Beyond Nation & States

Suno India

Now tune into the new season of Beyond Nation and State with Smita Sharma, a seasoned journalist with experience reporting on foreign policy and global events. With her new role as a podcaster, she plans to explore the evolving world and India's position in it. She aims to uncover the behind-the-scenes diplomacy and decision-making that shaped Indian foreign policy in the past, interviewing key figures involved. Additionally, she will analyze current global developments and their impact on India and its citizens, providing insights into the country's future direction.

Jun 07, 2023

#Rewind- The nuclear deal that changed Indo-US Ties

India and the US today are working closely on critical and emerging technology. The US-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) will be an important component in talks during the upcoming Sta...

68 mins

May 31, 2023

Central Asia and Regional Power Play

In her debut episode today, senior journalist and host of this season of Beyond Nation & State, Smita Sharma is going to talk about a region which hardly finds mention or coverage in Indian mainstream media but...

81 mins

May 20, 2023

Beyond Nation & State - Trailer

3 mins

May 02, 2022

World Press Freedom Day: What are the many meanings of freedom?

Press freedom is increasingly endangered across the world. At least 28 journalists were killed due to their work in 2021, with India and Mexico topping the list of countries with the most media worker deaths, a...

58 mins

Apr 29, 2022

Anger on the streets: Sri Lanka in crisis

Sri Lanka is in the midst of an acute crisis. Thousands of Sri Lankans are on the streets protesting shortages and the soaring cost of food, medicines and fuel. Long power cuts and no cooking gas are causing Sr...

54 mins

Mar 09, 2022

Ukraine in 2022: The Russia invasion that should never have been

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has inaugurated a dangerous era of world politics with a huge human cost. Overnight, more than 1 million people have already become refugees, fleeing to neighbouring countries such...

58 mins

Feb 28, 2022

Myanmar’s persecuted Chin refugees on the run, seek shelter in India’s Mizoram

Ethnic communities in Myanmar have long borne the brunt of abusive military rule since the military staged a coup against the democratically elected government in 1962. Time and again ethnic people especially i...

52 mins

Jan 31, 2022

Reflecting on the state of Urdu in India and South Asia

Urdu is a major South Asian language spoken in large parts of India and Pakistan. In India, it is one of the 22 languages included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution while in Pakistan Urdu is the...

65 mins

Dec 20, 2021

Caste and its absence from critiques of Indian foreign policy

The discipline of international relations and its practice, which includes foreign policy, is an esoteric field. Debates on foreign policy and international relations are abstract and rarefied as if it doesn’t...