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North Korea on the Brink: Socio-Political Impacts of a Nuclear North Korea
I would like to start with a quote. Lord Acton the English historian famously said, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
In InternationalAffairs, Nov 01, 2017
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North Korea on the Brink: Socio-Political Impacts of a Nuclear North Korea
I would like to start with a quote. Lord Acton the English historian famously said, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
In InternationalAffairs, Nov 01, 2017
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Prime Minister Modi is Steering India Toward the Chinese Road
For decades now, China has been an outlier in international affairs and the Western liberal order. Unlike most other major powers, it is not a democracy and yet continues to deliver e...
In Politics, InternationalAffairs, Economics, Apr 03, 2021
Has the Indian Nation-building Project Been Comparatively Peaceful?
The above question has the capacity of sharply dividing public opinion based on sociopolitical preferences and ideologies. It is also a question the answer to which could be biased be...
In History, Nov 30, 2020
U.S. Election Day Results: Not India but the World will be Impacted
I admit that the title of this writeup may seem to be an oxymoron but please bear with me. Global warming, handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter movement, income inequ...
In InternationalAffairs, Oct 31, 2020
Merits and Demerits of the Indian Parliamentary System
The Madisonian model of the structure of government named after one of the American founding fathers, James Madison, “the Father of the Constitution”, is the structure that separates ...
In History, Politics, Oct 13, 2020
Keynesian Economics and India's Present Economic Crisis
Born in the year that Karl Marx died, John Maynard Keynes who belonged to the British Liberal tradition was the most celebrated economist of the last century. Perhaps, he is the secon...
In Economics, Policy, Sep 14, 2020
Individualism: The Boon and the Bane of American Society
“What I feel to be good—is good. What I feel to be bad—is bad.”
In Culture, Jul 19, 2020
International Cooperation is a Necessity More Than Ever: The United Nations Must be Reformed or Replaced
The epidemiological pandemic, COVID-19, has accelerated the development, proliferation, and acceptance of many newer technologies that would have otherwise taken years. Virtual learni...
In InternationalAffairs, Jun 30, 2020
China's Medieval Mindset and Prime Minister Modi's Moment of Truth
Through the many powerful dynasties that ruled over China, the greatest ambition of the various kings used to be the propagation of their unquestioned authority over as large an area ...
In History, InternationalAffairs, Jun 25, 2020
The Curious Similarities and Differences Between Two Minorities - African Americans and Indian Muslims
In addition to the mortal and economic havoc wrought by the epidemiological pandemic, COVID-19, among other devastating events like cyclones, wildfires, locust attack, etc. that have ...
In Culture, History, Jun 09, 2020
COVID-19 and the Deepening of Federalism in India
Winston Churchill once advised to never let a good crisis go to waste. The present COVID-19 pandemic is a great opportunity for India to utilize this crisis by presenting itself as an...
In Politics, Apr 12, 2020
After COVID-19: Implications on International Organizations and the Global Order
Human beings are perhaps cognitively wired for reacting faster to events that come as a sudden shock or stimulate loyal sentiments connected with social identity (race, religion, nati...
In InternationalAffairs, Politics, Economics, Mar 30, 2020
The Economic Disaster Wrought by COVID-19
The globalized, industrialized, and incessantly-driven economic world that we live in is similar to an amateur riding a bicycle. The moment he bears a shock, there is a genuine fear o...
In Economics, InternationalAffairs, Mar 23, 2020
COVID-19, “Pandemic Diplomacy,” and Re-shaping of the World Order
It is safe to say that no other single event in the 21st century after the 9/11 attacks has had a greater impact in the geopolitical arena than the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
In InternationalAffairs, Mar 14, 2020
Knowledge Transfer Between Natural Allies
A decade ago, President Barack Obama termed the United States of America and India as natural allies. One is the world’s oldest democracy while the other is its largest. Both nations ...
In History, Politics, Aug 20, 2019
Is the World Order Fundamentally Changing?
On the thirtieth anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests, let us see the fundamental shift that is happening in the world by the rise of China. Many scholars including Former U.S. Se...
In History, InternationalAffairs, Jun 03, 2019
North Korea on the Brink: Socio-Political Impacts of a Nuclear North Korea
I would like to start with a quote. Lord Acton the English historian famously said, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
In InternationalAffairs, Nov 01, 2017
China
Three Contradictions at the Heart of Political Islam: Muslim World and the Taliban in Perspective
The sudden and tragic turn of events in Afghanistan has once again brought Political Islam (that too one of its most virulent variants) under the world’s urgent attention. Twenty year...
In InternationalAffairs, Religion, Aug 18, 2021
Prime Minister Modi is Steering India Toward the Chinese Road
For decades now, China has been an outlier in international affairs and the Western liberal order. Unlike most other major powers, it is not a democracy and yet continues to deliver e...
In Politics, InternationalAffairs, Economics, Apr 03, 2021
Has the Indian Nation-building Project Been Comparatively Peaceful?
The above question has the capacity of sharply dividing public opinion based on sociopolitical preferences and ideologies. It is also a question the answer to which could be biased be...
In History, Nov 30, 2020