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Policy Brief

Public money for compute should buy power, cooling and shared access — not chase the most expensive stages of the chip supply chain.

Technology policy · 18 June 2026

Policy Brief

Discretionary transfers are quietly displacing formula-based devolution, and with it the incentive for states to manage their own finances well.

Political economy & federalism · 28 May 2026

Flagship Report

India cannot wait out trade fragmentation; it must build bloc-proof supply lines and price its market as strategic capital.

Foreign policy & geoeconomics · 16 April 2026

Data Study

In state coalitions, how portfolios are shared predicts survival better than how many seats each partner brings.

Political economy & federalism · 11 March 2026

Working Paper

Credible minimum deterrence still fits India's purposes; the posture, signalling and command arrangements beneath it no longer do.

Security & deterrence · 19 February 2026

Working Paper

On the Brahmaputra, India's weakness is not upstream concrete but downstream ignorance — and data, not treaties, is the first fix.

Foreign policy & geoeconomics · 22 January 2026

Flagship Report

Defence procurement fails for want of incentives, not rules; reform must pay for delivered capability, not documented compliance.

Security & deterrence · 4 December 2025

Monograph

India's digital rails have outgrown the improvised governance that built them; the second decade needs statute, audit and published failure data.

Technology policy · 13 November 2025

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