by Ishaan Tharoor | Feb 27, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Peace & Conflict Management
If you followed certain Indian media outlets in the early hours of Tuesday, you probably heard that Indian Air Force jets swooped into Pakistani airspace and carried out devastating strikes on militant camps, killing roughly 300 fighters. If you were watching in...
by Anant Mishra* | Feb 21, 2019 | Commentary, Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism
Introduction Post 9/11 world, exposed intelligence agencies to an age old tradition of channelling funds across the globe using mordern international financial system. In this, the transnational organized criminal networks used the digital world to carry out money...
by Alexy Zender* | Feb 8, 2019 | Commentary, Energy Security, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
The embargo imposed on Russia by the EU and the US after the annexation of Crimea and the Russian aim of eliminating the key position of Ukraine on the energy route have led Russia to re-evaluate its natural gas pipeline projects. At the end of 2014, during a state...
by Robert M. Cutler* | Feb 6, 2019 | Commentary, Energy Security, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
I would first of all like to thank the organizers for inviting me to participate here. The title of this session is “Political and Geopolitical Issues in the Short and Medium Term”. I should clarify that I understand the short term to refer to one to four years, and...
by Binoda Kumar Mishra* | Jan 29, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
“Make America Great Again” is attributed to the present US President Donald Trump. He certainly has been a user of this quote or phrase since 2012 if not earlier. In the 2015 reissue of his 2011 book, the subtitle read “Make America Great Again”. But by no means, he...
by Alexy Zender* | Jan 22, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Becoming a global power depends on domination in the oceans and seas. Dominating the seas and oceans means having the strategic advantage militarily and controlling economically significant sea lines of communication. The USA, which is a global or hegemonic power,...
