- 25 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityUS
The Ukraine Crisis: Another Testimony to the Relevance of Structural Realism
The war in Ukraine has entered the 24th day today and still the cities of Ukraine continue to be bombarded by Russia. Huge loss of infrastructure has taken place while a…
By Dhritiman Mukherjee
Will Taiwan be the Next Conflict Zone ?
The geo-political landscape of the World has undergone a change in the past few months. Potential hot spots have transformed into major conflict areas as is evident in regions of…
By Maj Gen (Dr) Rajan Kochhar (Retd)
Hard Power Underpinning of Ukraine War
In the realpolitik world of international politics, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a rude reminder of the exercise of hard power by great powers, to protect what they regard as…
By Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty
Mid-Course Through the Ukraine Crisis : Lessons for India
As an international crisis which has led to a high profile conventional war scenario, the first in the last 19 years, the Russia-Ukraine war is drawing the focus of analysts…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Will There be a Cease-fire in Ukraine?
The war started by President Vladimir Putin’s facetiously and fallaciously termed “special military operation” on 24th February 2022 shows no sign of ending soon unless President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs on…
By K P Fabian
India’s Vote – Deft or Daft Diplomacy
Russia-Ukraine war is touching everyone in different ways as the already stressed global world order goes through a premediated churn. As if pandemic was not enough, geo politics between Moscow…
By Amb Anil Trigunayat
War of Mercenaries
On 10th of March, Britain’s Ministry of Defence released an intelligence update, which said—Russia is deploying Private Military Companies (PMCs) in Ukraine. Interestingly just a week before this announcement Russia’s…
By Levina
The Ukraine Crisis: Quest for an Honourable Exit
The fortnight-long Russian offensive on Ukraine has stretched much beyond the expectations of all parties involved in the crisis - Ukraine, Russia and even the NATO. None of them expected…
By JK Tripathi
Ukraine Conflict and India’s Hard Choices
On 24th January 2022, I assessed and tweeted from my account (@InsightGL) that Russia will invade Ukraine after 20th February, the closing day of the disastrous Beijing Winter Olympics. Unfortunately, my predictions…
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)
India, The Middle East and The New Quad
The inaugural meeting between the foreign ministers of India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States had taken place on October 20, 2021 with India’s S. Jaishankar and…
By Anil Wadhwa
The World is Missing a Strong NAM
The first ambassador of Japan to India, while recording his reminiscences, makes a reference to a remark made by Prime Minister Nehru during his first call that true independence of…
By G S Iyer
War in Ukraine and the “Butterfly Effect”
“The Times They Are a-Changin”, wrote the poet. It has never rung so true as during the past two years; since a Chinese virus appeared in Wuhan and spread death…
By Claude Arpi
