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With the U.S. midterm elections on 3 November 2026 fast approaching, voter sentiment has crystallised around four overlapping national fault lines: inflation, institutional trust, the Iran war, and immigration. In this episode of All Things Policy, Bhumika Sevkani is joined by Abhishek Kadiyala to examine how each of these pressures is reshaping the congressional battleground and what they collectively reveal about the state of American democratic politics in the second Trump era. The episode ultimately asks whether a second-term president facing simultaneous economic, military, and institutional headwinds can arrest the historic tendency of the incumbent party to lose Congress at the midterms.
To track the latest trends in the 2026 US mid-term elections, follow the Election Racebook here: https://dcdossier.github.io/Generational-Mid-terms/
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All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru.Find out more on our research and other work here: https://takshashila.org.in/research-areas
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India lists 51 minerals in its critical mineral list. This is 67% of all commercially mined minerals. And globally too, critical mineral lists are swelling.
But not all critical minerals are critical in the same way. In any case, if 2/3rds of the periodic table is deemed critical, this strips any nuance for informed policy action and mineral prioritisation.
In this episode of All Things Policy, Tannmay Kumarr Baid and Shobhankita Reddy, researchers in technology geopolitics at the Takshashila Institution, discuss their latest published work - a mineral-by-mineral analysis of India's 51 critical minerals. They bucket these minerals into six groups, each with a similar mineral profile, shared supply bottlenecks and policy choices for India.
Check their dashboard here - https://indiacriticalminerals.com/#overview
All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru.Find out more on our research and other work here: https://takshashila.org.in/research-areas
Check out our public policy courses here: https://school.takshashila.org.in
The G7 summit recently unfolded in France, bringing together rich democracies across the either sides of the Atlantic that also included Japan (the only G7 member from Asia) and invitees like India. But what did the summit achieve in the current turbulent geopolitical context? In this episode of All Things Policy, tech geopolitics researcher Lokendra Sharma is joined by Anushka Saxena, Takshashila’s China researcher, who has closely followed the G7 summit, to discuss the key takeaways and highlights.
All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru.Find out more on our research and other work here: https://takshashila.org.in/research-areas
Check out our public policy courses here: https://school.takshashila.org.in
On May 26th, India and the US signed a bilateral critical minerals framework; the same day, the QUAD unveiled a $20 billion initiative spanning mining, processing and recycling of critical minerals. These join a growing list of critical mineral partnerships like the FORGE, Pax Silica, the bilateral TRUST and the Strategic Mineral Recovery Initiative.
Shobhankita Reddy and Tannmay Baid, researchers in technology geopolitics at the Takshashila Institution, discuss a few ideas on operationalising these partnerships to ensure assured mineral flows, technology transfers and capacity-building to enable de-risking from China.
Read the Hindustan Times op-ed: https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/lets-make-critical-minerals-deal-work-101780587561378.html
All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru.Find out more on our research and other work here: https://takshashila.org.in/research-areas
Check out our public policy courses here: https://school.takshashila.org.in
What are the complex web of regulations driving China's economic statecraft? Set against the backdrop of intensifying US-China technological competition and the race for frontier AI models, Kripa Koshy (Staff Programme Manager) and Amit Kumar (Staff Research Analyst, Geostrategy Programme) explore how Beijing is systematically codifying its ability to use its economy for geopolitical leverage. Tune in as they analyse China's shift toward formal, rule-based retaliation, including the newly announced Decrees 834, 835 and 837, and the daunting "compliance trap" that global businesses now face when caught between Western sanctions and Chinese laws.
All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru.Find out more on our research and other work here: https://takshashila.org.in/research-areas
Check out our public policy courses here: https://school.takshashila.org.in
As Pakistan gains diplomatic attention in West Asia, unrest has intensified in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, exposing the deeper questions about the region's governance, representation, and political marginalisation. In this episode, Aishwaria Sonavane is joined by Malik Moin Abbas to understand the roots of the protests, the controversy over reserved seats, and the gap between Pakistan’s international Kashmir narrative and the lived realities of the territory’s residents.
All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru.Find out more on our research and other work here: https://takshashila.org.in/research-areas
Check out our public policy courses here: https://school.takshashila.org.in
The past couple of weeks have been interesting and eventful in terms of India’s foreign policy visits. From Myanmar, Nepal, Venezuela to the UK, France, Slovakia and the G7, Indian diplomats have been busy hosting and traversing the world.
Join Vanshika Saraf and Anisree Suresh as they assess the various agendas behind each meeting, outcomes achieved, and the different approaches used to advance India’s interests.
To stay updated on the latest developments in global affairs, read The Indian Radius: theindianradius.substack.com/p/new-actors-old-neighbourhood, a weekly newsletter that examines the breadth and depth of India’s foreign policy.
All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru.Find out more on our research and other work here: https://takshashila.org.in/research-areas
Check out our public policy courses here: https://school.takshashila.org.in
Biotechnology is more likely to shape warfare through improvements in health protection, sensing, and distributed manufacturing than through exotic ‘super soldier’ technologies. In this episode, Shambhavi Naik discusses with Sarthak Pradhan how biotechnology can make a difference at the individual soldier, operational unit, and theatre levels.
The episode is based on Shambhavi's recent paper - www.ippr.in/index.php/ippr/article/view/535, published in the Indian Public Policy Review.
All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru.Find out more on our research and other work here: https://takshashila.org.in/research-areas
Check out our public policy courses here: https://school.takshashila.org.in
Japan spent most of the last eighty years as the textbook case of a pacifist state. A constitution that renounces war, a one percent cap on defence spending, a ban on selling weapons abroad. That picture is now changing fast. Tokyo has built counterstrike missiles, started exporting lethal equipment, and set out to double its defence budget. Join Arindam Goswami and Vanshika Saraf in this episode of All Things Policy as we talk about what has changed, what hasn't, and why a country can rearm without ever rewriting the rule that says it can't.
Vanshika has just written a paper tracing exactly how this happened and how far it really goes. You can read her paper here: https://takshashila.org.in/content/publications/20260608-journey-of-japans-defence.html
All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru.Find out more on our research and other work here: https://takshashila.org.in/research-areas
Check out our public policy courses here: https://school.takshashila.org.in
A recent investigation argues that Pakistan, with Chinese support, has rapidly expanded its Earth-observation satellite network, creating the ability to monitor Indian territory with increasing frequency. At the same time, India is building its own ambitious space-based surveillance architecture. So what should we really be worried about? Is this a story about satellites? About data? About military preparedness? Or about our ability to convert information into a strategic advantage? To help unpack this, (Sowmya Prabhakar) is in conversation with Ashwin Prasad.
All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru.Find out more on our research and other work here: https://takshashila.org.in/research-areas
Check out our public policy courses here: https://school.takshashila.org.in
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