A weekly bulletin offering news and analysis related to the Middle Kingdom. This week was about the first meeting of the National Security Council, more trade tensions and diplomatic resets.
Security 101: How to Catch a Spy?
Stand Up Against China
India should not seek a reset with China that is based on our inferiority. We can and must assert ourselves.
A Six-Trillion-Dollar Goal
What does the Indian economy look like, in 2018? Does India have the institutions to manage a $6 Trillion economy in a few years? How have we done on continuing to reform governance in the country?
Don’t Rely on the United States
When the US gets more policy flexibility, others are left with less. India should realise this factor in its dealings with China in the international arena.
Our weekly explainer on economics using lessons from popular culture. In Installment 43, the Soup Nazi carries out Price Discrimination.
What is it like to grow up Muslim in modern India? A book by Nazia Erum attempts to answer that question.
The Chinese social credit system has to contend with many challenges and may have implications far beyond social control.
What does it mean to be free? What is the basis of individual rights? Episode 64 of The Seen and the Unseen is a rerun of an old episode of The Pragati Podcast, as Amit Varma tells Pavan Srinath what it means to be a libertarian, and why it all boils down to one word: Consent.
A weekly bulletin offering news and analysis related to the Middle Kingdom. This week, the Boao Forum for Asia, border clashes and a base in Vanuatu dominate the headlines.
Events at the end of World War Two continue to influence relations between Japan and Russia.