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Commentary, analysis and policy papers from AFPR's six centres of study, published every week. Search the collection, or browse it by centre.
CommentaryThe Grammar of Dissent: Why the Constitution Sends Protest to Institutions, Not the StreetShashank Shekhar Singh · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryPetition, Not Placard: Why the Street Cannot Stand In for the Supreme Court, the Election Commission and the ConstitutionPrashant Singh Atal and Siddharth Shankar Dubey · Justice and Legal StudiesResearchThe UP Turnaround: Evaluating Uttar Pradesh's Growth TrajectoryShashank Shekhar Singh · Good Governance and Economic StudiesCommentaryBangladesh Political Unrest before Elections: What Lies Ahead for India?Shivesh Kaushik · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryFROM REJECTION TO REFINEMENT: COURTS SHIFTING APPROACH UNDER ARBITRATION LAW.Anjali Yadav · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryMapping the Depths: An Inquiry into India’s Groundwater InsecuritySiddhartha · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryThe Widespread Use of Freebies: Implications for Welfare, Governance, and Fiscal Sustainability in IndiaEman Syed · Good Governance and Economic StudiesCommentaryAlgorithmic Alliances: Could AI Replace Diplomats in Mini-lateral Decision Making?Indrani Mahesh Jadhav · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryBalancing Innovation and Rights: Regulating AI Algorithms in DemocraciesPallepati Sai Abhijeet Rao · Journalism and Media StudiesCommentaryClimate Finance and Green Investment in India: Bridging the Gap Between Ambition and ActionDishita Singh · Environmental StudiesCommentaryGender Neutrality VS Gender Justice: Rethinking Equality in LawGaikhangduanliu M. Kamei · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryIndia Canada Diplomatic Disputes and its Impact on the Bilateral Relation between the two StatesGurleen Kaur · Social Equality and StabilityCommentaryThe Battery-Mineral Anomaly: Global Competition Crisis for Critical Resources and Domestic Extraction Challenges in the Electric Vehicle RevolutionKunal Powde · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryThe Implementation Trap: How Weak Local Capacity Undermines Policy SuccessPrachi Gupta · Good Governance and Economic StudiesCommentaryWhen the Land Disappears: Climate Migration and the Legal VoidYashwini Chauhan · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryBorders, Bodies and Battles: Gendered Migration in the Age of Terror and DiplomacyMimansa Joshi · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryFeminist Foreign Policy A New Lens or a MislabelAditi Pathak · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryBreaking the Binary: Legal and Social Recognition of Non-Binary and Transgender Rights in IndiaSneha Chakraborty · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryDiaspora Diplomacy: Soft Power, Lobbying and India s Global InfluenceAFPR Research · Journalism and Media StudiesCommentaryIndia’s Economic Paradox: Booming GDP, Failing WelfareShriya Gupta · Good Governance and Economic StudiesCommentaryUrban-Rural Divide in Healthcare AccessGaikhangduanliu M. Kamei · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryDigital India and the Promise of e-Governance: Bridging Gaps or Deepening Inequality?Dishita Singh · Social Equality and StabilityCommentaryInternet Governance Policies: Exploring India’s push for digital self-reliance, UPI diplomacy, and implications for global cyber norms.Gurleen Kaur · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryDigital Vernaculars: How Regional Languages are Shaping India s Online DiscourseJahnavi · Good Governance and Economic StudiesCommentaryCaste based Inequities in digital accessTanishka Urade · Social Equality and StabilityCommentaryIndia’s Cyber Security Architecture: Gaps, Threats, and Strategic RoadmapMimansa Joshi · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryLABOUR LAW REFORMS AND GIG ECONOMY: RIGHTS, RISKS, AND THE FUTURE OF WORKAnjali Yadav · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryReimagining the Indian Ocean: India s Maritime Vision and SAGAR PolicyKritika Vishwakarma · Good Governance and Economic StudiesCommentaryThe New Space Race: India’s ASAT Capability and the Militarization of Outer SpaceYashwini Chauhan · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryGreen Cities or Gentried Spaces? : A Critical Look at Urban Sustainability Projects in IndiaAFPR Research · Environmental StudiesCommentaryIndia’s Demographic Dividend or Disaster? Reassessing Employment, Education, and SkillingPallepati Sai Abhijeet Rao · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryWaste Colonialism: E-Waste and the Global South’s Toxic BurdenSiddhartha · Good Governance and Economic StudiesCommentaryWhen Registration Isn t Relief: The Broken Promise of India s e-Shram PortalEman Syed · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryCLIMATE JUSTICE AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONPrachi Gupta · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryJustice Beyond the Text: The Rise and Risks of Judicial ActivismKaran Mehta · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryKIDS AS CURRENCY- NEED FOR REGULATORY FRAMEWORK INTERMEDIARY LIABILITY TO PROTECT ‘KIDFLUENCERS’Namah Bose, Devesh Khandelwal · Journalism and Media StudiesCommentaryThe Political Economy of Green Energy: India’s Transition from Coal to RenewablesKunal Powdel · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryAddressing the Financial Struggles of Indian Municipal Corporations: Pathways to Sustainable Urban GovernanceAahna Vashistha · Environmental StudiesCommentaryBoosting Indian Economy: A Strategic Role of the PLI SchemeGunika Razdan · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryUnderstanding Quota within Quota: A New Approach to Social Equity in IndiaGunika Razdan · Good Governance and Economic StudiesCommentaryAnalysis of The Supreme Court’s Landmark Judgment on Child Betrothals: A Path to ChangeAahna Vashistha · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryThe Impact of Care Responsibilities on Women s Labor Force ParticipationAahna Vashistha · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryContemporary Government Initiatives for Youth UpliftmentGunika Razdan · Good Governance and Economic StudiesCommentaryECONOMIC IMPACT OF CULTURAL TOURISM IN INDIA: A FOCUS ON UTTAR PRADESHTanya Singh · Good Governance and Economic StudiesCommentaryFeeding the Nation: How Modi’s Government Has Shaped Food Security in IndiaAatmaja Mishra · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryThe Impact of Multilateral Agreements on Climate Finance: An Analysis of IndiaRohaan Thyagaraju · Environmental StudiesCommentaryCash Transfer Politics in India: Implications for Ballot and BudgetBy- Rohaan Thyagaraju · Good Governance and Economic StudiesCommentaryThe Enduring Power of Conservatism: A Global Resurgence in the 21st CenturyArundhati Mathur · Good Governance and Economic StudiesCommentaryParliament s Winter Session 2024: Analysis of its Agenda and FunctioningRajkumari Sarjita · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryVacuum in CaucasusSamvat Bhardwaj · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryCultural synchronicity between ASEAN and India- Impact on the strategic and economic co-operation between themArundhati Mathur · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryComparative Study on India and China s Carbon MarketRohaan Thyagaraju · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryLegality of Pre-Nuptial Agreements: Embracing Change in Societal PerceptionsAatmaja Mishra · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryThe Impact of Delhi’s Construction Ban: Environmental Policy vs. Economic RealitiesRajkumari Sarjita · Environmental StudiesCommentaryAnti-Indian Business Sentiment in China: Geopolitical Tensions, Economic Rivalry, and Nationalist SentimentsRajkumari Sarjita · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryImplementation of Clause 6 of the Assam Accord: A Comprehensive AnalysisSimran Kaur · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryThe Inglorious Attempt of South Korean Martial LawSamvat Bhardwaj · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryINDIA S FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MODI ERA : A PARADIGM SHIFT [2014- PRESENT ]Simran Kaur · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryThe Silent Struggle: How Green Hushing Undermines Corporate Sustainability EffortsAFPR Research · Environmental StudiesCommentaryINDIGO vs. MAHINDRA – Unveiling the Trademark Dispute.Aatmaja Mishra · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryTransforming India’s Banking Landscape: The Impacts and Implications of the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024AFPR Research · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryTransforming Climate Finance for Effective Implementation of SAPCCRohaan Thyagaraju · Environmental StudiesCommentaryTrump 2024: Redefining the United States-India Trade RelationsAFPR Research · Good Governance and Economic StudiesCommentaryIndia Tops Global Plastic Pollution: A Call to Return to Our Sustainable RootsShivam Parashar · Environmental StudiesCommentaryReversing Brain Drain through Policy Interventions in IndiaRohaan Thyagaraju · Good Governance and Economic StudiesCommentaryShades of Green: Exploring Environmental CrimeSamvidha Rastogi · Environmental StudiesCommentaryMarital Rape: Legal Status and Its Social ImplicationsAatmaja Mishra · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryTHE IMPACT OF U.S. ELECTIONS ON SOUTH ASIAN STRATEGIC FUTURESaurabh Singh · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryAI Governance in India: Navigating Ethical and Regulatory ChallengesNaman Yadav · Journalism and Media StudiesCommentaryRangaraju v. State of Karnataka : Unaddressed Sexual Violation of the DeadMaitreyee Mishra · Good Governance and Economic StudiesCommentaryARTICLE 121 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIARashmi Narasimhan · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryColour Blind to the Law: The Challenges of Colour Trademark ProtectionMoka Karthik · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryIndia-Canada Relations: The Recent Truce and Ongoing IssuesJyothi Sharma · Good Governance and Economic StudiesCommentaryThe 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Elections: Policy Shifts, Legal Framework, and President s Rule in a Union TerritoryJyothi Sharma · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryModernisation of Indian Army s Assault Rifles: A Strategic AssessmentShresth · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryConduct of Arbitral ProceedingsMoka Karthik · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryBangladesh’s Indo-Pacific Outlook is a Missed Opportunity for building a Grand StrategyNivan Bagchi (Research Fellow) · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryCase Comment (Kulbhushan Jadhav Case)Rushank Kumar (Research Fellow) · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryInternational Arbitration Frameworks: Discrepancies And Judicial StanceHemaxi Agrawal · Justice and Legal StudiesCommentaryRussia India China Relationship: Dogmatic, Pragmatic or Something Beyond?Shipra Dwivedi · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryIndia s Tryst with ‘State’ of PalestineAFPR Research · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryRise of India and Its Vision for a New World OrderRayhan Shahid Shanavas · Social Equality and StabilityCommentaryC-295: A Step towards Make-in-IndiaAFPR Research · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryElectoral Resilience: How Taiwan fought off Chinese Disinformation CampaignAFPR Research · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryJF-17: Ageing Gracefully or Falling Behind?AFPR Research · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryProject 15B – Imphal Bolstering Indian NavyAFPR Research · Good Governance and Economic StudiesCommentaryThe Environmental Impact of Defence Activities: A Case for Clean Tech SolutionsAFPR Research · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryThe Episode of the Red Sea CrisisAFPR Research · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryAnalysis of the Ban on Carpooling by the Karnataka GovtAFPR Research · Good Governance and Economic StudiesCommentaryAustralia and Japan Naval Defense ProgramAFPR Research · International Relations and Strategic StudiesCommentaryBARTAN BANK INITIATIVEAFPR Research · Good Governance and Economic StudiesCommentaryMeasures in the Interim Budget 2024AFPR Research · Environmental Studies
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