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Technology - Featured Article - Jun 22, 2020
The case of Sovereignty in Currency
The push towards cryptocurrency is gaining ground on an international level, but is it sufficient to be used alongside, or instead of, legal tender?
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 17, 2021
Aerospace Materials
It is the continually evolving, new-generation superalloy materials that constitute the backbone of cutting edge aerospace technology. Gopi Hanumanthappa, Managing Director of ThyssenKrupp Aerospace…
Indian Economics - Op-Eds - Nov 8, 2016
Change of Guard
Urjit Patel: India replaces 'rock star' Rajan with 'low-key' banker
- Fake News - Dec 23, 2018
Julian Assange met with Paul Manafort?
On November 27, the Guardian published an eye-catching article, claiming that its journalists had seen an Ecuadorian intelligence agency document detailing that Manafort and Assange meet three time
Technology - Featured Article - Sep 3, 2019
The Age of Abundance – Part I
In this two-part series, the author provides a glimpse of the future, the Age of Abundance, when technology has overcome the need for mankind to work. If robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) can…
Geopolitics - Featured Article - Jun 29, 2020
Containing the Dragon: Dealing with China
The best way to stymie China's moves is for countries to offer reasonable alternatives to Chinese investment and technical assistance, says Richard Fontaine.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 17, 2021
Innocuous Drones And Lethal Standoff Weapons
This article has been written by Squadron Leader (retd.) Sameer Joshi. He serves as the CEO of NewSpace Research and Technologies, Bengaluru. Group Captain Harsh Vardhan Thakur, IAF Test Pilot and…
Technology - Op-Eds - Nov 8, 2016
Medicine’s Big Breakthrough
Medicine's Big Breakthrough: Editing Your Genes
- Fake News - Feb 28, 2019
EU refutes Hungary’s “fake news”
An EU spokesperson has termed the latest Hungarian government campaign ad of supporting illegal immigration as “fake news”. The controversial ad contains US Billionaire George Soros and EU President…
Geopolitics - Featured Article - Sep 26, 2019
Future of Security-Middle East
Mr Haim Tomer, former Chief of Israeli Foreign Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism and International Operations, Advisor to Israeli Cyber Security Sector writes for Synergia Insights a thought-provoking…
World - Featured Article - Aug 28, 2020
America Must Continue to Be Guarantor of Security for Its Allies
Washington's ‘America First’ policy signifies a disengagement from long-standing ties with friendly nations, and without its protection, a vacuum of anarchy and opportunity will emerge, says David…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 17, 2021
Bridges Across the Aegean
Can Ankara and Brussels overcome strategic disagreements to script a new chapter in their bilateral relations?
World - Op-Eds - Nov 8, 2016
NATO set to extend its Afghan support
NATO allies are likely to formally extend their support for Afghan forces after President Barack Obama decided to keep thousands more U.S. troops in Afghanistan than planned through the end of his…
- Fake News - Apr 1, 2019
New Zealand take off Sky News from the air?
Following the horrific mosque shootings in New Zealand, it was reported that the government removed Sky News or Fox News from the air in March for the massacre coverage.
World - Featured Article - Jan 6, 2020
End of a Decade - End of the Teens
The teenage years of the Twenty-First Century is over , we at Synergia take a peek at some of the consequential events on our global patch that could help us better understand 2020 and beyond
Technology - Featured Article - Aug 31, 2020
How Will MNC’s Respond to the Challenge of Nationalism?,
The ban on TikTok raises a flag on how MNCs respond to the challenge of nationalist politics
World - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 20, 2020
Futuristic Floating Cities – Pipe Dream or Reality?
A floating Atlantis can be a desirable alternative for population explosion and rising seas, only if financial, technological, and governance concerns are effectively addressed.
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 17, 2021
Whatsapping Trouble
WhatsApp’s new data policy being imposed under the threat of service denial has rejuvenated the universal demand for stronger legislation to protect personal data
War - Op-Eds - Nov 19, 2016
Afghanistan opium trade
On 23 October 2016, UN Office for Drugs & Crime (UNODC) announced that in 2016, Opium cultivation in Afghanistan had grown 43% over 2015.
- Fake News - Jul 16, 2019
Is McDonald’s Replacing All Cashiers with Robots
A fake news site twisted information about self-serve kiosks into a false claim that McDonald's is replacing all their cashiers with "robots." McDonald's announced plans..