Sitemap - 2019 - Takshashila Dispatch
Ep. 230: 2019 in Review: The Indian Economy
Ep. 229: 2019 in Review: India and the World
Ep. 228: 2019 in Review: Tech in India
Ep. 227: Cyber Insecurity: What should India do in cyberspace?
Ep. 226: Beware, Warehouses!: Amazon's Fulfillment Centres and Local Economies
Ep. 225: Does the Government Want Your Data?
Ep. 224: Reading the Economist: Institutional Crises and Captures
Ep. 223: China: the Middle-Aged Kingdom
Ep. 221: Is Cyberwarfare Coming?
Ep. 220: Is NATO Going to Collapse?: The 70th Anniversary Episode
Ep. 219: Reading the Economist: The Rise and Fall of Economies
Ep. 218: What can India do about China?
Ep. 217: Why is China Powerful?
Ep. 216: The Tragedy of the Trans Bill
Ep. 215: Talking Nukes with Vipin Narang
Ep. 214: Extinguishing the Crop Burning Problem
Ep. 213: The Primacy of Bengaluru?
Ep. 212: Russia’s Military Renaissance
Ep. 210: China’s Undersea Adventures
Ep. 209: Reading The Economist: From East Asian Politics to Technology Prejudices
Ep. 208: Auditing India’s Foreign Policy
Ep. 207: New Thinking on Old Nukes
Ep. 204: Reading the Economist: From Warships to Netflix
Ep. 203: India’s Genome Project
Ep. 200: Can We Stop A Climate Disaster?
Ep. 199: The Looming Shadow of Nuclear Weapons
Ep. 198: The Politics of Afghanistan: The Elections
Ep. 197: The Counterinsurgency Puzzle and the Utilities of Force
Ep. 196: Assuring Retaliation: Why India's Nuclear No-First-Use Doctrine Makes Sense
Ep. 195: Keepin’ it Real: Realism in Indian Foreign Policy
Ep. 192: India's Military Options Against China
Ep. 189: India’s Afghan Conundrum
Ep. 188: Xi, Modi and the Prospects for India-China Relations
Ep. 187: The Moral Dilemmas of IVF
Ep. 186: Reading the Economist: From Hungarian Politics to Japanese Royals
Ep. 185: War on the Roof of the World
Ep. 184: The Missiles of October: The Lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Ep. 183: Military Revolutions and the Future of War
Ep. 182: The Military Pensions Dilemma: Investing in Human Capital
Ep. 181: Reading the Economist: Smart Cars, Inflation, and Russia
Ep. 180: A Peculiar Alliance: The China-Pakistan Alliance
Ep. 179: A Meeting in Mamallapuram: Xi Visits India
Ep. 178: Eastern Promises: Why Does the India-Bangladesh Relationship Matter?
Ep. 177: The Fake News Conundrum: Singapore’s Gambit
Ep. 176: China’s Web of Influence and Power
Ep. 175: The Geopolitics of Online Worlds: What MMOs teach us about Economics and Politics
Ep. 174: Fighting Together: Joint Operations in the Armed Forces
Ep. 173: Getting Back on Track: Improving India’s Railway Network
Ep. 172: India's Economic Dilemmas: How to Fix the Slowdown
Ep. 171: The Promise and Tragedy of China: 70 Years of the People’s Republic
All Things Policy is Moving to IVM Podcasts!
On Killer Robots and Partisan Bubbles
A Climate Emergency: Policy Implications and Plausible Solutions
Reading The Economist: The Perils of Climate Change
Howdy Prime Minister?: Modi visits the United States
Art Of The Deal In Kabul: A Businessman in Afghanistan
Setting the Desert on Fire: Attack on Saudi Oil
Reading The Economist: Immortality, Huawei And Apple
Speedy Redressal: Massive Fines and Road Safety
An Indian Trade Dilemma: RCEP and its Future
Reading The Economist: Assad, AI and Mugabe
Space, Incorporated: Private players and Indian space policy
No Smoking: Banning E-Cigarettes in India
Political Resilience and the Chalukyas: Lessons from 11th Century India
How China Wins Without Fighting
Distance from Delhi: The experience of being in Bangalore
India Needs a Chief of Defence Staff
India's Economic Slump: The indicators and possible solutions
The Future of Jammu and Kashmir: The Way Forward
Reading The Economist: Currency wars, space debris and microeconomics
Bartering Privacy? The death of privacy and data analogies
Decoding The Chinese Art Of Strategy
The Clash Of The Titans: The Trade War in China's Perspective
The Twilight of Arms Control: The End of the INF Treaty
Politics of Afghanistan: Talking to the Taliban
Witnessing China's Transformation
Shaking up the Labour Market: Andhra Pradesh and its new labour reforms
The Death of Privacy: AI and Privacy concerns
China's Military Ambitions: The New Defense White Paper
DNA Dilemmas: Genome Catalogue in India
Pacific Ream: China’s Naval Base in Cambodia
Do these Genes Fit? DNA testing and congenital diseases
The French Digital Tax: A new headache for tech giants?
Parched Nation: Solving India's Water Crisis
Reading The Economist: Annoyed Penguins, Global Recession and Happiness
Sri Lanka's Uncomfortable SOFA: United States in Indian Ocean
Osaka Backtrack: The new Data Regime
Access DNAed: Discussing the DNA Tech Bill
China's Carrier Killers: The Anti Ship Missile in the South China Sea
Reading the Economist: Water Crises, Brexit and More
Inside Indian Diplomacy: A Conversation with Indrani Bagchi
Learning from War: Kargil, Pulwama and the Future
Another Trump - Kim Meeting: The Future of nuclear North Korea
First-Use and its Critics: The Problem of Credibility
An Indian Space Strategy: What is India Going to do Next?
Pompeo's Visit to India: The Future of US-Indian Relations
A Chinese data trap? Data localization and Indian policy
Is the world getting any better? Battle deaths, digital economy and measuring national power
Why didn't Vijayanagara have a Navy?
Reading The Economist: Brexit, Airless tires and Shocking experiments
Reading the Economist: Trade in the Plant World, Magic Mushrooms and Mo Salah
Grossly Doubtful Production: A Mis-estimation Of India's GDP Growth Rate
A Master Class on Sea Power: Talking with Rear Admiral Shrikhande
Anti-Abortion Laws: Legality and Consequence.
The U.S Indo-Pacific Strategy: Discussing America's Plan
Reading The Economist- Intestinal Bacteria, Genital Mutilation, and Iraqi Sheikhs
The Tiananmen Square Massacre -- 30th Anniversary
A National Security Doctrine for India
Voting With Your Wallet- Exploring Ethical Consumerism
Reading The Economist- Jobs in Rich Countries, Tech Wars and Soda Tax
Quotas- Are They Hurting the Prospects of Social Equity?
Butcher and Bolt: The Truth About Surgical Strikes
Huawei To Hell: The Future of Technology Geopolitics
Reading The Economist - More Cold War, Political Comedy, and Sleep Technology
Politicising The Military- Should Military Officers Be Allowed to Join Politics?
Teaching Soldiers- Is Military Education Inefficient?
Reading The Economist- Decline of Racial Bias, Left-Leaning Think-tanks and More
Cab Apps and Congestion- Why Are Cab Aggregators Jamming Our Roads?
Need Jobs? Build Cities.- Is Creating Additional State Capitals a Good Idea?
Mainstreaming Counterculture- How do counterculture movements end up as part of the mainstream?
A War of Ideas- Do Ancient Civilisations Explain Present Day Power Politics?
Pakistan's Nuclear Bluff- Is the Nasr Just an Intimidation Tactic?
Justice Denied- Is the Chief Justice Above the Law?
China And Masood Azhar- Why Did China Cave?
Marvel(ous) Geopolitics- What Does the MCU Teach Us About International Relations?
Recruiting Better Spies- How Do We Improve India's Intelligence Agency?
The Paradoxes of Prediction- Do Prediction Markets Affect Actual Outcomes?
Bubble Boy- A Bold New Age in Healthcare?
Tik For Tok- What Does the Ban Mean for Freedom of Expression?
Where No Tourist Has Gone Before
On Terrorists, Nukes, And Linguistic States
Breaking The Ice In The Arctic
The Politics Of National Security
Why Is Facebook Banning Pages?
Dream Manifestos Science And Technology
Dream Manifestos: Manufacturing
Dream Manifestos: Judicial Reforms
Dream Manifestos: Foreign Policy
The Future Of India's Social Infrastructure
The CPC: China's Political Carnival
How Many Jobs Is India Really Creating?
Trump & Kim: The Art Of No Deal
What is India's New Ecommerce Policy?
The Struggle For Afghanistan's Future
What DNA Tells Us About Indians Past, Present and Future
Why the Demand for Special Category Status in Andhra Pradesh?
Should The Indian Government Regulate Social Media?
Should Publicly Funded Research Be Free?
The Pakistani Military-Jihadi Complex
India's Responses to Sub-conventional Warfare by Pakistan
Security vs Privacy in a Digital Economy: Social Credit Edition
Key insights from the ASER 2018 Report
How Does an Angel Tax Affect the Indian Economy?
Do We Need A Ministry of Culture?
Chinese Apps in India and Regulating Fake News
New ECommerce Regulations and FDI in Retail
Defence Budgeting And The Strategy Bridge
Afghanistan After Withdrawal of US Forces
Avoiding a Nuclear Catastrophe
The Geopolitics of Technology: 5G edition
The Minimum Income Guarantee Scheme for the Poor vs Universal Basic Income