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Hamsini Hariharan
- Jan 20, 2020
- 2 min
Can India compete with China?
Without an economy that does well, India will find it difficult to project itself as a country in the same league as China. After all, no on
Hamsini Hariharan
- Jan 13, 2020
- 3 min
'Wan Wan' is at home in herself
Taiwan’s highest voter turnout chose to re-elect Tsai Ing-wen who still needs innovative policies for the next five years.
Hamsini Hariharan
- Jan 6, 2020
- 3 min
Old Relationships, New Milestones
As we celebrate seventy years of Sino-Indian relations in 2020, it is good to remember the words of KM Pannikar, India’s first ambassador to
Hamsini Hariharan
- Dec 30, 2019
- 2 min
Everyone wants a Beijing Hukou
China’s reform of the hukou system has to extend to providing better public services in rural areas.
Hamsini Hariharan
- Dec 23, 2019
- 2 min
Lessons from a 100-year-old students' protest
The May Fourth Movement should remind us that universities do not manufacture outrage but lead it.
Hamsini Hariharan
- Dec 16, 2019
- 3 min
How China is reclaiming its artworks
For China, repatriation of Chinese art has become a low-level foreign policy issue.
Hamsini Hariharan
- Dec 10, 2019
- 3 min
How China keeps its streets safe for women
In China, issues of public safety are not law and order problems like they are in India.
Hamsini Hariharan
- Dec 3, 2019
- 3 min
A Constitution without constitutionalism
As China celebrates its Constitution Day on 04 December, it is important to ask if law transcends politics.
Hamsini Hariharan
- Nov 25, 2019
- 3 min
Combating air pollution in New Delhi with Chinese caveats
Beijing does have a lot of pollution-combat lessons for New Delhi, particularly with regards to monitoring and cutting vehicular emissions.
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).
Hamsini Hariharan
- Oct 11, 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.
Hamsini Hariharan
- Sep 30, 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.
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.
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.
Hamsini Hariharan
- Nov 29, 2018
- 1 min
10 Years Later: The 26/11 Attacks
This is Episode 71 of The Pragati Podcast hosted by Hamsini Hariharan and Pavan Srinath. It has been 10 years since the 2008 Terrorist...
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
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.
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
Hamsini Hariharan
- Oct 1, 2018
- 1 min
Metrics of Empowerment
This is Episode 88 of The Seen and the Unseen, the weekly podcast hosted by Amit Varma. The lives of women in India must be gradually...
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