Another African Nation Trapped
After Djibouti, it’s Benin… China has started increasing its influence in the West African nation by offering financial, as well as military, aid. Beijing has rightly realised the importance of […]
In January… 160 Years Ago!!!
“Please read and answer this letter as though I was not President, but only a friend….” wrote Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), the 16th President of […]
Indian Foreign Policy Needs A Rejig
India and the Neighbourhood: Case Studies, the recently published book co-edited by Suranjan Das and Santanu Chakraborty, is a much-needed addition to the analysis of South Asian politics. This publication […]
Can Syria Restore Its Rich Cultural Diversity?
Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani (or Abu Mohammed al-Golani; born Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa in 1982) and his Sunni Islamist political and paramilitary organisation Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) stunned the […]
Syrian Uyghur Rebels Plan To Break China
The fall of the Bashar al-Assad Regime in Syria has revived the Uyghur crisis in China. Since the victory of the rebel forces in the Syrian Civil War on December […]
A Greek Spy In Ancient India!
Greek Spy in Ancient India in 300 BC? Book reveals Secrets! Imagine a Greek diplomat living in India centuries ago, secretly sending reports back home about this amazing civilisation! That […]
Trump’s ‘Game Plan’ For Africa
One can find a vast sea on one side of a piece of land that looks like a rhino horn, with pirates roaming in this particular region of the Dark […]
Why Some Nations Thrive While Others Struggle
Kamer Daron Acemoğlu and Simon Johnson of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and James Alan Robinson of University of Chicago shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their […]
The Year 2025: Prospects & Perplexities
One may use the geological term Tectonic Change to describe the year 2024 that saw the Russia-Ukraine War, the destruction of Palestine, an armed conflict between Iran and Israel, the […]
