ICS In The Media

Veda Vaidyanathan

A Chinese airport project in Zanzibar floundered. Here’s what the new G-7 infrastructure plan can learn

‘How can the G-7’s new global infrastructure partnership do things differently from China’s Belt and Road Initiative? Launched at the June Group of Seven meeting, the Build Back Better World‘

Washington Post
18 Aug 2021

Shyam Saran

If India contests China’s Asian dominance, there will be no let-up in tensions: Shyam Saran

‘Former foreign secretary Shyam Saran says that as long as the power gap between India & China expands, it will be difficult to change the ‘strategic calculus’ driving Beijing’s policies today.‘

The Print
11 Aug 2021

Skand Ranjan Tayal

Central Asia’s bid for access to sea may see new Quad rise

‘The double landlocked Central Asian republic of Uzbekistan hosted a landmark Conference on “Central and South Asia Regional Connectivity: Challenges and Opportunities” in its capital Tashkent in the middle of July.‘

Deccan Chronicle
9 Aug 2021

Gautam Bambawale

India, China pull out of Gogra

‘Even though the two sides have agreed on disengagement of troops at Gogra, India and China need still need to come to an agreement over some other contentious areas‘

Mint
6 Aug 2021

Siddiq Wahid

Article 370 & Ladakh: Disillusionment with BJP govt makes Leh-Kargil join hands

‘The demand for statehood for Ladakh is a response to the broken promise of a hollow Union Territory status.‘

The Quint
5 Aug 2021

Ashwini Deshpande

Dalit children more likely to be stunted, shows study

‘NEW DELHI: That India has the highest number of stunted children in the world, (40.6 million children, as per NFHS data) represented‘

Times of India
30 Jul 2021

Santosh Pai

Indian start-ups must have ‘osmosis’ with Chinese ecosystem despite geopolitical tensions- analyst

‘In April last year, border tensions between India and China escalated after the two sides accused each other of violating the Line of Actual Control‘

The Economic Times
29 Jul 2021

Santosh Pai

Loans, taxis, education: what’s next in China’s crackdown?

‘We are all too familiar with how power is claimed and retained in a multi-party democracy. But how does one retain power and legitimacy in a single-party system‘

The Economic Times
29 Jul 2021

Happymon Jacob

It is better to have a political settlement that includes the Taliban

‘Happymon Jacob discusses the looming crisis in Afghanistan after the US’s withdrawal with Tamanna Salikuddin, director of South Asia programs‘

The Wire
26 Jul 2021

Anurag Viswanath

Why China’s 3-child policy will fail

‘Without childcare support, maternity benefits and subsidised housing from the state, its declining population trend is unlikely to reverse‘

The Times of India
23 Jul 2021