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All Things Policy

Takshashila Institution

Ever wondered how automation will change the world? Maybe you puzzle over what India could do to ease traffic congestion, or how China"s aircraft carriers will transform Indian Ocean geopolitics? All Things Policy, a daily podcast brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, brings you all the answers. Every weekday, our researchers break down complex economic and geopolitical ideas through the lens of current events. For everyone from the busy executive to the curious student, All Things Policy

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Ep. 428: Ethics in Clinical Trials

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2020/10/07

ICMR's 2017 ethical guidelines need a revision, with more focus on fundamental principles that govern the moral decisions and on ethical dilemmas that arise while conducting clinical trials/biomedical and health research.

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Ep. 427: How Should We Disagree Online?

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2020/10/06

Interventions against problematic discourse online can result in amplifying it due a combination of group dynamics and algorithmic reward. For example, retweeting something controversial to debunk it might end up making it more popular. How can different

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Ep. 426: Choppy Waters in the South China Sea

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2020/10/05

As China asserts itself once again in the South China Sea, the United States outlines a new position, and regional actors react cautiously, Suyash Desai

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Ep. 425: How China's Belt and Road Initiative is...

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2020/10/01

Even as the world is buffeted by a global pandemic and massive economic slowdowns, China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is quietly adapting to the new realities.

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Ep. 424: Celebrities and Vaccines, From the 19th...

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2020/09/30

Can celebrities help build trust in a new vaccine? Shambhavi Naik and Anirudh Kanisetti talk to Aditya Ramanathan about the historical role celebrities have played in facilitating vaccinations in India since the early 1800s

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Ep. 423: Online Fashion Vs Amazon

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2020/09/29

Why did the Competition Commission of India rule in favour of Amazon in an antitrust case brought by a fashion brand? Rohan Seth and Prateek Waghre discuss this ruling and its implications.

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Ep. 422: Why Great Powers Procrastinate

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2020/09/28

Why did the United States aid and abet China's rise instead of "strangling the baby in the cradle"? Manoj Kewalramani, Pranay Kotasthane, and Aditya Ramanathan

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Ep. 421: India's Sea War Against Germany and Japan

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2020/09/25

From 1939 to 1945, the Royal Indian Navy fought on the high seas in the greatest conflict in human history. In this episode, Commodore Odakkal Johnson,

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Ep. 420: Reforming the Information Technology Act

All Things Policy ·

2020/09/24

The Internet in India is governed by the IT Act. But the powers this law gives the state need to be balanced with due process and adequate safeguards. Rohan Seth and Prateek Waghre are joined by Gopal Jain, a Supreme Court advocate and

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Ep. 419: Military Revolutions: Past, Present, and Future

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2020/09/23

Recent Pentagon reports indicate that China is quickly leveling the scales against the US by building up its military. New frontiers in military technology are constantly being pushed,

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Ep. 418: Serosurveys and the True Picture of the...

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2020/09/22

India's national and state/city level serosurveys have come up with concerning results. The disparity between the estimated number of cases based on seroprevalence and the actual number of cases reported is,

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Ep. 417: Inside China's National Security State

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2020/09/21

Ever since Xi Jinping assumed power in China in late 2012, concerns about domestic stability, external challenges, and the resilience of Party rule have led to the building of a national security state.

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Ep. 416: Whose History is it Anyway?

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2020/09/18

Do statues, monuments and buildings represent history? Or just the preoccupations of those that erected them? Should statues of problematic figures be taken down? Anirudh Kanisetti and Aditya Ramanathan

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Ep. 415: The Wicked Problem of Coordinated...

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2020/09/17

CIB or Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour is a precise-sounding term that remains imprecise. As the recent Buzzfeed exposé on Facebook highlights, platform action against such activities is often subjective and haphazard.

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Ep. 414: Why Neglecting Opportunity Costs Leads to...

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2020/09/16

Opportunity cost is the value of the next best alternative that is foregone when exercising a particular option. Any good public policy needs to take this into account, to avoid an inefficient allocation of scarce resources

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Ep. 413: How Can We Vaccinate India?

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2020/09/15

Once a safe and effective vaccine for COVID-19 is available, who should get inoculated first? And how will India vaccinate at least 800 million of its citizens? Shambhavi Naik and Ameya Paleja discuss their new vaccine strategy with Anirudh Kanisetti.

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Ep. 412: Making Sense of the LAC Standoff

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2020/09/14

Is the joint statement between India and China on 10th September a sign that the two sides are finding a way to end their standoff on the LAC? Manoj Kewalramani

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Ep. 411: When Japan Tried to Invade China

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2020/09/11

The Imjin War of the late sixteenth century changed the fates of Japan, Korea, and China. But what was it all about? And why does it have such a powerful grip on modern imaginations?

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Ep. 410: Should the State Set Rules for Content...

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2020/09/10

Reports suggest that India is looking to formulate guidelines for consistent content moderation across social media platforms.

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Ep. 409: How to Increase India's State Capacity

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2020/09/09

As India struggles with the COVID19 pandemic, questions about the capacity of the state have come to the forefront.

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