In 2005, Ayman al-Zawahiri as the second in command of al-Qaeda wrote a letter to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi stating that “We are in a battle, and more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media” [1]. Earlier, terror...
A small island nation in the Pacific, the Republic of Nauru, holding just over 12,000 inhabitants on its 21 km²of areas, has gained a lot of traction as it notified the International Seabed Authority of the intention of its sponsored entity...
The United States and a large portion of the rest of the world have regarded Asia too crudely for centuries—as a theatre of strategic rivalry. Allies and partners of the United States from all over the world have an interest in how the Indo...
In 2012, Thailand proposed an initiative for sustainable development of the Lancang-Mekong Sub-region. This initiative was welcomed by China. In 2014, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the 17th China-ASEAN Summit proposed the establishment of t...
With the aim to promote peace, security, development and cooperation, BRIC was coined in 2001 by Roopa Purushotaman who was a Research Assistant in Jim O’ Neill’s publication (Building Better Global Economic BRICs) for Goldman Sachs. It was...
The Belt and Road initiative, formerly known as “One Belt, One Road”, is also known as the New Silk Road project. it has over 100 participant nations and is a development plan that intends to connect China to Europe.
Despite the notion that Pakistan is a democratic republic with a parliament, the army has ruled for half of its 74-year history. Since 1947, Pakistan has been controlled by four different military rulers after three military coups. The Nati...
South Korea is at a critical point in its development. Due to its technological prowess, it has become an economic powerhouse. Large-scale manufacturing and hardware combined with the country's growing number of tech companies have contribu...
The 14th BRICS summit is to be hosted by China towards the end of June. This is the first time heads of state of Russia, China, and India are coming together since the launch of the military operation in Ukraine. The theme of this year's vi...
Vanilla Islands is a new tourist destination brand formed by six island nations of the Indian Ocean Region. Those are Seychelles, Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius, Comoros, and Mayotte. This cooperation, which was created on August 4, 2010, i...
The blue economy is a concept that refers to the various ocean resources that can be utilized by coastal nations to enhance their economic growth and environmental sustainability. It is a huge opportunity for coastal nations such as India t...
The Indo-pacific region accounts for half of the world's population and grown as important in recent decades. The region is getting substantial attention from the United States in recent decades and actively taking part with number of count...
