Radicalisation is a phenomenon which is worrying and sometimes deadly all around the world. It has been 19 years since the 9/11 attacks which shook the world. However, most of the governments have not been able to create offensive/defensive...
“International politics is a nasty and dangerous business, and no amount of goodwill can ameliorate the intense security competition that sets in when an aspiring hegemon appears in Eurasia.” John J. Mearsheimer. Mearsheimer wrote ‘China’s ...
Business will not be the same in the city as institutions would have to be wary of not toeing the line. This will naturally dissuade investors, especially foreign investors who do not wish to get caught up in the political and legal crossfi...
Amid the escalating tensions in the Indo-Pacific region stemming from China’s display of military muscle and expansionist design, the spectre of a new cold war with the US and China as the two major combatants is drifting the world to a maj...
In an age of constant change, uncertainty, and increased power play, every country seeks to counter the other in more ways than one. This has indeed given rise to countries like China adopting tactics which can coerce and alter dynamics to ...
As the COVID-19 pandemic and China’s antagonistic strategies have begun to alter political and economic dynamics across the globe, it is only likely that many countries will now adjust their foreign policies and strategies as well. It has b...
Throughout the last decade since Maldives became a multi-party democracy, several changes occurred in the country for greater political integration. During the early years the new constitution gave more powers ...
China’s construction activity in the Sihanoukville port in Cambodia as part of One Belt One Road Initiative, and the adjoining development of a large air strip at Ream military base has garnered international media attention. In late 2019, ...
The world at present is weathering the global pandemic, Coronavirus (COVID -19). China’s Wuhan emerged as the epicentre of it, and ever since then, it has rocked the world financially and medically. China’s secretiveness and lack of timely ...
Taiwan, the tiny island nation of 23 million people under the leadership of President Tsai Ing-wen, has defied the might of the colossus mainland China to maintain its identity as a sovereign state, despite the latter’s threat of use of for...
Our world at present has been withstanding the pernicious coronavirus and the ramifications have been felt on the world economies, their financial sector and the healthcare facilities[i]. COVID-19 has rattled the economic and the social wel...
Maldives will take a decisive turn along the path of democracy when the potentially important South Asian nation elects over 950 councilors in the forthcoming local council elections. In the ten years since the Decentralization Act was...
