Thanks for visiting my blog! I hope you enjoy reading my thoughts on various policy issues around the world. If you’d like to engage with me on any of the articles, I always love meeting new people. –Â Janani
On November 22, Indian Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar stated that India has converted its “soft power” into “software power” while speaking atRead More »
June 28, 2021
Posted inHuman Rights, Media, South Asia
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages out of control in India, many are rightly focusing on the content of stories onRead More »
October 29, 2020
Posted inDiversity, Human Rights, Personal
If my parents hadn’t immigrated to the United States a decade before I was born, I wonder how different I’dRead More »
August 4, 2020
Posted inEurope, Human Rights, Media
When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex recently announced that they would no longer work with the British tabloids becauseRead More »
March 2, 2020
Posted inSecurity, Technology
Today, several technologies are going “smart,” from homes to cars to medical supplies. Networks of sensors enable these technologies, usingRead More »
September 9, 2019
Posted inAfrica, Human Rights, Technology
In 2018, Uganda started taxing social media use. Responding to criticism of the tax, President Yowerik Museveni wrote, “Governments normally taxRead More »
June 1, 2019
Posted inNuclear, Security, Wargaming
Studying nuclear deterrence offers an interesting puzzle: deterrence is increasingly urgent to understanding nuclear escalation and global security but lacksRead More »
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