Category: Geopolitics
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Sykes- Picot & Future of Syria
The present-day borders of the Middle East are the legacy of a hasty agreement signed almost 100 years ago. This has become the cause celebre for the turmoil besetting the region ever since.
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The Future of Conflict: Myanmar
The failure of the international community to enforce favourable conditions for the safe return home of the Rohingya refugees has once again highlighted its incompetence against state-sponsored ethnic cleansing.
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Drones over Middle Eastern Skies
The precision drone attack by the Houthis targeting the economic heart of the Kingdom of Saud has finally given to the proverbial ‘David’ a weapon to measure up to his ‘Goliath’ like opponents. What does this spell for global security and economic stability?
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BREXIT -What Next?
The UK under Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to walk out from the European Union (EU) on 31st October 2019 without a definitive exit plan in place. What will this move entail for UK and Europe?
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Russian Far East- India’s Act East Initiative
PM Modi’s visit to the Russian Far East, the first ever by an Indian PM, aims at economic inroads into this resource rich area in direct competition with China and other countries.
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Harbinger of Balkanisation
The rollout of Huawei’s 5G pilot in Russia appears to be the first salvo fired in the escalating conflict for cyberspace where competing technological poles will vie for domination of the digital world.
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Indian Boots on Ground in Afghanistan
By relegating regional countries including India as bystanders in the war against terror in Afghanistan, President Donald Trump has clearly shared his frustration at the slow progress in US-Afghan talks rather than making a policy statement.
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NATO and Turkey: An Imminent Divorce?
The increasing geopolitical divergence between NATO and Turkey has raised serious concerns on the longevity of Turkey’s future in the alliance. Do the two still need each other or is one holding the other back?
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Indian Soft Power Grab in The Gulf
India PM Narendra Modi’s recent visit to India’s traditional allies in the Gulf Region-UAE and Bahrain- as a precursor to the G7 summit- was a strong projection of India’s economic and soft power collaboration outreach.
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Iraq’s Dying Rivers
Iraq is in a fragile state, rapidly running out of water. The water crisis has grown in magnitude because it does not control the flow of its rivers. To what extent is this crisis undermining Iraq’s polity and in aiding IS revival?