Dr. Tim McFarland In this piece, Dr. Tim McFarland evaluates how the rise in the use of autonomous weapon systems (AWS) in ‘self-defence’ transforms the landscape of geopolitical warfare, ‘military’ conflict, and […]
Christopher Wanjek Lunar resources could yield a multibillion-dollar industry in the next decade, but how those riches will be distributed remains up the air. In 1967, in the midst of a space […]
The following is an edited transcript of an interview with Ms. Grace Blakeley, economics and politics commentator, journalist, and celebrated author of ‘The Corona Crash: How the Pandemic Will Change Capitalism’, conducted […]
Prannv Dhawan About Varta: Dialogues on India’s Constitutional Democracy Indian constitutionalism is in a perilous state. Its ability to guarantee democratic governance and citizens’ rights are under deep stress. This democratic backsliding […]
Basil Oberholzer The threat posed by capital flight (or the large-scale exodus of capital assets) makes ambitious economic policy in developing countries powerless. This article examines the current monetary system to propose […]
Prof. Mary Lawlor I know from talking to human rights defenders all over the world how hard this COVID-19 pandemic has hit them, but despite the enormous challenges I remain hopeful. If […]
Vijay Gokhale For two thousand years until the advent of European domination, the Indian Ocean had been the world’s center of economy and trade. All manner of goods moved through it from […]
Prof. Kent Roach One of my current research interests is the comparative study of wrongful convictions. Almost two decades ago, when I first taught in Singapore, my students assured me that there […]
Binit Agrawal speaks with Prof. Mark Blyth on the rise of angry populism across the world and the solutions proposed by him in his book ‘Angrynomics’. Mark Blyth is a political economist […]
Prof. Rashmi Venkatesan The beginning of the pandemic was surreal – the lockdowns turned bustling cities like New York into ghost towns, overrun hospitals and mounting casualties became the reality of rich […]
