Do Climate Mitigation Policies in India lead to Reduced Electricity Poverty?

Written by Pooja Vijay Ramamurthi. India’s most ambitious commitment in its Intended National Determined Contributions (INDC) under the Paris Agreement is to increase its installed capacity from clean sources to 40 percent by 2030. Earlier this year, the government’s draft National Energy Plan went further; to propose that India could have more than half of its …

Would a NATO-like security alliance work in South Asia?

Written by Saawani Raje. On his visit to Riyadh next week, President Trump plans to unveil a framework for the formation of an “Arab NATO” - a new regional security architecture. Could South Asia be a fertile ground for forming a similar multilateral security alliance? Three challenges obstruct the development of such a framework. First, there …