Political instability has been an integral part of Israel’s landscape. For the fifth time within three years, Israel goes to the polls again in November. The November elections will be its 25th time since its birth in 1948. Only twice befor...
The depletion of the country's foreign exchange reserves will increase external sector vulnerabilities. The euphoria that was generated by the large increase in these reserves over the past few years has started to fade. The factors that co...
In the past few years, the term “5th Generation” fighter jet has become commonplace in popular culture. Everyone from casual television viewers to dedicated military analysts has heard of the advanced capabilities of these state-of-the-art ...
India, the world's third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases and third-largest energy producer and consumer, vowed to achieve net zero emissions by 2070 during the COP26 summit in 2021. In a recent webinar on "Energy for Sustainable Growth,...
The Case for U.S. Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century, by Brad Roberts, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 2016, $27.34, 340 pp., (paperback), ISBN 978-0-8047-9713-9This book by Dr. Brad Roberts endeavours to study the contemp...
China's approach to debt distress is generally to seek preferential treatment and negotiate with creditors in a more tailored manner. As Sri Lanka prepares to negotiate with its major creditors, including the International Monetary Fund, it...
The IPEF was launched on May 23, 2022 jointly by US and other countries of Indo Pacific region. It was initially composed of 14 founding member nations. Fiji was the first South Pacific Island nation to join the group. The invitation to oth...
Indian interests post-Cold War for Sri Lanka made a shift from a balance of power to more pragmatic security considerations. In the 1980s and 1990s, India was avoiding being engulfed in the Cold War power struggle which led to the negligenc...
Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are dominating the battlefields in combat in the twenty-first century. The current confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, which involved the deployment of drones, has caused both nations to recon...
In the past decade, China has lost growth in double-digits. In comparison to previous months, the GDP went down from April to June although it barely topped in the same quarter too. In this regard, economists are of the view that factories ...
There has been an increase in Chinese hostilities toward Taiwan throughout 2020 and 2021. These moves by the Chinese have suggested China’s readiness in invading Taiwan. Amidst such a scenario, Taiwan has made efforts to enhance its defense...
During a speech at the US-Arab summit in Jeddah, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman stated that Saudi Arabia will not have any more ability to boost its oil output beyond 13 million barrels per day. Saudi Arabia now has an oil production capa...
