According to The New York Times, the European Union is contemplating "smart sanctions" against Russian oil imports, as per the statement by Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission's executive vice president. [1] The EU, on the 25th of A...
In February, the IPCC Working Group-II released the second part of the sixth assessment report, ‘Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaption, and Vulnerability’. The key findings concerning groundwater scarcity are over-extraction of water for d...
The sanctions on Russia would have an impact on its oil exports. Countries like India and even China has been asked to reduce their imports of Russian Oil. The sanctions regime would have an impact on Russian export income but the countries...
Russia and Belarus share a traditional bonhomie dating back to the 1990s after the fall of the Soviet Union. Both were the constituent republics of the Union and later became founding members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)....
The purpose of this paper is to re-visit the Russia- Japan territorial conflict on the Kuril Islands. Kuril Islands dispute has been a contentious issue for both parties since the start of the Cold War. Disputed on the grounds of ownership ...
Four weeks have passed since Russia began its military invasion of Ukraine. Over the last few months in 2021, Russia was building up its military presence along the border with Ukraine in an overt response to increasing NATO expansion eastw...
Estonia the small Baltic state in Europe and a member of the European Union is leading the way in cyber security. With international cooperation with several states and organizations like NATO, it also organizes an annual cyber security exe...
The dynamic nature of international politics has its toll on the decisions that leaders take. Before the unfolding of the Ukraine Russia Crisis, and the sanctions that followed suit, Russia’s take on Crypto Mining was staunchly different to...
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is the umbrella organisation for al-Qaeda groups in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. In support of al-Qaeda's doctrine, AQAP has conducted deadly jihadist assaults both locally and overseas. it is best known ...
The International Solar Alliance is a unique treaty based intergovernmental efforts to work towards a sustainable energy to harness a global market system to reap benefits of solar energy and promote application and to use clean energy. Wit...
The delivery of the S-400 air defence system began in November last year with an Indian official confirming the same. “We will get the S-400 on schedule. The first squadron will arrive and it will be inducted this year,” Indian Air Force Ch...
The world today is all about a ‘network of networks’ whether through land, sea or air and most countries are looking for better ways of communication and interconnectedness. The Indo-Pacific is one such way of interconnectedness and here, t...
