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Blog Exclusive: The Great Escape after 112 Years: Savarkar Case in International Law
By Prof. Bharat H. Desai The core question before the Arbitration Tribunal was: Should Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, in conformity with the...
SIS Blog
Jun 2, 20226 min read


Report: Young Researchers’ Conference on Central and Eastern Europe: Three Decades since Transition
By Debanjali Ghosh & Lyimee Saikia The Young Researchers’ Conference on Central and Eastern Europe: Three Decades since Transition was...
SIS Blog
Jun 1, 20225 min read


Africa Day 2022: The 20-year celebration of the African Union
By Aarshi Dua The theme of the Africa day celebration for 2022 is Nutrition, and the aim of AU is to strengthen the Agro-Food Systems,...
SIS Blog
May 30, 20223 min read


Can US-led IPEF outshine RCEP or CPTPP?
By Prof. Swaran Singh Many in the region see the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework as far too US-centric in certain sectors. On the eve of...
SIS Blog
May 28, 20227 min read


Blog Special Series-I: Use of Food as a Weapon of War: A Challenge for International Law
By Prof. Bharat H. Desai In the third decade of the 21st century, the growing use of food as a weapon to starve civilians and others...
SIS Blog
May 28, 20225 min read


How Quad Tokyo outcome was both positive and practical, though it makes no mention of China
By Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli This round of the Quad meeting will go down in history for its norm-building exercise, democratisation...
SIS Blog
May 26, 20224 min read


The idea of Indian nationalism did not come from the Constitution. It has ancient roots
By Prof. Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit Indian civilisation has always celebrated development, democracy, diversity, difference, and dissent...
SIS Blog
May 24, 20227 min read


India, China relations threaten to freeze over
By Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli The invasion of Ukraine has upended world geopolitics, disrupting the already fragile relationship between...
SIS Blog
May 24, 20224 min read


Ukraine, Oz election to complicate Quad leaders’ summit
By Prof. Swaran Singh While their shared China challenge has kept them together, continuing Ukraine crisis and winds of change predicted...
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May 21, 20225 min read


NATO expansion to Finland and Sweden may complicate Russian designs in Europe
By Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva If NATO expansion was considered to be a major cause of the Ukraine war, its enlargement in the Nordics could...
SIS Blog
May 18, 20223 min read


The Sedition Law on Trial?
By Prof. Bharat H. Desai All civilized democratic societies practice the adage that a law must keep in tune with changing needs of a...
SIS Blog
May 17, 20225 min read


Déjà vu in Ukraine and the tragic saga of not learning from the past
By Pratik Mall The tragic saga in Ukraine is also clear evidence of the USA's fundamentally faulty policy towards Russia and the lack of...
SIS Blog
May 14, 20224 min read


The EU and Russian invasion of Ukraine
By Dr. Sheetal Sharma With vacillating opinion in favour of war to suppression of opposition of war, the world will start seeing the...
SIS Blog
May 13, 20224 min read

US, ASEAN need to restore mutual trust at summit
By Prof. Swaran Singh While the US is preoccupied with Ukraine and China, ASEAN has other concerns, including prodigal member Myanmar The...
SIS Blog
May 13, 20226 min read


Focus on Ukraine has pushed Afghans’ plight to periphery
By Prof. Swaran Singh The Taliban of 2022 have showcased themselves as being no different from the Taliban of 1996-2001 This week saw the...
SIS Blog
May 11, 20225 min read


Nailing the Filibuster on the ‘India-Pakistan Question’ as the UNSC’s ‘seized’ Item
By Prof. Bharat H. Desai On 6 April 2022 the Permanent Representative of Pakistan (PRP), Munir Akram, sent a letter to the President of...
SIS Blog
May 10, 20225 min read


PM in Europe | Narendra Modi may focus on trade, technology, and green transition
By Prof. Gulshan Sachdeva A new, positive momentum created during UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's and European Commission President...
SIS Blog
May 2, 20223 min read


Xi’s ‘Zero Covid’ policy: The pitfalls of authoritarianism
By Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli China is reeling under a massive resurgence of the coronavirus, affecting an estimated 400 million people...
SIS Blog
May 1, 20223 min read


Why India Must Engage Taiwan Even If It Ruffles a Few Chinese Feathers
Dr. Sana Hashmi India has kept a low profile with Taiwan due to a protracted border issue and repeated standoffs with China The...
SIS Blog
Apr 27, 20223 min read
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