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Sep 10, 20224 min read
Will India walk out of IPEF?
By Prof. Swaran Singh As part of the hyperactive senior official- and minister-level talks launched during US President Joe Biden's visit...
SIS Blog
Sep 9, 20223 min read
India-UK Ties | Prime Minister Liz Truss will further boost bilateral relations
By Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva Though new British Prime Minister Liz Truss’ initial focus will be on domestic economic agenda, and the war in...
SIS Blog
Sep 6, 20224 min read
A Look into India’s National Security Strategy After Decades: A Subtle Exit from Past
By Srijan Sharma “You Do One More Mumbai And You Will Loose Balochistan”- The National Security Advisor of India, Ajit Doval’s dramatic...
SIS Blog
Sep 2, 20225 min read
Bangladeshi PM’s India visit to provide a positive spin for S Asia
By Prof. Swaran Singh Sheikh Hasina plans a four-day visit next week to further already strong bilateral ties World leaders have begun to...
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Sep 1, 20224 min read
Arms Trade Treaty at risk of irrelevance
By Prof. Swaran Singh Membership of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is on the up: 111 countries have ratified the agreement...
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Aug 23, 20225 min read
The Enduring Idea of NAM
By Pratik Mall The largest multilateral organization outside of the UN is the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), a coalition of around 120...
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Aug 23, 20225 min read
Part – V: Use of Weapons of War and the Role of Humanitarians: A Challenge for International Law
By Prof. Bharat H Desai The beauty, majesty and raison d'être of the humanitarian support is drawn from ancient notion of neighbors...
SIS Blog
Aug 23, 20224 min read
Middle Kingdom: Gunboat Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics
By Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli Why the Yuan Wang 5’s Arrival in Sri Lanka is Consequential for South Asia Despite serious reservations...
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Aug 23, 20226 min read
Decoding China’s ‘new normal’ Taiwan policy
By Prof. Swaran Singh The tone of Beijing’s latest White Paper on Taiwan differs markedly from those issued before the Xi Jinping era...
SIS Blog
Aug 15, 20224 min read
India of Sita, Draupadi, Kannagi
By Prof. Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit We need to rediscover and reinvent our civilisational journey The journey of India at 75 to India at...
SIS Blog
Aug 11, 20224 min read
Reeling Under Unpredictability: India’s Changing Strategic Environment
By Srijan Sharma The world order has witnessed three strategic shocks- first is the COVID-19 pandemic; second US unceremonious exit from...
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Aug 11, 20224 min read
Pelosi’s visit could derail US–China compromise over Taiwan
By Prof. Swaran Singh and Prof. Yves Tiberghien, UBC There is plenty of blame to go around for the apparent fourth Taiwan Straits crisis...
SIS Blog
Aug 11, 20223 min read
Nancy Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan: Need to Stand Up to China and Call Its Bluff
By Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli Nancy Pelosi’s defiant, but unannounced, visit comes in the wake of China’s uncalled for, politically...
SIS Blog
Aug 11, 20225 min read
Part – IV: Use of Nuclear Weapons in War (Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day): A Challenge for International Law
By Prof. Bharat H. Desai The first week of August 2022 brought vivid memories of the lethal capacity of the nuclear bombs that were...
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Aug 6, 20225 min read
Redeeming ASEAN ‘centrality’ in Indo-Pacific region
By Prof. Swaran Singh ASEAN has too many serious issues at hand to address instead of being distracted by great-power politics Media...
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Aug 6, 20225 min read
Part - III: Abused Ammunition as a Weapon of War in the DR Congo: A Challenge for International Law
By Prof. Bharat H. Desai The troubling reality is that the abundance of our natural resources – gold, coltan, cobalt and other strategic...
SIS Blog
Aug 1, 20225 min read
Biden-Xi talks: Semantics sideline the substantive
By Prof. Swaran Singh Much more should be expected of seasoned leaders like Joe Biden and Xi Jinping than they have shown during their...
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Jul 30, 20225 min read
Black Sea Grain Agreement: A Beacon of Hope for the World
By Prof. Bharat H. Desai The use of food as a weapon to starve people presents a global challenge. Such aggressive methods of warfare...
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Jul 25, 20225 min read
Chinese business giants lose steam
By Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli Recent actions against Chinese companies, in India and elsewhere, are impacting economic ties with China....
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