India-EU: Building the Next Chapter

Digital technology is often seen as a fix for inefficiency and corruption in government welfare programmes—but does it actually deliver on that promise?In this episode, Vanita Leah Falcao discusses her research on the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), with Suman Joshi ...  Show more

Think about the last time you were in a crowded metro station. Did you consciously decide what to do, or did you simply follow what everyone else was doing?Public policy often assumes people are rational actors. But behaviour is shaped by something far more human: norms that tell ...  Show more

The United Arab Emirates projects an image of level-headed calm in the Gulf. Its actions abroad, however, betray a <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/04/16/the-uae-preaches-unity-at-home-but-pursues-division-abroad?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio ...

About this episode: This week we’ve got something a little different for you. David Barton-Grimley recently returned from the very first Money20/20 Middle East in Saudi Arabia - and beyond enjoying endless cups of Arabic coffee (and collecting a serious stash of swag), he was gen ...  Show more

Interview with Sameer Lalwani — 27:32 This week, Kelly and Tristan cover Israel's unprecedented strike on Hamas leaders in Doha and the diplomatic fallout for Qatar and the Gaza ceasefire talks, the historic trial of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro and what it means for ...  Show more

In the second episode of ECFR’s summer mini-series on the “New Right”, Mark Leonard is joined by Gladden Pappin, president of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs, co-founder and deputy editor of American Affairs Journal and co-founder of the online magazine Post-Libe ...  Show more