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Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 4, 2019
Indian Boots on Ground in Afghanistan
By relegating regional countries including India as bystanders in the war against terror in Afghanistan, President Donald Trump has clearly shared his frustration at the slow progress in US-Afghan…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Sep 3, 2019
NATO and Turkey: An Imminent Divorce?
The increasing geopolitical divergence between NATO and Turkey has raised serious concerns on the longevity of Turkey’s future in the alliance. Do the two still need each other or is one holding the…
Business - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 30, 2019
Recession: Speculation or Certainty?
Some experts predict a recession fed by ongoing political and economic upheavals between powerful nations. Are falling long term interest rates, the appearance of the dreaded inverted yield curve and…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 29, 2019
An Overdose of Opioid: Johnson & Johnson
Does the landmark judgement of a US Court against Johnson & Johnson for promoting excessive opioids lay bare the complicity of large pharmaceutical corporations in placing profits before social…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 28, 2019
Indian Soft Power Grab in The Gulf
India PM Narendra Modi’s recent visit to India’s traditional allies in the Gulf Region-UAE and Bahrain- as a precursor to the G7 summit- was a strong projection of India’s economic and soft power…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 26, 2019
Social Media: Instrument of State Policy?
Beijing and Hong Kong are making extensive use of popular social media platforms to influence public opinion internally and to change perceptions globally, in the ongoing protests in Hong Kong -…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 24, 2019
Iraq’s Dying Rivers
Iraq is in a fragile state, rapidly running out of water. The water crisis has grown in magnitude because it does not control the flow of its rivers. To what extent is this crisis undermining Iraq’s…
Disaster - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 23, 2019
The Undying Amazon Fire
Brazilian Amazon forests, devastated by innumerable fires have shrunk by 1345 square km rendering homeless countless species of flora and fauna and raising concerns about President Bolsonaro’s…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 22, 2019
China's options for Aksai Chin
At the UNSC closed consultations on 16th Aug, China claimed that the unilateral action by India in J&K had challenged China’s sovereign interests and violated bilateral agreements, with…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 22, 2019
The Future of Security : Afghanistan
On 18 Aug 2019, a suicide bombing claimed the lives of 63 people at a wedding party in Kabul and left 180 injured. Would this breach in security affect the status quo of the current peace…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 21, 2019
Amazon snoops on US immigrants
Amazon's warehouse workers, including various Jewish groups, are demanding that Amazon Web Service's (AWS) cut ties with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and data company Palantir…
Indian Politics - Op-Eds - Aug 20, 2019
The Removal Of J&K’s Special Status
When India and Pakistan gained Independence in 1947, the Princely state of J&K had not joined either country. On 22 October 1947, tribal militias from Pakistan invaded the state, intending to…
Indian Politics - Op-Eds - Aug 20, 2019
Ladakh: The New Union Territory
Ladakh, for the most part, is a sparsely populated, semi-arid, high-altitude desert. It lies in the Himalayas, between the Zanskar and Karakoram mountain ranges. The mighty Indus River and its…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 19, 2019
The Guatemalan Immigration Crisis
The security implications of Guatemala’s immigration crisis may have consequences that extend far beyond its geographical borders. The legacy of Alejandro Giammattei’s presidency will depend largely…
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 17, 2019
North Korea goes ballistic again
For the fifth time in two weeks, Pyongyang had tested an increasingly sophisticated short-range missile system, which can wipe out South Korean and Japanese cities.
Geopolitics - Op-Eds - Aug 17, 2019
Escalation to super-power conflict?
The dispute is between six maritime nations, who share shorelines with the South China Sea. The conflict is over territorial claims and economic zone rights. The six nations are Peoples Republic of…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 16, 2019
Sun sets on globalisation?
Beijing has accused the US of ‘deliberately destroying international order’ with ‘unilateralism and protectionism’. The US-China feud has advocated for a shift from globalization.
Geopolitics - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 14, 2019
Pakistan’s options for Kashmir
Following India's scrapping of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh into two Union territories, Pakistan has severed bilateral trade and downgraded diplomatic relations with India…
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 13, 2019
White nationalism : A growing force?
In the age of instant communication, with world-wide reach, nationalist groups target communities of colour and also religious minorities through the available social platforms.
General Interest - Analyses & Assessments - Aug 13, 2019
The Protests in Russia
Over 60,000 Russians staged the country’s biggest political protest, defying a clampdown to demand free elections to Moscow’s city legislature. What does the biggest political protest in Moscow in…