M.S. Chadha Center for Global India's opening seminar features a panel discussion on US-India trade and tariff futures.Starting August 27, 2025, Indian exports (with some exceptions) have to pay a flat 50 percent tariff to enter the U.S. market. How did this situation come to be? What are the economic and geopolitical…
It’s a truism that AI is the worst it will ever be. But while model capabilities do tend to improve over time, users’ experience of AI as a consumer product is affected by many other factors. In a draft paper, Akash Kapur and Arvind Narayanan adapt Cory Doctorow’s enshittification thesis to AI, and argue that degradation of…
Best-selling author, prize-winning journalist and New York Times corresponding opinion writer Michael Grunwald will discuss how to feed the world without frying it and how to fill nearly 10 billion bellies by 2050 without tearing down an acre of rainforest every six seconds. Telling the stories and lessons from his rollicking…
During past decades, genomics and metagenomics have developed very fast, and are widely applied to non-model species especially wild animals to provide new insights to properly conserve the wildlife. The giant panda is not only the symbol of the world biodiversity conservation, but also a model to address questions of the…
On June 3, 2025, the Gulf Research Center (GRC) and the Afghanistan Policy Lab at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs co-hosted a closed-door webinar titled “Rethinking Afghanistan-Gulf Relations in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape.” The session brought together experts and policymakers to examine…
We are told that the new finance of crypto and central-bank digital currency is not beholden to old rules. Financial history tells us something different: We have been here before. Our contemporary financial revolution is just a new mix of some of the oldest ideas of shared ledgers, tradable liabilities, and assets in the form…
What does the current Trump administration (Trump 2.0) mean for India? Join us for an insightful panel discussion on the evolving dynamics between the United States and India under Trump 2.0. This panel will examine the potential implications of recently proposed U.S. tariffs on India’s economic growth, trade relations, and…
People seem to buy social media accounts to gain credibility and expand their influence, and they seem to sell accounts to make money. But is it really that simple? In recent years, the market for social media accounts has grown larger and more commoditized. By following a few thousand YouTube channels advertised for sale––from…
