Global Politics

NIAS Europe Studies

Queen Elizabeth: End of an era

9 September 2022
Padmashree Anandhan

Russia and Eastern Economic Forum 2022: A sturdy Far East

8 September 2022
Padmashree Anandhan

Who will be the next UK prime minister: Liss Truss v. Rishi Sunak

6 August 2022
Padmashree Anandhan

Will Russia's latest attack on the Odessa port, undermine the grain deal with Ukraine?

31 July 2022
Padmashree Anandhan

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China Reader

The Biden-Xi phone call and the underlying tensions in bilateral relations

31 July 2022
Avishka Ashok

China’s two major interests in Kazakhstan: Energy and economy

13 March 2022
Avishka Ashok

China in 2021: A year of grandiose political changes and foreign affairs

8 February 2022
N Jayaram

China’s Economic Strategy: Global Strike vs. Globalization

4 February 2022
Amit Gupta

Alibaba then, Didi now: Three reasons why Beijing is going after its tech giants

11 September 2021
Sukanya Bali

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Pakistan Reader

Aurat March 2022, The return of cricket, Imran Khan’s maiden Russia visit, The new Gas bill

8 March 2022
PR Team

Pakistan, US and Russia: Putin Online, Biden Offline

19 January 2022
Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Five Risks facing Pakistan: Review of the Global Risks Report 2022

18 January 2022
Sneha M

Deepening Pakistan-Russia ties

10 January 2022
Abigail Miriam Fernandez

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NIAS Africa Studies

IN FOCUS | The reinvention of Al Shabab

6 September 2022
NIAS Africa Team

IN FOCUS | Lavrov's visit to Africa

23 August 2022
NIAS Africa Team

IN FOCUS | Macron's visit to Africa

9 August 2022
NIAS Africa Team

IN FOCUS | Tunisia's political crisis

3 August 2022
NIAS Africa Team

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The World This Week

Putin and Russia's New Ukraine Strategy

25 September 2022
GP Team

The SCO Summit, and the Sweden Elections

18 September 2022
GP Team

Military exercises in Russia’s Far East, Eastern Economic Forum summit, and India-Bangladesh relations

11 September 2022
GP Team

Floods and Emergency in Pakistan

28 August 2022
GP Team

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Conflict Weekly

Six months of War in Ukraine

25 August 2022
IPRI Team

Zawahiri's killing, Pope's apology to the indigenous people in Canada, Iraq's political crisis, and Senegal's disputed elections

4 August 2022
IPRI Team

Russia’s gas warning to Europe, and Sudan’s intra-tribal clashes

21 July 2022
IPRI Team

President Rajapaksa’s resignation and the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, and the military's withdrawal in Sudan

14 July 2022
IPRI Team

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GP Short Notes

Putin and Russia's New Ukraine Strategy

GP Short Notes # 664
25 September 2022

EU's food waste 2022: Three takeaways

GP Short Notes # 668
22 September 2022

Armenia-Azerbaijan: Over 100 troops killed in renewed border clashes

GP Short Notes # 667
22 September 2022

Sweden: 2022 elections reflect political polarization

GP Short Notes # 663
18 September 2022

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About the Course

Global Politics:
Contemporary World Affairs
Winter 2019

The course provides an introduction to contemporary world affairs. The primary objectives of the course are two: first, to enhance the understanding of contemporary global developments with an attempt to comprehend the larger picture and second, to identify and predict the trends leading to a forecast of contemporary world events.

The Course will have the following five modules: Contemporary World Order, Regional Security, Maritime Security, Science and Security and International Economy and Security.

The course looks at contemporary developments in global politics. In addition, it also provides a specialised area specific introduction to bilateral and internal conflicts in South Asia for those students who would like to pursue a course or internship as a part of their post-graduate and graduate programmes.

The course inculcates among the students' basic research skills to identify contemporary problems, make a coherent argument, efficient presentation, and fluent writing styles.

Our Team

Harini Madhusudan

Harini Madhusudan is a doctoral scholar with the School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS. Her thesis looks at Militarisation in Outer Space, which draws from a combination of disciplines of International Law, Security Studies, International Relations, and Outer Space as a domain. She is looking...

Rashmi Ramesh

Rashmi Ramesh is currently pursuing PhD at the National Institute of Advanced Studies. Rashmi completed her BA in Economics, Political Science and Sociology from Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore. She holds a Masters Degree in Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal Academy of Higher...

Akriti Sharma

Akriti Sharma is a doctoral scholar at the Science, Technology and International Relations Programme, National Institute of Advanced Studies. She has completed her Bachelors in Political Science and Masters in Political Science from the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. She is also the recipient of...

Apoorva Sudhakar

Apoorva Sudhakar is a Research Assistant at the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies. Her areas of interest include peace and conflict in South Asia and Africa, climate change and human-wildlife conflict. Apoorva has completed her Masters degree...

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Abigail Miriam Fernandez Research Associate at the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies. Her areas of interest include peace and conflict in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. As a part of her research focus at 'Pakistan Reader'...

Avishka Ashok

Avishka Ashok is a Research Associate with the Science, Technology and International Relations (STIR) Programme in the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. In the STIR Programme, she is currently coordinating the activities of the China Reader...

Padmashree Anandhan

Padmashree Anandhan is currently a project associate at the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore. Her research for the NIAS Europe Studies under the Area Studies initiative focuses on protest movements, conflicts, energy, economic, migration...

Rishma Banerjee

Rishma Banerjee is a Research Assistant in the Science, Technology, and International Relations Programme under the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the NIAS. She works in the KAS-NIAS Europe Studies Programme under the Area Studies initiative. Her research interest is in the geopolitical developments...

Joel Jacob

Joel Jacob is a Research Assistant in the Global Politics Course, at the school of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies. She works with the Pakistan Reader and STIR Fortnightly at the Science, Technology, and International Relations Programme, NIAS. Her areas of interest...

Anu Maria

Anu Maria Joseph is a Research Assistant in School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. She holds masters in Political Science from Madras Christian College, Chennai. As part of NIAS Africa Studies, she looks into internal politics, external relations,...

Sai Pranav

Mr. Pranav is a Research Assistant at the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore. As a part of the NIAS Europe Studies under the Area studies program, he looks into issues relating to energy and border conflicts. He also follows developments...

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

Aparupa Bhattacharjee is currently pursuing her PhD at the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore. Her research is focussed on Southeast Asia, primarily Myanmar, Thailand, and Malaysia. In particular, she studies politics, conflicts...

Sourina Bej

Sourina Bej is currently a Research Associate with the International Strategic and Security Studies Programme (ISSSP) at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. In ISSSP, she is currently working on a DRDO-sponsored project, "Profiling Borderland Communities in Tawang". She is...

Lokendra Sharma

Lokendra Sharma is currently a PhD scholar at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), IISc Campus, Bengaluru. He has a Masters degree in International Relations from the MMAJ Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He has...

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