The Problem With Electric Cars
The rise of electric SUVs reveals why cleaner vehicles alone cannot deliver sustainable transport.
Can Trees Save South Asia’s Cities?
As urban areas confront a hotter future, successful adaptation will depend less on planting as much vegetation as possible and more on designing landscapes that respond intelligently to local climate, airflow and human needs.
The AI Accountability Gap
The future of artificial intelligence will depend not only on what these systems can do but on how societies choose to govern them.
AI, Persuasion & The Erosion of Human Agency
AI platforms are mining all your thoughts — your deepest desires, your darkest secrets and even your most disturbing problems. In return, they manipulate you to buy what they think is right for you.
Diabetes And Deep Fakes
India, a country with over 100 million people living with diabetes, has become a hotspot for deepfake disinformation.
Trump’s Iran Gamble Tightens Tehran’s Grip On Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz, once a symbol of vulnerability for Tehran, has become a source of strength.
Maximal Demands, Diminished Trust: The Limits Of U.S.–Iran Diplomacy
Failed Islamabad negotiations reveal how maximalist demands, eroded credibility, and strategic mistrust continue to obstruct US–Iran diplomatic settlement.
America Paused The War—Iran Shaped The Outcome
A war launched to curtail Iran’s influence may have underscored the limits of external power.
America’s Credibility Crisis
America’s crisis of credibility is as much a rupture as a recalibration, a process that will transform into a new equilibrium.
Vaping & The Politics Of Partial Truths
Vaping, once cleverly marketed as a solution to reduce smoking, is turning into a public health problem whose consequences could be catastrophic.
The Strait of Hormuz And The New Economics Of Uncertainty
The Strait of Hormuz, the chokepoint through which a fifth of the world’s oil passes, is now firmly under Iran’s control.
America’s War On Iran Is China’s Strategic Opportunity
While missiles fall in the Middle East, the long game of geopolitics continues to benefit China.
The Dangerous Normalisation Of The Language Of Extermination
The normalisation of the rhetoric of extermination is not confined to one country, ideology, or faith. Leaders are calling for entire populations to be eliminated.
How Trump Manufactured An “Imminent Threat” To Justify War
It is clear that the United States is being run by a bunch of reckless cowboys and blood thirsty war criminals.
Will AI Turn The World’s Largest Democracy Into A Botocracy?
Bots are influencing public opinion at an unprecedented scale. Will they end up creating a government of the bots, by the bots and for the bots?