Islamic militants and terror outbreaks have increased in the past decade. For instance, terrorist outbreaks began in north-east Nigeria in 2009, three years later in northern Mali. In addition, central Niger and Burkina Faso have also witne...
Western Africa compasses of 17 countries namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’ Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, it covers the area of about 8 ...
Economic Community of West African States was formulated through a treaty signed in Lagos, Nigeria on 28th May 1975. It is a 15-member regional group comprising of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’ Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea B...
The likely agenda of the BRICS summit becomes a hot topic of the town since India will chair it. The foreign policy scholars initiated the prediction of the issues that would be a top priority in the 13th BRICS summit occurring under the au...
Initially, The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was the group of the six Eurasian countries that expanded with the inclusion of India and Pakistan in 2017. Constituted to resolve border disputes between the participant states, the or...
On 31st of July 2018 the media wing of ISIS, Amaq, issued a video. The video featured the killers of four foreign cyclists (two from the United States, one Dutch, and one a Swiss citizen killed in Southern Tajikistan) taking the responsibil...
For India, the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) presents an exceptional opportunity in forwarding its major foreign policy goals of ‘Neighbourhood first’ and ‘Act East. The geostrategi...
Central Asia has always remained a great strategic battlefield among various regional and international powers. From antiquity to the contemporary period the Central Asian Region has always found itself at the core of the international affa...
Egypt, the Land of Pharaohs, is known for its ancient civilization on the bank of the Nile River. From queen Cleopatra to Pharaoh Tutankhamun, from mummies to the Pyramid of Giza, Egypt offers diverse options to its tourists, archaeologists...
Eastern Europe was part of the communist bloc during the cold war era under the influence of the Soviet Union. Following, the fall of the alliance in 1991 most of the countries gained independence meaning that they are UN recognised full-fl...
The world has seen the use of the internet as a radicalization and recruitment tool by terrorist organizations in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks. The internet provides the same opportunities and capabilities to the terror outfits ...
When one looks at China-Iran relations, one can easily conclude that their relations very well fits the famous proverb 'my enemy's enemy is my friend'. China-Iran relation is a classical case of balancing. Despite the lack of commonalities ...
