Courtesy: Gateway House

4 October 2016

UN Sec-Gen Guterres: top of the nine

Competing for attention with the U.S. election is the vitally important global election for the next Secretary-General of the United Nations, due out in October. Incumbent Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, whose tenure will be over in December, is being replaced at a time when the UN is losing credibility and battling perceptions of being weak and ineffectual. The much coveted post therefore offers a chance to remake a great institution, and in effect, change the world. Gateway House takes a look at the nine candidates in the fray.

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4 October 2016

UN Sec Gen Election 2016: Guterres takes the lead

BY The Gateway House Podcast

As the race to decide Secretary Ban ki-moon's successor heats up, Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri, India's former Permanent Representative to the UN in New York and Geneva, joins Gateway House in discussing the candidates, the process, and the behind-the-scenes dynamics in the Security Council.

Courtesy: Scroll

3 October 2016

Has Russia lost goodwill in India by conducting military exercises with Pakistan?

BY GH in the Media

An article by Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, Distinguished Fellow, International Security and Maritime Studies, Gateway House, on Russia and Pakistan's military exercises was republished by Scroll.

Courtesy: Village Square

2 October 2016

Learning from Mahatma Gandhi’s insights on economic democracy

BY GH in the Media

Rajni Bakshi, Gandhi Peace Fellow, Democracy and Nation Building Studies, Gateway House, wrote an article for Village Square about Gandhi's ideas on economic democracy and how this could be applied to creating a model of sustainable development of rural society and economy in India.

Courtesy: Nikkei Asian Review

2 October 2016

With Paris accord, India turns toward global engagement

BY GH in the Media

Gateway House was quoted in an article by Nikkei Asian Review on India's ratification of the Paris climate agreement and its foreign policy implications.

Courtesy: Sunday Guardian Live

2 October 2016

India will not soften stand on Indus treaty

BY GH in the Media

Rajni Bakshi, Gandhi Peace Fellow, Democracy and Nation-Building Studies, Gateway House was quoted in an article by Sunday Guardian Live on India's stand on the Indus Water Treaty.

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1 October 2016

Experts to thresh out ways to teach non-violence

BY GH in the Media

Rajni Bakshi, Gandhi Peace Fellow, Democracy and Nation-Building Studies, Gateway House was mentioned in an article by the Times of India on her participation at a symposium held by the Sabarmati Ashram

Courtesy: Foreign Affairs

30 September 2016

How to Fix Brazil

BY Eduardo Mello and Matias Spektor

Brazil has rarely had it so bad. The country’s economy has collapsed: since 2013, its unemployment rate has nearly doubled, to more than 11 percent, and last year its GDP shrank by 3.8 percent, the largest contraction in a quarter century.

Courtesy: Canadian International Council

30 September 2016

In an angry, tech-savvy world, where do think tanks fit in?

BY GH in the Media

Ambassador Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House, was quoted in an article by Open Canada on the role of think tanks in an increasingly tech-savvy world.

Courtesy: Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

29 September 2016

Russia’s zero sum games in Asia

BY Vice Admiral Anil Chopra

Russia's decision to go ahead with joint military exercises with Pakistan is the latest move in Putin's flexible and pragmatic Asian foreign policy playbook. However, whether it will be worth having provoked Indian ire remains to be seen.