India and Pakistan: Reimagining the Way Forward
Former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, in an interview to The New York Times in 1971, had said, “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” She made this comment with regard to the...
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Book Review: Iran, Revolution and Proxy wars by Ofira Seliktar and Farhad Rezaei
In their book, ‘Iran, Revolution and Proxy Wars’, Ofira Seliktar and Farhad Rezaei throw light on the various proxy war tactics undertaken by Iran ever since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The 1979 Revolution in...
The Belarusian Tug Of War
“I have done this for the well-being of my children”, said Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya after she fled from Belarus to avoid the government crackdown and crossed over the border into Lithuania. She was the main...
Will China and the Czech Republic’s war of words escalate?
When the senate president of the Czech Republic, Milos Vystrcil, visited Taiwan on an official visit this week and addressed the Taiwanese Parliament, China’s Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, described it as “An act of...
Warsaw: At the heart of US-China-Russia competition; Why India should take note?
The visit of US-Secretary of State to Poland, on August 15th, 2020 underscores the growing geopolitical significance of Poland in a three-way competition between Russia, China, and the United States. The United States Secretary...
Future of US-China Trade War
A research paper titled ‘Trade Liberalisation and Chinese Students in US Higher Education’ suggests that trade wars could cost US Universities around $1.15 billion in tuition revenue. Very recently USA has given 90 days...
Russia and Saudi – War and Peace
Two decades ago, The Soviet-Saudi relations were extremely poor, as the cold war between both the countries lasted throughout. The Soviets were extremely stubborn and staunch when they sought to reduce Saudi’s dependence on...
The Diplomacy of Awards
Arguably, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Damoderdas Modi is the most decorated Head of Government by several foreign governments and that too in a short period of less than five years. The most recent one...
Interview: Privatization of Warfare and Mercenaries
The involvement of Private Military Companies in warfare is not new. However, in recent armed conflicts their numbers have increased significantly and the nature of their activities has changed, leading some commentators to speak...
The Sino-US Trade War – Why China can’t win it
Does our history only appear overheated, but is essentially calmly predetermined? Is it directional or conceivable, dialectic and eclectic or cyclical, and therefore cynical? Surely, our history warns. Does it also provide for a...
