The reappearance of the Taliban in 2021 has put foreign actors, particularly neighbouring countries, in a difficult geopolitical scenario. The Islamic Republic of Iran which shares a border of around 585 miles frontier and a strong cultural...
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 ...
On 15 August 2021, the Taliban seized the capital of Afghanistan, and soon after this, it has brought almost all of it under its control. The siege began two weeks before the deadline set by the United States to retreat its troops following...
Beijing Winter Olympics was held between 4 to 20th February 2022. Olympics have always been political. It is a platform that attracts one of the largest crowd and media attention from various nations. Hence, it allows concerned voices to be...
The geopolitical centre of gravity is gradually shifting from the Atlantic towards the Pacific Ocean. The recent development that Australia will deploy nuclear-powered submarines in the Pacific region with the help of the United Kingdom and...
Ukraine has been under attack and is looking for the US and NATO support which is not coming. In that context it is important to evaluate US-Ukraine defence ties. For 30 years of Ukrainian independence, Ukraine and the United States (US) ha...
From a structural realist point of view, in an anarchic system, states are fearful and suspicious of each other due to their 'inscrutable intentions'. As a result, they constantly face security dilemmas where any step by a state to increase...
The Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean on earth, covering about 20 per cent of the earth's water surface. It expands to South Asia in the north, Africa and Arabia in the west, South East Asia and Australia in the east, and Antarctica t...
With a freshly adopted federal system incorporated in its 2015 constitution, Nepal is now positioned for a peaceful future after decades of political upheaval. After a decade of Maoist insurrection, the toppling of the monarchy, and a subse...
The United States announced that they are not going to send an official delegation to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing; this diplomatic boycott doesn’t involve the athletes, the athletes will proceed with the games which are starting in ...
Due to the implementation of comprehensive economic reforms, Vietnam has been able to transform from being one of the world's most impoverished nations to a middle-income economy. From 2002 to 2020, the country's GDP per capita increased by...
The National Crime Records Bureau of India is the nodal agency for collecting and publishing the data related to crimes in the country. The Intelligence and Security agencies of the government keep a close watch on the entire chain of illeg...
