The COP27 marks the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 30 years ago at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, and the Paris Agreement that was agreed upon seven years ago at COP21. The 'Conference of the Parties...
The annual G20 summit is scheduled to take place on November 15 and 16, 2022. The summit this year will be a little different as both Russia and Ukraine are expected to attend. But before we get into the details, it's crucial to understand ...
Hungary, a country in Eastern Europe, has come full circle from autocracy during the Cold War period to democracy in the post-communist world post the fall of the USSR and the end of the Cold War again back to autocracy under its current pr...
The Invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, took many by surprise. Russia originating from this invasion is part of an effort to prevent the expansion of power carried out by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Russia later sta...
The Indian Air Force celebrated its 90th anniversary outside of Delhi for the first time on October 8, 2022. The celebrations in Chandigarh included a spectacular hour-long air display over Sukhna Lake with as many as 80 aircraft. In additi...
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...
Political instability has been an integral part of Israel’s landscape. For the fifth time within three years, Israel goes to the polls again in November. The November elections will be its 25th time since its birth in 1948. Only twice befor...
The depletion of the country's foreign exchange reserves will increase external sector vulnerabilities. The euphoria that was generated by the large increase in these reserves over the past few years has started to fade. The factors that co...
Hybrid warfare can be defined as a form of conflict that in addition to conventional military means includes irregular means of warfare like insurgent groups, guerilla forces, terrorist groups, etc. Such warfare includes both state and non-...
In the past few years, the term “5th Generation” fighter jet has become commonplace in popular culture. Everyone from casual television viewers to dedicated military analysts has heard of the advanced capabilities of these state-of-the-art ...
India, the world's third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases and third-largest energy producer and consumer, vowed to achieve net zero emissions by 2070 during the COP26 summit in 2021. In a recent webinar on "Energy for Sustainable Growth,...
In the present international order, territorial conflicts are becoming increasingly common. Every day, we hear about territorial disputes between states. These disputes are not confined to control of land, but also control of the water, as ...
