In a recently leaked partnership agreement document between China and Iran, the scholars and analysts all over the world are arguing what the future would look like if this agreement is formally signed. Tehran and Beijing have had historica...
Ever since China has launched its String of Pearls strategy, the Indo-Pacific has been a center of activity. With every nation in the region, trying to vigilantly guard its territories from China's escalating encroachments, maritime operati...
On the 23rd of September 2013, the Lebanese port authorities confiscated 2750 Tonnes of illegal ammonium Nitrate, a strictly regulated compound used for fertilizers and explosives; from a Russian cargo ship sailing under a Moldovan flag. Th...
With the increasing impact of the ‘dragon virus’, cases rising everyday have decelerated the countries in terms of their health policies and measures, political stabilisation and economic growth. What even remains the biggest threat is Chin...
For China securing its energy supply lines and deploying its for operational purposes and anti-piracy missions in Indian Ocean region(IOR) has been a recurrent phenomenon. It has also started to explore possibility of undertaking surveillan...
International security in the 21st century has been the prime algorithm for configuring international relations and hegemonic viability that sets out to dominate a region and have an overarching influence over the world. One such pivotal ro...
Iran and China have recently surged ahead with an economic and military deal that will elevate their relationship to a new height. While this has come as a shock to many, in the midst of increasing geopolitical tensions surrounding Iran, it...
“International politics is a nasty and dangerous business, and no amount of goodwill can ameliorate the intense security competition that sets in when an aspiring hegemon appears in Eurasia.” John J. Mearsheimer. Mearsheimer wrote ‘China’s ...
The recent Chinese aggressive behaviour and multi-fronted confrontations, from imposition of draconian laws in Hong Kong, to menacingly targeting Taiwan, suppressing of ASEAN-member states in the South China Sea (SCS) region, trade war with...
The world at present faces several issues whether it’s the Coronavirus Pandemic, uncertainties over the existing world order have been raised accompanied with inter-state competitions in the political, economic and military realm. Recently,...
The United Nations Organisation, the world’s largest multi-sectoral multilateral inter-governmental institution is under increasing threat of becoming irrelevant in the emerging world order. The leaders of the powerful countries that consti...
For any nation, maintaining its national security interests, is one of its top most priorities. In order to do so, nation states have made use of many devices that do not generally fall under the traditional military use. One such device is...
