An Expansion That Adds Economic Heft
The membership of BRICS, an intergovernmental organisation comprising of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, has doubled in 2024. During Moscow’s presidency, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the […]
Interpreting Putin’s Whirlwind Tour To Gulf
Amid armed conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas Movement in Gaza, Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin made a dramatic visit to the Gulf on December 6, 2023 mainly to […]
Violence In Another Form
One can find dead bodies scattered near Al-Shifa, the largest Medical Complex and Central Hospital in the Gaza Strip, and experience the stench emitted by those bodies, and mass graves […]
Ubiquitous Sense Of Desperation, And…
Way back in 1939, Mohandas Karamchand ‘Mahatma’ Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) wrote: “Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the […]
Fall Of The Ottoman Empire: Timeline & Reasons…
Once European powers used to rule the entire world. The growing demand for raw materials created by the Industrial Revolution increased the need for Britain and other European powers to […]
Benefitting From The Gaza Conflict…
As bloodbath continues in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Ministry of Health has confirmed that more than 8,000 Gazans perished in Israeli attacks. In a statement, the Ministry said that […]
Right To Self-Determination & Int’l Law
There was no shortage of Wars of Liberation in the 20th Century. Independent Bangladesh was born on March 26, 1971 after the end of the Liberation War in erstwhile East […]
An Adversarial History, And…
Conflicts between the two neighbouring countries are going on in different parts of the globe. Belligerent relations between the two neighbouring countries affect other countries, as well. Saudi Arabia and […]
Beijing Bridging The ‘Gulf’
The US apparently maintains cordial ties with the countries in West Asia, with few exceptions. The dominance of the US in the oil fields, there, is an open secret. However, […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 