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    In Kolkata, Only a Few Lions Are Still Dancing
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • Feb 25, 2021
    • 5 min

    In Kolkata, Only a Few Lions Are Still Dancing

    Report in Foreign Policy magazine: A 2-century-old Indian Chinese community is threatened by tensions between the two countries.
    India shoots itself in the foot with app ban
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • Jul 3, 2020
    • 4 min

    India shoots itself in the foot with app ban

    India’s move to ban 59 Chinese apps will hurt Indian consumers and tech entrepreneurs. 
    COVID-19 Will Make the US-China Great Power Dynamics More Confrontational
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • Apr 14, 2020
    • 5 min

    COVID-19 Will Make the US-China Great Power Dynamics More Confrontational

    As the first term of the Trump administration comes to a close and the United States gears up for its next presidential election, the corona
    China’s preliminary response to COVID-19 — A crisis communication framework
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • Mar 24, 2020
    • 4 min

    China’s preliminary response to COVID-19 — A crisis communication framework

    China’s policy narratives against the COVID-19 in the initial stages adopted a denial crisis strategy to deal with the reputational damage.
    China is doing all it can but coronavirus outbreak may get worse before it gets better
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • Jan 31, 2020
    • 3 min

    China is doing all it can but coronavirus outbreak may get worse before it gets better

    As the Chinese government is scrambling to deal with the crisis, the internet will continue to reverberate with conspiracy theories, mired i
    Book Review: Out of China: How the Chinese Ended the Era of Western Domination by Robert Bickers.
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • Oct 30, 2019
    • 4 min

    Book Review: Out of China: How the Chinese Ended the Era of Western Domination by Robert Bickers.

    This book review first appeared in The Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs 2019 (Winter Edition).
    Can the Wuhan spirit guide the Mamallapuram meet?
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • Oct 10, 2019
    • 3 min

    Can the Wuhan spirit guide the Mamallapuram meet?

    As Xi Jinping visits South India, border issues should not be allowed to dominate the discourse.
    What India Can Learn From China
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • Sep 29, 2019
    • 4 min

    What India Can Learn From China

    In India, the Chinese experience is spoken about in tones of awe, forgetting the very context in which some of those policies were enacted.
    Gender: Here Comes the Womanifesto!
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • Mar 26, 2019
    • 6 min

    Gender: Here Comes the Womanifesto!

    This section of the Pragati Manifesto outlines how to make life better for women. To start with, strike down some horrendous laws.
    The Exotic Life of a Diplomat
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • Feb 12, 2019
    • 3 min

    The Exotic Life of a Diplomat

    The Ambassador’s Club is an important scholarly work and a great read for anyone interested in Indian foreign policy.
    The Seas of Citizenship
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • Nov 27, 2018
    • 4 min

    The Seas of Citizenship

    Crossing the Bay of Bengal uses the sea as a lens to study nationalism and migration. It paves the path for new approaches to political phen
    A Crimson Red Balancing Act
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • Oct 10, 2018
    • 4 min

    A Crimson Red Balancing Act

    An explainer on foreign policy using lessons from popular culture. In Installment 4, Balance of Power runs through Chekka Chivantha Vaanam.
    The Weak Are Meat and the Strong Do Eat
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • Oct 3, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Weak Are Meat and the Strong Do Eat

    An explainer on foreign policy using lessons from popular culture. In Installment 3, Hugo Weaving explains how Power works in the internatio
    The Truth About Anarchy
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • Aug 8, 2018
    • 4 min

    The Truth About Anarchy

    An explainer on foreign policy using lessons from popular culture. In Installment 2, Solomon Lane misunderstands Anarchy.
    Book Review: Chinese and Indian Warfare – From the Classical Age to 1870
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • Jun 28, 2018
    • 3 min

    Book Review: Chinese and Indian Warfare – From the Classical Age to 1870

    This book review first appeared in The Indian Journal for Military History and Historiography, 2018.
    Why Southeast Asia needs new scholarship
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • Feb 8, 2018
    • 4 min

    Why Southeast Asia needs new scholarship

    It is time to take stock of how relations between India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have fared
    Victoria Shows The Way
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • Jan 25, 2018
    • 3 min

    Victoria Shows The Way

    Real reform happens at a sub-national level, and states and cities can have their own foreign policy.
    Imposing Hindi Won't Bring India Together; It Might Just Tear Us Apart
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • Aug 6, 2017
    • 4 min

    Imposing Hindi Won't Bring India Together; It Might Just Tear Us Apart

    Policy-makers need to care less about languages and more about the people who speak them.
    Beyond The Blood Tax
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • May 25, 2017
    • 4 min

    Beyond The Blood Tax

    Affordability of a sanitary product is only one pillar of menstrual hygiene; the other two are Access and Awareness.
    The 3 T's of Indo-Bangladesh relations
    Hamsini Hariharan
    • Apr 6, 2017
    • 4 min

    The 3 T's of Indo-Bangladesh relations

    Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India kicks off today. Teesta, terrorism and transit are likely to be on the agenda
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