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Jan 13, 2025 | 
theindiaforum.in | Naresh Singh |Priti Agarwal |Geeta Sinha |Jayati Ghosh
Heatwaves in India are becoming more frequent and intense in India, affecting both human life and animal life. The summer of 2024 saw several states grappling with persistent heatwaves and temperatures rise past 50 C in some areas. Media reported 143 cases of heatstroke deaths and more than 41,000 heatstroke cases – which is likely a fraction of the cases gone unreported. The crisis highlights several underlying problems.
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Dec 26, 2024 | 
indianexpress.com | Jayati Ghosh
It is beyond obvious that public spending in India is way below the minimum required to deliver essential social and economic rights of the people. Despite several decades of relatively fast aggregate income growth, large sections of the population are still deprived of basic needs like access to minimum nutritious food, good quality health services, education, proper housing, as well as amenities like fuel and electricity.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
blaetter.de | Jayati Ghosh
In der Januar-Ausgabe skizzieren Gershon Baskin und Samer Sinijlawi, unter welchen Bedingungen der so dringend nötige Frieden zwischen Israelis und Palästinensern gelingen kann. Jeremy Konyndyk beleuchtet Joe Bidens dramatisches Versagen in Gaza. George Packer verortet die USA inmitten einer neuen, von den US-Demokraten lange verkannten Realität: der Ära der Trump-Reaktion.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
freemalaysiatoday.com | Jayati Ghosh
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
tribuneindia.com | Jayati Ghosh
Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election has cast a dark shadow over the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku. Having made no secret of his belief that climate change is a “hoax,” Trump’s return to power threatens to undo much of the progress made in combating the climate crisis, leaving global leaders and policymakers with ample reason to feel disheartened. Trump is expected to ramp up domestic fossil-fuel production.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
project-syndicate.org | Jayati Ghosh
While US President-elect Donald Trump’s second term may disrupt multilateral arrangements, it does not mark the end of the fight against climate change. But for any collaborative climate effort to succeed, it must move beyond ineffective annual global summits and focus on smaller, solution-driven initiatives.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
qoshe.com | Jayati Ghosh
NEW DELHI – Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election has cast a dark shadow over the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku. Having made no secret of his belief that climate change is a “hoax,” Trump’s return to power threatens to undo much of the progress made in combating the climate crisis, leaving global leaders and policymakers with ample reason to feel disheartened. Trump vs. China, Round Two Getty Images Subscriber Favorite Politics 3 Trump vs.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Muddassir Quamar |Tabish Khair |Jayati Ghosh |Saba Naqvi
Since the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Strip after the Hamas-led attack on Israel of October 7, 2023, the responses of regional actors have evoked curiosity and scrutiny. While Israel’s massive retaliation and the resultant humanitarian crisis in the Strip have drawn nearly universal criticism, the responses of Arab countries, especially those of regional powers such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, and Qatar, have been perceived as muted.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Jayati Ghosh |Peter Ronald deSouza |Vaishna Roy
The recent escalation of tensions in West Asia has led once again to concerns that this will affect global oil prices, given the region’s importance in global petroleum and natural gas supply. Israel’s horrific devastation of Gaza over the past year and its genocide upon the Palestinian people, and even the attacks on Lebanon did not have much impact on oil markets because neither Palestine nor Lebanon are significant oil producers. But Iran is another matter.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Tabish Khair |Jayati Ghosh |Muddassir Quamar |Saba Naqvi
New York; Chicago; Washington, DC; Iowa City; small towns in Virginia, Illinois, and Iowa; everywhere in the US that I have visited over the past few weeks, I looked for signs of the approaching presidential election, when the country will choose Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, a choice that will also have a far-reaching impact across the world.
