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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Book Review – “The long game: How the Chinese negotiate with India”
Explore “The Long Game” by Vijay Gokhale, revealing how China negotiates with India through six case studies and lessons for policymakers on India-China relations.
Looking beyond Black July: Violence and Civil War in Sri Lanka
Conventional rhetoric on the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka focuses on the Black July Riots of 1983 as the event responsible for the start of the Sri Lankan Civil War. A deeper analysis is required to understand one of the most gruesome conflicts ever fought on South Asian soil.
Israel-Palestine: The state of affairs
A brief overlook of the Israel-Palestine conflict, the historical context and events that have led upto the current state of affairs in this conflict.
Militancy in Eastern Congo and the Human Cost of Neglect
Persistent crisis of militancy in Eastern Congo, the recent massacre by the Allied Democratic Forces in North Kivu province in the light of humanitarian impact, regional instability, and global security concerns signifies the need for strategic interventions like strengthening local systems.
India-Japan Relations in the Covid-19 Era
The current status of the India-Japan relations has contributed strongly to its perennial diversification.
Geopolitics of Arab – Israel peace
The Middle East peace process is slowly but steadily solidifying the new geopolitical fault lines
RIC- A way forward
The webinar was tremendously successful with outstanding attendance, including senior and seasoned professors of Mumbai University and Jawaharlal Nehru University, along with students from the University of Delhi and other varsities across the country.
The curse of cartography: India-China border dispute
A permanent solution depends upon the degree of statecraft exercised based on mutual interest and understanding. If a conflict situation is to be avoided, then it is imperative that the governments of the two countries amicably negotiate and come to an agreement over the border.
Should International Relations theorists stop reading Thucydides
Therefore one can say that Thucydides was meticulous when he preached that global political clashes and concerns over security would be seen across time and ages. However, his rationalization of ‘might makes right’ or ‘the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must’ is with which Thucydides has been mostly rightly weighed down upon and critiqued for.
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…
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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