U.S. cognitive warfare and the politics of perception
The soft power approach to influence international relations by pushing convenient narratives has been a mode by US intelligence countries across the world.
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India’s role in heralding a new multilateral order
An India, working closely with democratic countries, based on humanity, fairness, and equality as envisioned by PM Modi at the online summit of Non-Aligned meet, can lead the world in the right direction.
Comparative politics in the age of Globalization
This is the age of globalization, where the societies are intimately bound. It is indeed an undeniable fact. We need to understand how comparative politics and globalization intersect each other. This process can be started by defining the respective ideas and finding out their points of convergence and divergence. Comparative Politics is the study and…
India’s critical water-sharing issues with China
Water plays a vital role in the rise and decline of civilizations. But now history is potentially coming full circle. The sharpening of India’s geopolitical competition over energy resources has drawn much attention, but this has helped obscure the other danger. Water shortages in much of India are straining inter-riparian relations while proving a threat to…
Trump visit: When the salesman sold helicopters
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances and one man in his time plays many parts.” While the Bard of Avon is known for his words of wisdom, the current American president has a knack of taking Shakespeare’s philosophies too seriously or…
Climate change – how should we deal with the emergency?
As 2020 begins, the future of humankind is more vulnerable than ever. The global crisis of climate change is looming over humanity. Rising temperatures, wildfires, droughts, hurricanes are becoming part of our lives. Devastating bushfires, Amazon fires, melting icebergs in Antarctica show that we are headed to our doom. But our leaders don’t seem scared…
The psychology of war: An insight into World War 2
What is it that drives a human being to wage war on his fellow? Why throughout history has there been a plethora of conflicts over a variety of issues, be it land, religion, genocide? These are some questions that require an examination since the world today has mostly been shaped by the conflicts of the…
Why the world needs a new non-aligned movement
In the current age of International Relations and the global world order, the idea of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) exists only in name. At the very outset, I would be mocked for even daring to imagine a NAMic world. With the resurgence of three superpowers in the international scenario- US, Russia and China, and followed by…
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