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Elbridge Colby is co-founder and principal of The Marathon Initiative, a  policy initiative focused on developing strategies to prepare the  United States for an era of sustained great power competition. He is the  author of The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great  Power Conflict (Yale University Press), which The Wall Street Journal  selected as one of the top ten books of 2021.  Previously, Colby was from 2018-2019 the Director of the Defense Program  at the Center for a New American Security, where he led the Center’s  work on defense issues.  Before that, he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for  Strategy and Force Development from 2017-2018. In that role, he served  as the lead official in the development and rollout of the Department’s  preeminent strategic planning guidance, the 2018 National Defense  Strategy (NDS). The NDS shifted the Department of Defense’s focus to the  challenges to U.S. military superiority and interests posed by China in  particular followed by Russia, prioritizing restoring the Joint Force’s  warfighting edge against these major power competitors. He also served  as the primary Defense Department representative in the development of  the 2017 National Security Strategy.

The 2020–2022 global chip shortage is an ongoing crisis in which the  demand for integrated circuits (commonly known as semiconductor chips)  is greater than the supply, affecting more than 169 industries[3] and  has led to major price increases, shortages and queues amongst consumers  for automobiles, graphics cards, video game consoles, computers, and  other products that require semiconductors.[4][5][6] Commonly cited  causes for the shortage include the COVID-19 pandemic, the China–United  States trade war, and various severe weather incidents.   The Indian government has announced a 76,000 crore scheme to boost  semiconductor and display manufacturing in the country. We're also  seeing inter-country talks between India and Taiwan, with TSMC and UMC  looking to set up a facility in India. Can this lead to India being the  hub for semiconductors in the future?  Our guests for this episode are Gaurav Goel and Arun Mampazhy. Gaurav is  a micro architect with two decades of experience in the semiconductor  field. He has worked with prominent companies like Intel, Synopys, and  is currently working at AMD.   Arun has a BTech from IIT-M and MS from University of Maryland in  semiconductor fabrication and over a decade of industry experience. He's  also keeping a keen eye on semiconductor manufacturing in India.    Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfBfBd-1kvCOPxVll8tBJ9Q/join

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Prof. Shamika Ravi is VP @ ORF, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings  Institute, and a former member of the Economic Advisory Council to the  Prime Minister of India. She is one of the most recognized people in  Developmental Economics in India today.   We hosted Prof. Ravi in Aug 2020 for a data-led analysis of the COVID-19  pandemic; she spoke about the rising infections, impact of lockdowns,  how various states have performed, impact on healthcare infrastructure,  innovation and economy, and the way out.   In this conversation we look at the current state of the pandemic and  how States should formulate a policy response in light of the 3rd Wave.  Prof. Ravi speaks about the impact of vaccinations, how we can sustain  our economy, the focus on healthcare, and more.  Follow Prof. Shamika Ravi on Twitter - https://twitter.com/shamikaravi

Legislative Assembly elections will be held in Goa on 14 February 2022 to elect 40 members of the Goa Legislative Assembly. The votes will be counted and the results will be declared on 10 March 2022. In this election, we are seeing major parties from all over the country such as BJP, Congress, TMC, and AAP competing for seats in the first assembly elections of 2022.   We have our resident political experts, Rohit Jayaraman and Nimish Joshi, break down the various parties and players they bring to the table. They also discussed the history of politics in Goa, the role of Manohar Parrikar in the politics of the state, the shift against Bahujan politics and more. They also provided insights into voting tendencies of the population, and into the chances that the various parties have in the state in this comprehensive deep dive on Goa politics.

India have lost yet another series away from home, this time against South Africa / Virat Kohli stepped down as Test captain yesterday  Besides the batsmen’s failures, Kohli listed inconsistency, lack of application, lapse in concentration and their inability to seize the crunch moments as reasons for the loss. South Africa won the series 2-1. Also, yesterday Virat Kohli announced on social media that he will be stepping down as Test Captain. On this livestream, Abhishek Paul, Mahek Vyas, and Nirav Kanodra will talk about the team and the way forward.

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Samuel Ramani is a politics and international relations tutor at the  University of Oxford, where he completed his DPhil. An associate fellow  at the Royal United Services Institute, he contributes regularly to  Foreign Policy, The Washington Post, BBC World Service, Al Jazeera  English and CNN International. He tweets as @samramani2.

On this special episode, we look back at 21 moments from 2021 across 86  episodes covering Politics, Policy, and Culture. Watch this video and  check out our best moments from the last year.  

The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the   week that was. This week we spoke about rising number of COVID cases, PM  Modi's visit to Punjab, India's upcoming Test match, and India's rising  GDP. If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our  channel and share this content. You can stay updated with everything at  Bharatvaarta by following us on social media: we're @bharatvaarta on  Twitter, facebook.com/bharatvaarta.in on Facebook, and @bharatvaarta on  Instagram).