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Nitin Pai

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ARTICLES BY NITIN PAI

More resources must be pumped into defense. Yet, for the additional defence rupee to work, the defence ecosystem needs a thorough mental and structural rehaul.

Nitin Pai: India’s Air Force can’t afford to fall short of combat aircraft

4 min read . 12 Jan 2025

Whether or not you believe in the existence of a middle-income trap, promoting competition, leveraging human capital and improving energy efficiency are sensible policy directions. (Roslan Rahman/AFP)

India must go beyond economic efforts to dodge a middle-income trap

4 min read . 29 Dec 2024

Whether we frame the challenge as one of forging an Indian nation, creating an egalitarian society or building social capital, it essentially boils down to dealing with caste-community divisions.

We need a reformation: Caste salience must fall for social capital to rise

4 min read . 15 Dec 2024

Not just Delhi but every Indian city has its own big bad pollution story that follows a similar pattern. (PTI)

Smog and us: Environmental movements should lead our fight against air pollution

4 min read . 01 Dec 2024

It will be extremely hard for the US to regain the moral high ground and epistemological dominance that it enjoyed for decades and that reduced the costs of its diplomacy. (AFP)

Geopolitical shake-up: Trump’s return will make countries scurry for new options

4 min read . 17 Nov 2024

One reason the Galwan phase started was the Chinese leadership’s imperial disdain for countries it doesn’t consider world powers. (MINT_PRINT)

India’s relations with China: Proceed with cautious optimism

4 min read . 03 Nov 2024

A massive increase in the availability of new equipment could galvanize absorption processes across the three services. (ANI)

Gradual or surge? One way or another, India needs greater military might.

4 min read . 20 Oct 2024

Starlink is aiming for a constellation size of 42,000 LEO satellites providing global coverage and acquiring a dominant share of the world’s internet traffic. (Getty Images via AFP)

Nitin Pai: A space monopoly would be bad for the world

4 min read . 06 Oct 2024

Improving public transport helps ease the urban traffic. (AP)

Traffic congestion is anti-national but there exists a way out

4 min read . 22 Sep 2024

Small changes can yield big improvements, but we also need a national policy commitment towards transforming law enforcement. (PTI)

It’s about effective law enforcement: Let’s recommit the country

4 min read . 08 Sep 2024

Political thinking in India is not for the faint hearted.

Political thinking has become an unattractive career choice in free India

4 min read . 25 Aug 2024

One of the few occasions when Indians in India identify as Indians is when we cheer for our national sports teams. (Doordarshan Sports- X)

Why should India spend public money on sports? Let the goal dictate our strategy

4 min read . 11 Aug 2024

Citizens of a democratic republic should also be concerned when the Constitution is claimed to be a ‘holy book.’

The Indian Constitution is a social contract and not a 'holy book'

4 min read . 28 Jul 2024

The NSA should remain an advisor and not have operational or command responsibilities.

Here are basic principles for an effective national security set-up in India

4 min read . 14 Jul 2024

The supply of professional education cannot keep up with demand unless there is a much greater role for private and for-profit institutions.

Remodel higher education: Just fixing exams won’t help

4 min read . 30 Jun 2024

We have spent more than a century telling ourselves that India cannot do industries and big manufacturing.

India's employment challenge: 20 million jobs need to be created each year

4 min read . 16 Jun 2024

A nuclear exchange might literally tip the planet into a different climate regime. (AP)

The world should take up China's nuclear no-first-use treaty proposal

4 min read . 02 Jun 2024

The world cannot prevent wars, but it can reduce their duration, limiting their intensity and environmental damage.

The carbon emissions of war put humanity’s right to exist at risk

4 min read . 19 May 2024

The ongoing campus protests expose the contradictions and dubious policies that the American university has come to embrace in the past decade. (AFP)

America is not yet declining but appears willing to let itself down

4 min read . 05 May 2024

Missile defence has already changed the way battles are fought over land and sea.

Iran-Israel lesson: Effective missile defence is costly and could be risky too

4 min read . 19 Apr 2024