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World - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 1, 2023
Taiwan: Walking a Diplomatic Tightrope?
With Honduras abandoning Taiwan in favour of the PRC, is Taipei running out of allies?
World - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 1, 2023
War: Crime & Punishment
Does the International Criminal Court truly protect the rights of all victims of war equally?
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 25, 2023
Xi Jinping as a Peacemaker?
Recently Chinese President Xi Jinping made an official state visit to Russia. The timing of the visit was propitious.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 25, 2023
Keeping Immigrants at Bay?
President Joe Biden is caught in a bind trying to strike a balance between the liberal left and the extreme right on immigration.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 25, 2023
No Longer Numero Uno?
Are we at the threshold of a multipolar world?
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 18, 2023
Israel in a Flux!
Middle East’s only true democracy is witnessing a spate of protests as citizens fear curtailment of the independence of the judiciary, the sole guarantor of minority rights.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 18, 2023
Riyadh-Teheran: Foes No More?
The China-brokered normalisation of Saudi-Iranian diplomatic relations hints at a realignment of geopolitical relations and power centres in West Asia.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 18, 2023
Pakistan: in the Crucible
For the first time in Pakistan’s history, the common citizen has been brought face to face with the contradictions that make up their nationhood. Will they act now?
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 18, 2023
Pakistan: China’s Albatross!!
With their ‘deeper than the ocean and higher than the mountains’ friendship under stress, will China loosen its purse strings to write off billions in loans to Pakistan?
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 11, 2023
Public Health and Climate Change
The congruence of two major threats-public health and climate change- are coming together to plague humankind.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 11, 2023
Covid-19 Origin-shrouded in Mystery
Recent calls by WHO to reveal all information related COVID-19 virus has revived the controversy over its origin.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 11, 2023
India & Germany-a Post-ukraine Reset?
Germany follows France and the UK to revisit its bilateral relations with India, emphasising India’s geopolitical relevance despite the shadow of Ukraine.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 11, 2023
Iran: Striking 'white Gold'
Will the discovery of the world's second-largest lithium deposits provide Iran with an escape route from the stranglehold of UN sanctions?
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 4, 2023
Yay or Nay for the New Brexit Agreement?
A new Brexit deal has been agreed upon, but will it survive the test of time?
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 4, 2023
Does Rising Inequality Threaten Democracy in the World?
Democracy goes on a backfoot when economic survival itself becomes a challenge.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 4, 2023
Are Sanctions Effective?
A year of comprehensive sanctions for Russia – have they worked?
World - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 25, 2023
Lesser Work Hours-more Productivity
The success of the four-day week experiment in the UK may change the life-work balance forever.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 25, 2023
Nigeria: Keeping Democracy Alive
Peter Obi is the new star in the cloudy nightscape of Nigerian politics.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 25, 2023
A Nord Stream Blast, Whodunnit!
Typically, an ‘expose’ by Seymour Hersh on the Nord Stream pipeline explosion has given grist to rumour mills and strengthened Russian accusations.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 24, 2023
The Mosi-2 Naval Drills
South Africa is currently undertaking joint naval exercises off its Indian Ocean coast with Russia and China code named Mosi-2.