According to The New York Times, the European Union is contemplating "smart sanctions" against Russian oil imports, as per the statement by Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission's executive vice president. [1] The EU, on the 25th of A...
The Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai has raised concerns about China's economic outlook for the rest of this year. This week's release of first-quarter gross domestic growth data will provide a clearer indication of how policymakers in Beijing...
Recently, India and Israel celebrated their 30th anniversary of establishing the diplomatic relations. Before that India due to the Nehruvian Policies and Non-Aligned Movement followed the path more eschewed towards Palestine, barring it fr...
The United States has exploited its position of a hegemon to keep pushing the agenda of liberal democracies across the world. It has also used its might to clamp down on terrorist organizations, especially post the infamous 9/11 attacks. Th...
The use of weapons for annihilating a group or units of advancing soldiers through the use of high-tech weapons is often witnessed in modern wars so as to not leave any tell-tale signs, and to avoid international condemnation. The use of ra...
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...
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...
In March 2021, a Japanese container ship ‘Ever Given’ blocked one of the busiest maritime trade routes in the world for nearly a week. As the ship got stuck in the Suez Canal, a key waterway, it prevented more than 400 vessels to make their...
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has announced to deploy machine gun-wielding robots along the Indo-China border. China with this tactic aims to guard the LAC region endlessly without rest, replenishment, or human casualty. The 21st centu...
‘Hanging up a sheep’s head but selling dog meat’ The aforementioned is an ancient Chinese saying which evidently highlights the strategic path followed by the Asian Dragon in contemporary world politics. More on the saying later but firstly...
Over the past decades, neighboring countries China and Bangladesh have steadily developed ties in various domains. Their relationship has evolved over time, especially in matters of defense and security. But this was not always the case. Th...
Armed forces of various great powers and regional powers are now integrating drones into their force structures and operational doctrines. They are being deployed not only for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) purposes bu...
