NATO and Russia are again at loggerheads concerning the Ukraine issue. Russia with its huge army is knocking at the doorsteps of Europe. The issue of who shoulders the responsibility of Europe’s defence is again at the fore. Looking critica...
The Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory sparked a flurry of heated debates within and among the International Politics intelligentsia, but a large number of scholars agree that Russian belligerence arose in response to the West's unwill...
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...
In the past few months, the frequency of Chinese warplanes entering the island’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) has increased dramatically, fuelling speculations about a major confrontation. The month of February alone has seen 43 i...
Space technology is evolving at a tremendous pace. Economies all over the world, both individually and collectively, are relying more and more on it, not just for research and exploratory purposes but also for wide-ranging commercial usage....
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...
Terrorism using social media has become one of the world's most pressing concerns. There is a symbiotic relationship between domestic terrorist groups and international terrorist organisations, which is aggravating the issue. Terrorist grou...
On 17 January 2022, the Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi gave a foreign policy speech at the 208th Session of the National Diet and focused on the key factors of Japanese Diplomacy. The present article would be highlighting these key facto...
The year 2021 has been one of the most dramatic years for cross-strait relations in the 21st century. The Republic of China (Taiwan’s official name) that came into existence after Mao Zedong’s civil war in 1949 has been claimed by Beijing u...
In 2019, a Hollywood action-thriller movie Angel Has Fallen depicted a futuristic scene in which the US President faces a swarm of drones in the middle of a river. To protect the President against the attack, a secret service agent Mike Ban...
The term 'radicalisation' is one of the most important concepts in understanding the nature of violence and conflicts around the world. The case of Sri Lanka is instructive in gaining a better knowledge of the various aspects of Islamic rad...
