain about its forward path as a rising power

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The contest for AI supremacy is not just about who builds the best systems but also over whose values and rules will govern them, says @SwaranSinghJNU and how, amid the race between Silicon Valley and Shanghai, India could offer a third space

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The Iran-US ceasefire offers temporary relief, but India’s energy security vulnerabilities — centred on a single choke point & limited reserves — require deeper structural fixes. Will India go for structural reforms or revert to status quo ante?

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With the West Asian states waking up to Washington’s diminishing ability to provide security in the region, they are now seeking recourse in their Asian counterparts, says @SwaranSinghJNU in this 25th Edition of Asia Watch

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Protecting children requires more than faster courts. It demands legal reforms that reduce trauma while upholding fairness, due process and constitutional rights. Need of the hour is a more child-sensitive approach, fast proceedings and accountability

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Amid questions on whether Trump’s perceived pro-Pakistan tilt is transactional or a strategic shift, India, like other US allies, seeks to hedge and diversify its alliances outside Washington’s orbit, says @stvburgess0

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As the world remain gazed on the Strait of Hormuz, the geopolitical theatre is shifting towards the Bay of Bengal where the rapidly expanding maritime infrastructure echoes an impending strategic competition.

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The more @POTUS pushes on his unilateralist and MAGA agenda, the more of his European allies could be looking within to find their security solutions, realising their deficit, and the need to spruce up...

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Xi Jinping cited the Thucydides Trap, signaling to @POTUS America's decline, even as he received @VladimierPutin, and a host of leaders this year, marking China's transformation from challenger to a re-organiser of the global order @SwaranSinghJNU

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In Part II of this analysis on @CPIMKerala political decline, @rejitweets traces the period from Sitaram Yechury’s stewardship to the fall of the last bastion, Kerala, also cautioning why the party has no mechanism to address the generational rupture.

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Discontent grows in the Union Territory of Pondicherry against the New Education Policy's language policy, as residents fear the erosion of French heritage, cultural pluralism and global educational choice.

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After Bengal in 2011 and Tripura in 2018, now, the last bastion of communist rule in India, Kerala, has also fallen. In this 2-part series, @rejitweets provides an engrossing narrative of the rise and fall of mainstream Indian communism.

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India’s USD 4 billion, ten-year deal with Kazakhstan for supply of uranium aims at addressing India's energy needs while also pre-empting global competitors at a time when uranium supplants oil in the geopolitical race for energy, says @SwaranSinghJNU

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Hectic parleys are on for government formation in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. While Vijay struggles to get his numbers amid a Dravidian unity plan, in Kerala, it is a leadership race between 3 aspirants, which, if not ending well could lead to new feuds.

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As India’s new labour laws take effect, the dilution of provisions for workers’ rights are beginning to show in how workers are hit by lax industrial rules of safety and compensation, says @rejit

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The second phase of West Bengal assembly polls today will not just be acid test for the TMC and BJP in the race to capture the state, but also crucial for the Left and Congress to prove their resilience, besides showing how the SIR will shape the outcome

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At the SCO Defence Ministers Meet in Bishkek, Iran will be shaping the forum's 'strategic geometry', with the outcome reflecting an institutional choreography that condemns the ongoing war in the Middle East, without saying so, says @SwaranSinghJNU.

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The Polity introduces The River of Grey Flowers - a work of faction-fiction by @rejitweets . A gripping tale of captivity, escape, and human will, the book traces a journey across borders where survival is uncertain and freedom comes at a cost.

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This year’s election cycle provides unique glimpses of how ‘anti-incumbency’ pans out in the Indian political settings, says this team at the Jindal Public Research Lab, providing a holistic description of the political conditioning in these states.

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Close to a month into the job, Nepal’s new Prime Minister Balendra 'Balen' Shah and his Cabinet have swiftly taken over the reins of the country, and initiated radical reforms. Question is: how long can they sustain this momentum?

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The US-Iran talks, hosted by Islamabad, though inconclusive has revealed the inclination of both sides for cessation of hostilities, with a host of peace-brokers awaiting their chance to facilitate lasting peace, points out @SwaranSinghJNU.

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