The global fertiliser prices hit all-time highs in the spring of 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February. The Russia-Ukraine conflict exacerbated an already precarious global supply scenario that began in 2020 with COVID-19-...
New Delhi held a rare strategic meeting (March 2) with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) focusing on regional security challenges in a step that might have global consequences. According to reports, the dialogue occurred in earl...
The year 2021 marked two decades since the term "BRICS" was first used by former Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill in the early 2000s to refer to the four rapidly developing nations that appeared most likely to start catching up to the We...
Climate change will have the greatest impact on emerging countries, with impoverished populations being especially poorly struck and unable to adapt sufficiently. There is a chance for developing nations to take a complementary strategy, st...
The annual G20 summit is scheduled to take place on November 15 and 16, 2022. The summit this year will be a little different as both Russia and Ukraine are expected to attend. But before we get into the details, it's crucial to understand ...
The demise of Queen Elizabeth II last month was no ordinary event in contemporary global politics. Among other pertinent debates regarding the survival of the political integration of Great Britain, it has also sparked the already raging de...
The G20 Foreign Minister’s Meeting (FMM) held on 7-8 July 2002 was marked by the theme “Building a more peaceful, stable, and prosperous world together”. The meeting was divided into two sessions. The first session held was regarding streng...
With the aim to promote peace, security, development and cooperation, BRIC was coined in 2001 by Roopa Purushotaman who was a Research Assistant in Jim O’ Neill’s publication (Building Better Global Economic BRICs) for Goldman Sachs. It was...
The 14th BRICS summit is to be hosted by China towards the end of June. This is the first time heads of state of Russia, China, and India are coming together since the launch of the military operation in Ukraine. The theme of this year's vi...
Beijing Winter Olympics was held between 4 to 20th February 2022. Olympics have always been political. It is a platform that attracts one of the largest crowd and media attention from various nations. Hence, it allows concerned voices to be...
‘Hanging up a sheep’s head but selling dog meat’ The aforementioned is an ancient Chinese saying which evidently highlights the strategic path followed by the Asian Dragon in contemporary world politics. More on the saying later but fi...
A foreign direct investment is a business transaction that involves acquiring a significant stake in a foreign company. It's commonly used to describe a company's plan to expand its operations in a new region. FDI are large investments made...
