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...
In the two months since the conflict in Ukraine began, Russia has taken various steps to counter the West's economic interests. While it can claim victories, the full impact of the sanctions is starting to be felt. The West imposed various ...
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created by the United States in 1949 to ensure “collective security” against the Soviet Union. After world war, II ended the entire world was looking at a bipolar world. Both nations were moving fa...
In Feb 2019 Ukraine's constitution was amended to commit to joining European Union (EU), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). An official application for Ukraine to join the EU was signed by Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 28 Feb 2022. But the...
The sanctions on Russia would have an impact on its oil exports. Countries like India and even China has been asked to reduce their imports of Russian Oil. The sanctions regime would have an impact on Russian export income but the countries...
Russia and Belarus share a traditional bonhomie dating back to the 1990s after the fall of the Soviet Union. Both were the constituent republics of the Union and later became founding members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)....
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...
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...
Poland, for NATO, has been the first line of defence, with a multinational battle group has been set both in Poland and the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). After the Russian annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, the US also...
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...
Due to the implementation of comprehensive economic reforms, Vietnam has been able to transform from being one of the world's most impoverished nations to a middle-income economy. From 2002 to 2020, the country's GDP per capita increased by...
