Global oil prices witnessed a surge during the recovery period after COVID-related lockdowns. It rose to nearly 100 USD per barrel as the demand for oil increased. Oil is correctly termed as ‘black gold’ because it is accounted as the most ...
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...
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the US Navy carried out a seven-day long anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Philippine Sea this month. Such military exercises are a successful measure to learn about the development in ...
The submarine cables hold immense value in this digitalized world, The undersea cables essentially carry 95 per cent of the world’s data, the submarine cables were being used for over 150 years, from carrying the dots and dashes of the mors...
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...
With the end of the Cold War and the disintegration of the Soviet Union and a wave of the coloured revolution taking over the region, states like Georgia and Ukraine establishing themselves as sovereign nations, it was hoped that the collec...
Recently Russia has moved a large number of troops near the Ukraine border. According to some US and European security officials, the current conditions doesn’t suggest an imminent invasion as Russia didn’t move the key logistics (stockpile...
As the COP came to an end, there have been divergent views on what the conference achieved. The situation of climate change has been becoming alarming day by day with scientists around the world warning about rising climate and the frequenc...
Formed in 1971 after the withdrawal of British forces east of the Suez, the five Power defense Arrangements (FPDA), has a primary aim to protect former colonies Malaysia and Singapore in a region marred in conflict. The two South East Asian...
Under the Interim National Security Strategic Guidance document released by Whitehouse in April 2021 there are few priority areas which have been highlighted. There are five major pillars: ‘rising nationalism, challenges to democracy, US gr...
After World War II, Germany had chosen soft power as the basis of its foreign policy strategy. Germany has been at the top of the soft power rankings for many years. Today, however, most of Germany's traditional sources of soft power are at...
Bad COVID management policies hindering tourism recovery in Sri Lanka: The tourism industry in the country brings in around $3 billion to $5 billion in foreign exchange annually. However, the country’s mismanagement of the Covid-19 outbreak...
