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World - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 9, 2023
Falling Like Ninepins!
Gabon was the latest African country to join the growing list of nations succumbing to military coups.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 9, 2023
India: Venturing Into the Mediterranean?
Israel, Greece and Cyprus have agreed to invite India to a trilateral summit next year. This is a huge opportunity for India in an unexplored region.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 9, 2023
Schooling the Migrating Millions
Seasonal migration for work has been a reality in India for decades, if not centuries. What about the education of such children?
World - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 9, 2023
Pakistan in Crisis: a Perfect Storm
Is the growing unrest in Gilgit-Baltistan a symptom of a dangerous chasm opening in the country endangering its unity?
World - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 2, 2023
US Elections: Trump at the Centrefold
The 2024 U.S. presidential election is still a year away, but the race is already shaping to be contentious.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 2, 2023
India’s Energy Outreach: Has It Been Worthwhile?
ONGC Videsh’s three-year extension for the Vietnamese oil block in the South China Sea could be the precursor of India’s fresh energy outreach.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 2, 2023
Zimbabwe Post Robert Mugambe
As Zimbabwe’s president Mnangagwa wins a second term in a dubious election, what is in store for the Zimbabwean people?
World - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 2, 2023
New Entrants to BRICS: Worthy Candidates?
An enlarged BRICS could work for the interests of the Global South, provided its inherent contradictions do not send it into a centrifugal out- of-control spin.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 2, 2023
India: a Medical Tourism Destination
India can become a global destination for medical tourism. The general public in India becomes aware of its exemplary medical ..
World - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 26, 2023
The Rouble Tumbles
As the Russian currency takes a substantial hit, Russia’s enemies gleefully claim it is the ill-thought-out Ukrainian adventure biting back.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 26, 2023
Facing the Dragon, Jointly
As the U.S., Japan, and South Korea huddled together at the picturesque Camp David, the message was that the Chinese threat was a clear and present danger.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 26, 2023
A Curtain Raiser to the Summit
As the capstone event of the G20 draws closure, we do a quick reappraisal of India's presidency.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 26, 2023
Investment Controls: Choking Global Trade?
As the U.S. and China joust over technology, markets and supply chains, the impact will be felt by the rest of the world.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 19, 2023
CPEC: Looking Ahead
Intended as a showpiece of China’s BRI, the CPEC in Pakistan, as it completes its 10th anniversary, has fallen short of its expectations.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 19, 2023
Ecuador: Ruled by Gangs
Gang violence and corruption in Latin America are running unchecked, a sign of the collapse of the rule of law.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 19, 2023
Saudi-Palestine: Blood Brothers Again?
At a time when a sense of despondency engulfs the Palestinian cause, Riyadh’s decision to send an official envoy to the Palestinian Authority should be a breath of fresh air.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 19, 2023
A Spanish Omlette!
With the elections failing to produce a clear majority, Spain has to contend with political instability.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 19, 2023
Opening a New Front?
With the out-of-job but still lethal Wagner Group milling around on the Polish -Belarus border, NATO is justifiably on an edge.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 12, 2023
Jeddah Talks: Chinese Chequers?
Despite the repeated efforts of the international community, the intractable conflict in Ukraine stands no closer to a ceasefire.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 12, 2023
Quenching Afghanistan’s Thirst
The Taliban try to turn into reality an ambitious plan to take the waters of the Amu Darya to their dry northern plains.