Anmol Kumar is a second-year master’s student of Politics and International Relations at Pondicherry University. His area of interest lies in West Asia, power politics and energy politics.
Anmol Kumar is a second-year master’s student of Politics and International Relations at Pondicherry University. His area of interest lies in West Asia, power politics and energy politics.
Anmol Kumar is a second-year master's student of Politics and International Relations at Pondicherry University. His area of interest lies in West Asia, power politics and energy politics.
Maduro’s capture signals a grim shift: power over law. From Venezuela to Gaza and Ukraine, force is normalised, sovereignty erodes, and multilateral institutions hollow out—ushering a dangerous might-makes-right world order.
Sanctions revived Russia’s Far East as a pivot to Asia, but China ties remain extractive. Without diversification—energy, digital, tourism—the region risks staying a resource periphery, not a Northeast Asian gateway.
AI’s real power isn’t abstract—it’s silicon and data. Tiny chips now shape geopolitics, supply chains, and sovereignty. The AI race is a struggle over who sets the rules of our digital lives.
Japan’s F-2 shows co-development fails when power is asymmetric. Today, Japan–South Korea symmetry and shared threats create a rare chance to jointly build real deterrence—quietly, modularly, and beyond symbolism.
Greenland is no longer just a partner—it’s a test. U.S. appointments signal an Arctic turn from consent to power, forcing Denmark, Europe, and Nuuk to defend self-determination against strategic coercion.
