Debt Trap Politics: Assessment of Economic Aid in Africa
In international politics as well as in foreign policy, offering or receiving economic aid is not unheard of. Economic aid as a tool to...
Is Minsk Toying With Moscow? On the Complicated Relationship between Lukashenko and the Kremlin
More than a year has passed since the presidential election in Belarus which ended with massive protests against the result and bloody reprisals on...
China is the Next Empire in Afghanistan
After 20 years of long military presence, the overhyped and ambitious plan to kill Osama Bin Laden dragged the US into the Afghan quicksand....
Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan: Implications for India
After the takeover of the Presidential Palace in Kabul on Aug. 15, 2021 by the Taliban, and the collapse of the democratically elected Ashraf...
The Evolution of the Tanker War in the Persian Gulf
On July 30, 2021, the tanker Mercer Street was attacked by a suicide drone off the coast of Oman. Mercer Street is a Liberian-flagged,...
History Repeats: What Biden Must Do to Break From the U.S.-North Korea Policy Trap
With the Biden administration’s lukewarm commitment to engaging with North Korea in the ambivalently stated realms of diplomacy and deterrence, we are witnessing President...
Chasing Influence: Wagner Group and the Future of Competition
Recently, three Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have filed a legal case in Russia against the Wagner Group concerning the torture of a detainee in Syria....
Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific Region Could Shape India-Iran Relations
India is showing urgency in engaging with Iran which is evident from External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar’s two visits to Iran in a...
China in India’s Neighborhood: A Distant Brother Shall Keep the Dragon Away
In the last few years, with the Line of Actual Control witnessing an increase in cross-border aggression, China has become a primary concern for...