28 Dec 2020
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In Poverty Narratives and Power Paradoxes in International Trade Negotiations and Beyond, Amrita Narlikar argues that, contrary to common assumption, modern-day politics displays a surprising paradox: poverty — and the powerlessness with which it is associated — has emerged as a political tool and a formidable weapon in international negotiation. The success of poverty narratives,…
19 Oct 2020
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The theory of punctuated equilibrium suggests that change and evolution, far from being gradual, occurs in short bursts of time, often accelerated by drastic and stressful external shocks. The outbreak of the novel coronavirus promises to do just that. The global response to the novel coronavirus will not only accelerate the process of digitalisation,…
7 Sep 2020
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar analysis India’s financial and global challenges in his book The India Way The decade from the 2008 global financial crisis to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic has seen a real transformation of the world order. The very nature of international relations and its rules are changing before our eyes. For India, this means…