The year 2021 marked two decades since the term "BRICS" was first used by former Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill in the early 2000s to refer to the four rapidly developing nations that appeared most likely to start catching up to the We...
India and the United States of America (USA) due to their shared value interests and the convergence of policies have led to their bilateral engagement being termed a “global strategic partnership”. In the past few years, India’s emphasis o...
The Case for U.S. Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century, by Brad Roberts, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 2016, $27.34, 340 pp., (paperback), ISBN 978-0-8047-9713-9This book by Dr. Brad Roberts endeavours to study the contemp...
Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are dominating the battlefields in combat in the twenty-first century. The current confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, which involved the deployment of drones, has caused both nations to recon...
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to Taiwan, on August 2, 2022, drew criticism from many parties, especially China. China considers this a war drum; China responds and in the form of military exercises around the jurisdi...
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...
Beijing Winter Olympics was held between 4 to 20th February 2022. Olympics have always been political. It is a platform that attracts one of the largest crowd and media attention from various nations. Hence, it allows concerned voices to be...
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...
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...
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...
The United States announced that they are not going to send an official delegation to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing; this diplomatic boycott doesn’t involve the athletes, the athletes will proceed with the games which are starting in ...
