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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicThink tank

Topic: Think tank

Indian think tank releases Responsible Nations Index. It measures ethical choices

Singapore tops Responsible Nations Index 2026, followed by Switzerland and Denmark. India ranks 16th out of 154 countries in the index developed by the World Intellectual Foundation.

Pakistan think tank hires US lobbyist for $1.5 million. People call it a ‘front for army PR’

The official goal of the firm is to strengthen US-Pakistan relations. But reports suggest it's an attempt to counter the influence of Imran Khan’s PTI.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.