Decentralised foreign policymaking is gaining ground in global politics as it offers states a chance to advance their interests. In this article, Falguni Tewari compares Macau and Goa to highlight how effectively China has employed the paradimplomacy model and how the federalisation of foreign policy could benefit India.
Owing to India’s growing international engagement, a discussion on the importance of […]
Myanmar, like other developing countries, will continue ramping up its energy production to meet growing demands for consumption. Tim Dobermann argues that fuelling economic growth requires expanded electricity access and reforms to pricing structure and policies for Myanmar.
Economic growth requires energy. Energy fuels industry and manufacturing, improves livelihoods, and connects markets. Consuming more energy is part of transforming into a […]
On Saturday, the first LSESU Future of Pakistan conference takes place in the New Academic Building. As the countdown to the event begins, President of the LSESU Pakistan Development Society Omar Bhatti introduces some of the key speakers and topics that will be discussed on Saturday.
Tickets for the conference are available here. You can view the full schedule and […]
Research has revealed that the act of voting itself holds enormous significance for people because on election days the most important actors are not the politicians but the voters. After watching the ceremony of elections in America unfold this week, Mukulika Banerjee considers motivations for voting in the Indian context.
Elections in India are the world’s biggest festival and Indians […]
Delhi has now overtaken Beijing as the most polluted city in the world and over Diwali the air quality deteriorated to new lows. In this article, Payal Dey discusses how serious the problem has become, highlights the Delhi government’s lethargic response to the current crisis and outlines policy suggestions for controlling smog in the Indian capital.
The World Health […]
Following the attack on a police training college in Quetta, Sajjan Gohel discusses the security challenges in Balochistan and the wider implications for Pakistan. He writes that given that the province is important to broader regional peace it should be accorded more attention in academic and policy discourse.
Over the last few months violent acts of militancy in Balochistan, […]
Last Friday Professor Ashutosh Varshney spoke at LSE on Indian Democracy. Before his presentation Sonali Campion interviewed him about India’s electoral vibrancy as well as its liberal deficits, and why these have become more marked under the current BJP-led government. They also discussed the contrasts between Indian and American elections in light of the US presidential vote.
You frequently speak of how there should […]
To accelerate robust growth and aspire to global power status, South Asian countries must improve their child health indicators. Drawing on her professional advocacy and communications experience in South Asia, Krupa Shah discusses the availability of preventative treatments for the most common infectious diseases and the barriers to achieving comprehensive immunisation programmes across South Asia.
In 2015, just under 6 […]
In the wake of the vote to leave the EU there has been little discussion of how South Asians voted. In this article, Asad Abbasi notes that across the country there was significant support for Brexit from the South Asian diaspora and draws on conversations before and after the vote to consider the possible drivers for this.
The morning after the EU referendum, my day […]
Professor Pranab Bardhan recently visited LSE’s Economic History Department to speak about research gaps in the interface between history and development. While he was on campus, Sonali Campion interviewed him about the value of interdisciplinary approaches to social science questions, and the insights that his research sheds on key debates in India today.
You’ve been a real champion for interdisciplinary […]
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