
US-Iran Tensions: Coercive Diplomacy May Not Work
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 […]
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 […]
While addressing an election rally in Rajasthan on 21st April 2019, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that India’s “nuclear capabilities are not being kept for Diwali” and it is not afraid of Pakistan’s threats. […]
Shakespeare’s, everlastingly recurrent tragedy, Macbeth opens with these lines uttered by the omniscient witches: “fair is foul and foul is fair Hover through the fog and filthy air.” The rest of the play proceeds as […]
One of the most ruthless characters in the famous series ‘Game of Thrones’ was Aerys II Targaryen, also known as the Mad King, who had his opponents burnt at stake to preserve his reign. But […]
Diplomacy is an art. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, it is the art of telling someone to go to hell and convincing them to look forward to the trip. Diplomacy is as old as cross-border human […]
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