Politics

“The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors.” For ‘Game of Thrones’ fans, this line represents the Lord of Light and the Red Priestess. However, it seems to have inspired Prime Minister Modi in an […]

Kautilya, also known as Chanakya, has been recognized as a statesman and classical Indian philosopher of political realism. He presented a comprehensive theoretical framework of inter-state relations and foreign policy, knowns as the Mandala Theory […]

Source: PeakOil.com Iran and the U.S. have been engaged in renewed tension since the end of May 2019, when the latter began sending troops in the Persian Gulf. This was done to pressurise Iran on […]

For the third time this decade, western media reports are projecting China’s economic slowdown, predicting its economic stagnation and dreaming of its economic downfall. During the 2008 crisis, it was anticipated that financial stagnation would […]

India’s drive for military modernization is aimed at projecting military muscle, to achieve recognition as the dominant power in the Indian peninsula. The rationale for this power projection is rooted in India’s definition of its […]

In 1994, there was a clear indication that Indian nuclear and missile technology could be used against Pakistan, when ‘Pirthvi’ missile was tested by India. These apprehensions were substantiated, when in 1997 India deployed missiles […]

When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. -African proverb  A change in leadership for any nation has always led to visible altercations in its institutional memory. Julius Caesar changed the Roman state’s status […]

Uzbekistan is one of Afghanistan’s smallest neighbours, with a much smaller population compared to Pakistan or China, and a very short border. But it is playing an outsized role in ongoing negotiations to end the […]