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World - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 8, 2023
EU: Wither Nuclear Power and Ice’s?
Discussions concerning the energy future of Europe took place among the member states of the European Union last week of March 2023.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 8, 2023
An Incredible Journey
This year the mobile phone completes 50 years of its existence. This is a good moment to reassess its net impact on society.
Elections - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 8, 2023
Finland: Leaning Right?
A change of government has come at a crucial time in Finland’s history as it once again confronts Russia as a NATO member.
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?
War - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 1, 2023
Doomsday Clock: Ticking Closer?
The nuclear escalatory ladder was ratcheted a few notches higher by the Russian nuclear deployment in Belarus.
War - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 1, 2023
Reparations for Post-war Ukraine?
Who will pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine once the guns fall silent?
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 1, 2023
The Race for Global Connectivity
Amazon's push into satellite internet could pose serious competition to Elon Musk’s Starlink.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Apr 1, 2023
War: Crime & Punishment
Does the International Criminal Court truly protect the rights of all victims of war equally?
War - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 25, 2023
Putin: a War Criminal?
Issuing an ICC arrest warrant for President Putin could make a peace deal that much harder.
World - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 25, 2023
No Longer Numero Uno?
Are we at the threshold of a multipolar world?
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.
War - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 25, 2023
Africa: Russians on the Roll?
The Wagner Group is raising the Russian flag in conflict-stricken Central Africa as erstwhile colonial powers retreat in disarray.
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.
War - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 18, 2023
War Crimes in Ukraine?
Following up on the robust influence operation conducted in the western media, EU has increased the pressure on Russia by creating an ad hoc war crimes tribunal.
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
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
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
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
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 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.