Global Politics

NIAS Europe Studies

France, Algeria, and the politics over an apology

4 November 2021
Vaishnavi Iyer

NATO-Russia relationship: Looking beyond the suspensions and expulsions

4 November 2021
Joeana Cera Matthews

Facebook's Metaverse: Why it matters to Europe

31 October 2021
Padmashree Anandhan

Belarus's strategy to push migrants: Europe will find it difficult to respond. Four reasons why

31 October 2021
Joeana Cera Matthews

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China Reader

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

11 September 2021
Sukanya Bali

The new three-child policy is two decades too late

18 July 2021
Dincy Adlakha

Loud Echoes of the National Security Law in China

18 July 2021
Dincy Adlakha

China and Australia: Beijing's suspension of the economic dialogue with Australia will cost China more.

7 June 2021
Keerthana Rajesh Nambiar

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Pakistan Reader

Deepening Pakistan-Russia ties

10 January 2022
Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Justice Ayesha: Breaking the Legal Ceiling

10 January 2022
D. Suba Chandran

Monthly report of Finance Ministry paints a gloomy yet prospective outlook

10 January 2022
Ankit Singh

Pakistan's Judiciary in 2021

10 January 2022
Ankit Singh

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NIAS Africa Studies

Same Page Story: Civil-Military Relations in 2021

10 January 2022
Abigail Miriam Fernandez

Famine in Ethiopia: The government's refusal to acknowledge, worsens the crisis

12 December 2021
Harshita Rathore

Africa’s Stolen Future:Child abductions, lost innocence, and a glaring reflection of State failure in Nigeria

26 September 2021
Apoorva Sudhakar

South Africa: What is behind the pro-Zuma protests?

15 August 2021
Anu Maria Joseph

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The World This Week

India-China military-level talks, Russia-West negotiations on Ukraine, Russian and Chinese approaches to Kazakhstan, and Tensions in Mali

15 January 2022
GP Team

North Korea tests new missiles, and the US remembers 6 January

8 January 2022
GP Team

The Complete Compendium for 2021

19 December 2021
GP Team

China, East Asia, and South East Asia in 2021

19 December 2021
GP Team

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Conflict Weekly

Unrest and crackdown in Kazakhstan, Another jail term for Aung San Suu Kyi, Two years after Qasem Soleimani, and Canada's reconciliation with the indigenous people

12 January 2022
IPRI Team

Conflicts in 2021 : Through Regional Prisms

5 January 2022
IPRI Team

New reports on the Omicron threat, and lifting sanctions on humanitarian aid to Afghanistan

26 December 2021
IPRI Team

West warns Russia over Ukrainian aggression and South Korea and North Korean agree on end-of-war declaration in principle

16 December 2021
IPRI Team

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GP Short Notes

India and Russia: Modi and Putin try to rekindle the bilateral relations

GP Short Notes # 603
12 December 2021

The US and Russia: Biden-Putin video conference

GP Short Notes # 602
12 December 2021

Honduras: The Return of the Left

GP Short Notes # 601
5 December 2021

China in Africa: FOCAC celebrates two decades of mutually beneficial relationship

GP Short Notes # 600
5 December 2021

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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.

Course Scholars

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...

Harini Madhusudan

Harini Madhusudan is currently a PhD scholar, at the International Strategic and Security Studies Programme (ISSSP), School of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru. She is working a project on Pakistan Research. Her areas of research include Outer Space Law...

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...

Sukanya Bali

Sukanya Bali is currently a Research Consultant at the International Strategic and Security Studies Programme (ISSSP), School of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru. Her area of research includes Violence and Conflict in South Asia, and China's Soft-power...

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'...

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...

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...

Akriti Sharma

Akriti Sharma is currently a PhD scholar, at the Science Diplomacy Programme, School of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru. She holds a Bachelors and Masters degree in Political Science from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Her research interests...

Avishka Ashok

Avishka Ashok is a Research Assistant with the Science Diplomacy Programme in the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. In the Science Diplomacy Programme, she is currently working on coordinating the activities of the programme, compiling and...

Juan Mary Joseph

Juan Mary Joseph is currently a Research Intern at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies. Her areas of interest include China and East Asian studies. She has completed her Masters in International Studies from Christ (Deemed to be) University and...

Porkkodi Ganeshpandian

Porkkodi Ganeshpandian holds a postgraduate degree in Political Science from Madras Christian College, and is currently a research intern at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies. Her research interests are centred on South Asian politics, North Korean Politics...

Wonchibeni Tsopoe

Wonchibeni Tsopoe is currently a Research Intern at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS). Her area of interest includes India’s Northeast and South Asian studies. She has completed her post-graduation in Political Science from St.Joseph’s...

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