Thread by @raisinadialogue

With #Raisina2022 in full swing, @orfonline is delighted to announce the #RaisinaEdit— a selection of commentaries that unpack, interpret, & problematise contemporary global developments.

Edited by @anahitakhanna95 & @PreetiLourdes.

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#Putin has clearly underestimated the resolve of the #Ukrainian leadership & citizens to fight back, while also receiving widespread criticism in the form of major sanctions from the broader European community and beyond: @AlicaKizekova or-f.org/103372

Julia De Clerck-Sachsse: Beyond #Europe’s immediate allies, support in defending the current order will be hard to come by. But convincing these countries is crucial if its geopolitical awakening is to translate into a more prominent geopolitical posture. orfonline.org/expert-speak/e…

Countries like #Russia & #China have been seeking a 'top-down' protocol that would let #internet providers block any website/app, raising concerns that this will lead to an Internet of different networks divided along national borders, says @CaitrionaHeinl orfonline.org/expert-speak/d…

#Democrats & #Republicans not only disagree on key issues, but nine out of ten Americans in both camps believe that electoral victory by the other will result in lasting harm to the US, notes @prasannakarthik orfonline.org/expert-speak/t…

As more semi-autonomous systems make their way into the #military inventory and autonomous systems become a reality, the issue of human control will assume more significance. From @SameerP_IND orfonline.org/expert-speak/t…

In a disruptive global order upended by the #pandemic, the ability of the coalition of the willing to manage the #China challenge and stay focused on the #IndoPacific theatre has been called into question, writes @shrutipandalai orfonline.org/expert-speak/s…

#Russia’s war in #Ukraine will have far-reaching global strategic implications, particularly in the #IndoPacific where #China’s growing influence is already shifting the regional order, asserts @LisaCurtisDC orfonline.org/expert-speak/c…

The platforms used by #terrorist & violent extremist groups differ depending on where a group is based geographically, perceptions of secrecy or oversight of a given platform & cultural attitudes towards the platform, highlights @ErinSaltman orfonline.org/expert-speak/i…

#Multilateralism is—and has always been—hard, but there is no alternative. There will always be a need for a space for countries that often do not agree to take limited collective action, posits @MConleytyler
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More & more countries are considering building public-funded #digital systems to, among other things, collect & manage #data, foster #innovation, & assist the state in its functioning, writes @KapoorAstha orfonline.org/expert-speak/t…

The legitimacy of #digital democracy as an ideal is now up for questioning due to the actions of technology companies amid the #Ukraine war and other crises. This could yield adverse #tech governance (re)actions by states: @NiNanjira orfonline.org/expert-speak/o…