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Mother of all Agreements, will it be a Blockbuster?

Dr. Arvind Kumar* The proposed India–EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is unprecedented in scale and ambition. Over its implementation period, the Europea...

Charting a New Era in Global Ocean Governance

Dr. Arvind Kumar* The scale of what the BBNJ Agreement governs is hard to overstate. The high seas constitute roughly two-thirds of the world’s oceans...

Interview with Ms. Madhushree Chatterjee, Secretary, UN-Water & Chief, Natural Resources and Interlinkages Branch, UN DESA

Excerpts from an interview of Ms. Madhushree Chatterjee, Secretary, UN-Water & Chief, Natural Resources and Interlinkages Branch, UN DESA by Dr. A...

A Call to Re-energise ESG Ecosystem

Dr. Arvind Kumar* UN Secretary-General António Guterres has been a vocal advocate for integrating ESG principles into global finance, often emphasizin...

Reweighing Energy Security in a Fragmented World

Dr. Arvind Kumar* The global energy system in 2025 is marked by a stark contradiction. Renewable energy is scaling at an unprecedented pace, yet fossi...

People First or Nation First: Mantra for New World Order?

Dr. Arvind Kumar* As we reflect on 2025 from the vantage point of January 2026, a defining paradox becomes impossible to ignore. The year opened with...

Aravallis: From Fragmented Vision to Ecological Hotspot

Dr. Arvind Kumar* The Aravalli Range stands today at a decisive inflection point; one where an unfolding ecological crisis can be transformed into a g...

Reimagining India–Africa Relations in the New World Order

Dr. Arvind Kumar* The India–Africa partnership is increasingly embedded within a wider geo-economic and geopolitical architecture. As global supply ch...

Reweighing progress to catch up with reality: UNEA-7

Dr. Arvind Kumar* The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7), which concluded yesterday in Nairobi, will likely be rememb...

Reimagining Climate-Aligned Industrialization for Shared Prosperity

Dr. Arvind Kumar* The recent Global Industry Summit in Riyadh, the 21st session of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Gene...