SIS BlogAug 11, 20223 min readArchivesNancy Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan: Need to Stand Up to China and Call Its BluffBy Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli Nancy Pelosi’s defiant, but unannounced, visit comes in the wake of China’s uncalled for, politically...
SIS BlogAug 11, 20225 min readArchivesPart – IV: Use of Nuclear Weapons in War (Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day): A Challenge for International LawBy Prof. Bharat H. Desai The first week of August 2022 brought vivid memories of the lethal capacity of the nuclear bombs that were...
SIS BlogAug 6, 20225 min readArchivesRedeeming ASEAN ‘centrality’ in Indo-Pacific regionBy Prof. Swaran Singh ASEAN has too many serious issues at hand to address instead of being distracted by great-power politics Media...
SIS BlogAug 6, 20225 min readArchivesPart - III: Abused Ammunition as a Weapon of War in the DR Congo: A Challenge for International LawBy Prof. Bharat H. Desai The troubling reality is that the abundance of our natural resources – gold, coltan, cobalt and other strategic...
SIS BlogAug 1, 20225 min readArchivesBiden-Xi talks: Semantics sideline the substantiveBy Prof. Swaran Singh Much more should be expected of seasoned leaders like Joe Biden and Xi Jinping than they have shown during their...
SIS BlogJul 30, 20225 min readArchivesBlack 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...
SIS BlogJul 25, 20225 min readArchivesChinese business giants lose steamBy Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli Recent actions against Chinese companies, in India and elsewhere, are impacting economic ties with China....
SIS BlogJul 24, 20225 min readArchivesCanada's Gazprom Move May Be Part Of Western War FatigueBy Prof. Swaran Singh As we enter the fifth month of the Ukraine war and resultant food and fuel shortages worldwide, parties to the...
SIS BlogJul 24, 20225 min readArchivesThe Sick Lion: Crisis in Sri LankaBy Udbhav Sharma The declaration of financial emergency, the change of PM seat from Mahinda Rajapaksha to Ranil Wickramsinghe did little...
SIS BlogJul 24, 20224 min readArchivesThe Repurposed UN Trusteeship Council for the Future: PART – II: A New Mandate in the New ContextBy Prof. Bharat H. Desai In view of the global environmental challenges in the Anthropocene epoch, the revived and repurposed UN...