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Aditya Sarkar
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PhD student at the Fletcher School, studying precarity in small town India. Views personal.
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Persistent comparability problems between the 2011–12 and 2022–23 consumption surveys, compounded by the World Bank’s contested adjustments, leave India’s poverty and inequality trends uncertain. Although poverty has likely fallen, the magnitude remains disputed.
www.theindiaforum.in/economy/grea...
The Great Indian Poverty Debate
Persistent comparability problems between the 2011–12 and 2022–23 consumption surveys, compounded by the World Bank’s contested adjustments, leave India’s poverty and inequality trends uncertain. Alth...
www.theindiaforum.in
November 27, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Very grateful to @apsa.bsky.social for supporting my dissertation research this year!
October 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Explore the variety of research tools from interactive timelines and searchable databases to dynamic visualisations and survey dashboards that we have engaged and supported in partnership with @peacerep.bsky.social to explore complex #peace processes with greater clarity

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PeaceTech - PeaceRep
Browse all PeaceRep data and databases, visualisations, and digital tools relating to peace and conflict resolution.
peacerep.org
July 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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From the crooked timber of humanitarianism much good was fashioned. The humanitarian project was imperfect, but now the timber has been felled. What comes next?

Read more from Executive Director Alex de Waal on the future of #humanitarianism here: worldpeacefoundation.org/blog/liberal...
Liberal Humanitarianism has Been Felled. What Comes Next? - World Peace Foundation
Liberal humanitarianism was flawed but life-saving. With institutions dismantled and illiberal forces rising, we must defend what remains.
worldpeacefoundation.org
July 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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just imagine working at microsofft and thinking “let’s spend billions, steal a load of intellectual property, and destroy the planet to make an interface to write bad essays” rather than “let’s update MS Word so users can comment on footnotes”
March 28, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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This poster has my whole heart. Share it.
February 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Suggested reading: @newsecuritybeat.bsky.social by Alex de Waal and @adityasarkar.bsky.social features insights from a recent special issue of the journal, Environment and Security. Decarbonization is necessary, and so is understanding its impact on countries whose GDP depends on fossil fuel income.
Today on New Security Beat, Alex de Waal and Aditya Sarkar explore "traumatic decarbonization" through case studies in 6 countries, offering insights into how global climate policies and peacebuilding efforts must adapt to address new challenges. 👇

https://buff.ly/406eUJ7
January 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
On famine denialism, from Ukraine to Gaza, by Alex de Waal.

www.bostonreview.net/articles/eng...
Engineers of Calamity - Boston Review
Famine denial’s past and present, from Ukraine to Gaza.
www.bostonreview.net
November 19, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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The U.N. General Assembly called for the 31st time on the United States to end its decades-long trade embargo against Cuba. The non-binding resolution was approved by 187 countries and opposed only by the United States and Israel, with Ukraine abstaining.
U.N. votes to end US embargo on Cuba; US and Israel oppose | Reuters
The U.N. General Assembly called for the 31st time on the United States to end its decades-long trade embargo against Cuba as the communist-run island suffers its worst economic crisis in decades, wit...
www.reuters.com
November 3, 2023 at 7:25 AM