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: 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: 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
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
Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons
Gilgit-Baltistan: Pakistan’s changed calculations
A Pakistani committee has recommended to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that Gilgit-Baltistan should be declared the country’s fifth province. For 70 years Pakistan has avoided integrating its occupied parts of Kashmir for fear of damaging its legal position. That calculation may now have changed
Courtesy: Gateway House
Leaving the EU to capitalise on new partnerships
Gateway House, in collaboration with the British Deputy High Commission, hosted a roundtable discussion with Sir Michael Fallon, Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom. After the discussion, Gateway House interviewed the Minister about the potential for India-UK defence cooperation in dealing with traditional and cyber threats, and hybrid warfare.
Courtesy: Reuters
Bangladesh: security & soul-searching
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit India beginning April 7 at a time when her country is confronted with Daesh-inspired terrorism. In the interests of regional stability, it is critical that the two countries maintain a united front against extremism
Courtesy: Gateway House
Diversifying India’s trade destinations
India’s global economic engagement, especially with the developing world, has increased in the last two decades, but trade with South Asia has remained low. It holds the potential for building greater productivity and more inclusive growth in India and the region