K.M. Seethi

K.M. Seethi, Director, Inter University Centre for Social Science Research and Extension, is the Academic Advisor of the International Centre for Polar Studies at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. He also served as ICSSR Senior Fellow, Senior Professor and Dean of International Relations at MGU.

China’s 2025 Security Doctrine: Holism in Rhetoric, Militarism in Practice?

**Tweet:** China’s 2025 Security White Paper talks “people-first” and “shared peace”—but behind the rhetoric lies a militarized, surveillance-heavy state vision. Holism in words, hard power in action.

The Arctic Recast: Greenland’s Geopolitical Stakes Under Danish Leadership

The Kingdom of Denmark took over the chairmanship of the Arctic Council on May 12, 2025, not in quiet succession, but in the midst...

Remembering Joseph S. Nye Jr.: Power, Diplomacy, and the Liberal Turn in International Relations

Joseph Nye (1937–2025) showed the world that attraction could be power. In an age of bluster, he made a case for ideas, diplomacy, and moral leadership. Soft power has lost its sharpest mind.

Terror and Punishment: Diplomacy Under Siege in the Indian Subcontinent

As leaders trade blame, ordinary people bear the cost—caught between terror, retaliation, and the fading hope of lasting peace in the subcontinent.

Corridors of Contest: Is Bangladesh’s Turn to China Redrawing South Asia’s Geopolitical Map?

Bangladesh’s China pivot under Yunus signals a regional shake-up. South Asia’s smaller states aren’t just hedging—they’re redrawing the map. India must adapt, or risk ceding space to Beijing.

Polar Realignment: Trump, Putin, and the Future of Arctic Power Politics

The Arctic is now at the epicentre of a potential geopolitical shift. With Donald Trump’s return to the White House, his administration’s renewed interest...

Russia’s Nuclear Strategy, Trump’s Re-Election, and the Geopolitical Signals for the Arctic

Amid the uneven currents of global geopolitics, the Arctic continues to be a critical terrain where strategic ambitions of big powers collide. With Russia...

Afghanistan’s Descent into Darkness: The Regressive Rule and the ‘Talibanning’ of Human Rights

In the wake of the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, Afghanistan has been thrust back into an era of intense repression and systemic...

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