Digital democracy in Indonesia: an Asian Giant in Constant Transformation
The world over, new technologies are transforming our societies and, in particular, the practice of politics. Politicians increasingly circumvent the...
Central & South Asia
The Significance of South Korea’s New President Yoon Seok-yeol
On March 9, Yoon Seok-yeol of the conservative People Power Party (PPP) won the South Korean presidential elections by a...
What Do Rising Sea Levels Mean for Our Future?
There is no question about it: Our planet is warming faster than ever before. Having plateaued around 280 parts per...
A Rare Bear: Saving the Gobi Ursus
Usually, the first images that spring to mind when at the mention of endangered ursine species are either of the...
India’s Natural Disasters Are Caused by Environmental Mismanagement
“If we don’t learn from the tragedies of the past, we are cursed to repeat them in the future,” proclaims...
COVID-19 Vaccination Drive Is Failing the Transgender Community in India
Amid a raging pandemic, India’s transgender community, which numbered 5 million a decade ago, is at its nadir when it...
India Has Mismanaged the Coronavirus Pandemic
In just over a month, India has gone from boasting about its vaccine distribution to becoming the global epicenter of...
Bollywood Misses Out Again at the Oscars
In 2019, India produced over 1,800 movies, making it the world’s largest film industry in terms of numbers; this dwarfs...
Should India Engage in Vaccine Diplomacy?
In terms of numbers, India ranks the third worst after the US and Brazil when it comes to COVID-19 infections....
India Is on a Mission to Go Solar
Globally, the short-term changes in pollution levels associated with COVID-19 lockdown measures highlighted the importance of investment in renewable energy...
