On Saturday, 27th March 2021 China and Iran signed a key agreement which is being reported as a ‘strategic cooperation pact’. As part of the deal, Beijing has agreed to invest over $400 billion in fields such as banking, telecommunications,...
Ever since the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, the region of Central Asia has emerged as an intriguing field of politics, religion and security. The establishment of these newly formed republics was not only challenged by the Soviet U...
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. announced in his inaugural address that he would work to make America ‘the leading force for good in the world again’. This conveys his attempt to belittle his predecessor, Donald Trump. The disastrous policy Trum...
Visegrad countries have become important for Indian foreign policy in recent times. The visit of Indian Minister of External Affairs Dr S. Jaishankar to Hungary and Poland in August 2019 sheds light on India’s engagement with central Europe...
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...
In the backdrop of the military scuffles that occurred in the past three weeks between India and China, palpable tensions have emerged in different sectors along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), specifically in the Ladakh theatre. The firs...
Our world at present has been withstanding the pernicious coronavirus and the ramifications have been felt on the world economies, their financial sector and the healthcare facilities[i]. COVID-19 has rattled the economic and the social wel...
The devastating socio-economic nature of climate change and severe weather events is irrefutably felt across the spectrum. From the destructive Australian bushfires, to the hurricanes sweeping through the US and torrential rains that caused...
China's Belt and Road Initiative(BRI/OBOR) was rolled out under Xi Jinping in establishing the country's "soft power' abroad. With more than 130 countries and international organizations signing cooperation agreements with China, the countr...
Even when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was forced to announce a state of emergency on April 7 to contain the spread of novel coronavirus from assuming the proportion of threat never seen in Japan’s history, Barak Kushner, Professor of East Asi...
In many socialist welfare governments, the challenge is to bring about structural adjustments, address loopholes, and create facilitating environment so that the social and economic benefits reach masses. Incidentally, within India under di...
