Choosing wind over water?
Improvements in wind energy technology can not only benefit India’s energy profile, but also enhance relations with neighbouring countries
Courtesy: Wind Power Monthly
Courtesy: Wind Power Monthly
Courtesy: Development Management Institute
Swaraj as journey
This speech is the first convocation address delivered by Rajni Bakshi, Gandhi Peace Fellow, Gateway House at the Development Management Institute (DMI) Patna on 18 April 2017, which also marked 100 years of Gandhiji's famous statement before the magistrate in Champaran.
Courtesy: ngm.nationalgeographic
Looking for Helium-3: a futile moonwalk?
New Delhi’s space policy makers have been promoting the possibility of deriving Helium-3 from the Moon for Earth-based applications for over a decade—but it is not a viable proposition and it’s time they stopped placing the cart before the horse
Courtesy: Selvaraja Rajasegar
Obituary: Yameen Rasheed
Yameen Rasheed (1988-2017), Gateway House contributor, blogger and activist, was always full of sharp insights about his country’s politics
Courtesy: Make in India
Inhibiting electronics investment
India remains a problematic destination for foreign Original Equipment Manufacture decision makers. They are up against a range of deterrent factors when engaging with providers of Indian Electronics System Design and Manufacturing solutions. Is this due to protectionism or global policy?
Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons
Filling two vacancies in Iran
Iran’s former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disqualification from contesting the May 2017 presidential election has reduced the number of aspirants to six. The winner may well be a contender for the post of next Supreme Leader too
Courtesy: Wikimedia
Military option in North Korea too risky
As the United States considers its policy options towards North Korea it must understand that Pyongyang has been thinking about military conflict for decades. It too will have military plans and they could pose major challenges for the U.S. This is why China and South Korea–and U.S. regional experts too–prefer the diplomatic route
Courtesy: Independent.co.uk
Suu Kyi’s year in power
Myanmar’s first democratically elected government in decades completes a year this month, but it has not won widespread appreciation on many counts. Critics have highlighted the areas of darkness, but ignored its many achievements
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How is Turkey to be governed?
Referendums are a way of mobilising society and bringing in exceptional change. Turkey’s third constitutional referendum in the last 10 years, being held on Sunday, April 16, is the greatest of them in many respects as it puts the country on uncharted waters, having it move from one unbalanced system to another
Courtesy: MEA/ Flcikr
Ties with Bangladesh ‘a flowing river’
Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India earlier this week produced many tangible outcomes, but left some thorny issues unresolved, which may test the two nations’ political and diplomatic capabilities