On June 19th, 17.9 million Iran citizens voted ultra-conservative Ebrahim Raisi, the former judicial chief, as the President of the country. He enters the office at a time when Iran is caught between a chaotic domestic situation with a trai...
Turkey’s economy is at an all-time staggering low with its currency Lira below $7.60 and a per capita income of barely $8900. The country is suffering from a double-digit inflation and high unemployment rates due to the sharp impact of the ...
After more than two months of coronavirus-induced lockdown India’s closest neighbour, Sri Lanka, is slowly easing its lockdowns across cities. Following the deadly coronavirus epidemic in Sri Lanka, nearly 1024 have so far been hospitalised...
It has almost been 10 years of the EU referendum that brought Britain's much contended exit from the European Union. Was public support for ‘Leave’ manufactured by populist politics of the time? Nevertheless, the volatility of the economy h...
More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, questions surrounding Russia's role in the post-Soviet space continue to shape global geopolitics. Under Vladimir Putin's leadership, Moscow has consistently challenged aspects...
The Bush Doctrine, formulated in the wake of the tragic 9/11 attacks in the US might officially be an inactive approach to contemporary US foreign policy, but it introduced a stark shift in the intent and use of force. It was understood and...
The Strait of Hormuz remains central to global energy security, yet India’s position within this framework reflects a structural paradox. Despite a high dependence on imported crude oil, India’s emergence as a major refining hub introduces ...
For close to eighty years, the Middle Eastern geopolitical order was founded on consensus; a stiff, transactional order that simply traded Saudi Arabian oil for U.S. security guarantees. Yet in the pluralized world of 2026, this unipolar an...
The Gaza conflict, triggered after the October 7th attacks and the prolonged military response that followed, has proven to be a critical inflection point in the West Asian Geopolitics. What had begun as a localized conflict, soon engulfed ...
As of March 2024, India's foreign exchange reserves have reached a new record high of $642.6 billion. This significant development caps a period of recovery and volatility, which was mainly due to the country's strategic economic moves and ...
Bhutan's Tshering Tobgay, a liberal politician and the leader of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), began his second term as Prime Minister in January 2024. According to a statement made on the Bhutanese King's official Facebook page, Kin...
For the past couple of years, Vietnam has been able to successfully navigate through various global economic uncertainties. It also faced internal challenges due to the effects of a pandemic and the impact of a global economic slowdown. In ...
