The devastating socio-economic nature of climate change and severe weather events is irrefutably felt across the spectrum. From the destructive Australian bushfires, to the hurricanes sweeping through the US and torrential rains that caused heavy flooding in mainland Europe and typhoons that devasta...
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Japan, in the present times, has been facing a complex security environment because of the constant change in the balance of power within the international community. Japan realises that in the current international scenario, no country can protect its borders alone and therefore international coope...
China has made it clear in its defence white papers and in many public statements by leaders that Tibet, Taiwan, Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands and South China Sea are inalienable parts of China and comprise its core areas which means these are non-negotiable in its foreign policy. Further developments in X...
On April 17th 2020, at the PLA website, China designated two of the occupied islands groups- Spratlys and Paracels as its two new districts under the Sansha city administration located in Hainan. The two groups of islands have been named as Nansha District which would be located at (Yongshu Jiao) F...
China's Belt and Road Initiative(BRI/OBOR) was rolled out under Xi Jinping in establishing the country's "soft power' abroad. With more than 130 countries and international organizations signing cooperation agreements with China, the country has already spent an estimate of US $575 billion on the BR...
The theory of neorealism in International Relations deliberates and studies a state's behaviour through a systematic approach, influenced by six fundamental principles: anarchy, capability, distribution of power, polarity, national interest and structure. Neorealism is further divided into two fract...
During the year 1155, while Emperor Frederick Barbarossa was on a quest to conquer Italy, he chose to imply a remarkably unconventional strategy with regards to warfare. He is said to have dumped human corpses in water wells in an attempt to contaminate them. This formed one of the earliest examples...
While the rest of the world teeters on the edge of freefall decline, China tells the world it is fine. Is it though? Just as the initial outbreak of the virus had been covered up, so also it would seem that China is now covering up the number of deaths and the extent of the virus today. The country ...