Global Politics

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12 December 2021 | GP Short Notes # 603

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

Ashwin Immanuel Dhanabalan

12 December 2021 | GP Short Notes # 602

The US and Russia: Biden-Putin video conference

Padmashree Anandhan

5 December 2021 | GP Short Notes # 601

Honduras: The Return of the Left

Porkkodi Ganeshpandian

5 December 2021 | GP Short Notes # 600

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

Avishka Ashok

28 November 2021 | GP Short Notes # 599

Europe: France-UK tensions over a migrant disaster across the English Channel

Padmashree Anandhan

28 November 2021 | GP Short Notes # 598

From the US to China: Releasing the strategic oil reserves

Ashwin Immanuel Dhanabalan

21 November 2021 | GP Short Notes # 597

Russia: The Anti-Satellite test

Harini Madhusudan

21 November 2021 | GP Short Notes # 596

China: Virtual meeting between Biden and Xi calls for greater cooperation

Avishka Ashok

14 November 2021 | GP Short Notes # 595

Belarus: The migrant crisis and the state of political affairs

Joeana Cera Matthews

14 November 2021 | GP Short Notes # 594

China: President Xi secures his position in party history with the "historical resolution"

Avishka Ashok

14 November 2021 | GP Short Notes # 593

The Glasgow Compromise on Coal: Phasing down, instead of phasing out

Rashmi Ramesh

7 November 2021 | GP Short Notes # 592

Japan: LDP secures a comfortable win in the 2021 elections

Keerthana Nambiar

7 November 2021 | GP Short Notes # 591

COP26: Focus on Deforestation, Methane, and Coal

Rashmi Ramesh

31 October 2021 | GP Short Notes # 590

China's White Paper on Climate Change

Avishka Ashok

24 October 2021 | GP Short Notes # 589

The EU: Poland continues to defy the EU

Joeana Cera Matthews

24 October 2021 | GP Short Notes # 588

Russia: The Afghan summit

Harini Madhusudan

24 October 2021 | GP Short Notes # 587

China: The hypersonics missile tests

Keerthana Nambiar

17 October 2021 | GP Short Notes # 586

Taiwan: President Tsai's address tries to resist increasing pressures from China

Dincy Adlakha

17 October 2021 | GP Short Notes # 585

Afghanistan: The G20's "Extraordinary Summit"

Joeana Cera Matthews

17 October 2021 | GP Short Notes # 584

India and China: The 13th round of bilateral military dialogue

Teshu Singh

10 October 2021 | GP Short Notes # 583

Europe: The impending energy crisis

Vaishnavi Iyer

3 October 2021 | GP Short Notes # 582

Japan: Fumio Kishida wins the leadership race to become the next Japanese PM

3 October 2021 | GP Short Notes # 581

The US: After getting passed by the Senate, Biden's infrastructure bill is in trouble as the House D

D Suba Chandran

26 September 2021 | GP Short Notes # 580

Tunisia: President announces rule by decree

Mohamad Aseel

26 September 2021 | GP Short Notes # 579

Canada: Justin Trudeau wins but fails to secure a majority

26 September 2021 | GP Short Notes # 578

Russia: General Elections 2021 underlines Putin's political hold

Joeana Cera Matthews

26 September 2021 | GP Short Notes # 577

UN: The General Assembly discussions focus on multilateralism, climate change, migration and COVID v

Keerthana Nambiar

26 September 2021 | GP Short Notes # 576

Quad: Expanding the areas of cooperation into regional infrastructure, emerging technologies and cyb

D Suba Chandran

19 September 2021 | GP Short Notes # 575

Europe: The Annual State of the EU address 2021 by President Ursula von der Leyen

Joeana Cera Matthews

19 September 2021 | GP Short Notes # 574

Inspiration4: SpaceX captures new heights, with a three-day mission in space

Harini Madhusudan

19 September 2021 | GP Short Notes # 573

North Korea: New missile tests to challenge the US, Japan and South Korea

Keerthana Rajesh Nambiar

19 September 2021 | GP Short Notes # 572

AUKUS: The US-led new security alliance brings UK and Australia onboard but upsets France

Lokendra Sharma

12 September 2021 | GP Short Notes # 571

Lebanon: a new government after 13 months

Rashmi Ramesh

12 September 2021 | GP Short Notes # 570

France: Trial begins for the 2015 terrorist attack

Sourina Bej

12 September 2021 | GP Short Notes # 569

US: 20 years after 9/11

D Suba Chandran

5 September 2021 | GP Short Notes # 568

The New Afghanistan

D Suba Chandran

29 August 2021 | GP Short Notes # 567

Kamala Harris' visit to Southeast Asia

Vibha Venugopal

22 August 2021 | GP Short Notes # 566

Afghanistan: With the Taliban back, Pakistan feels victorious in Kabul

Harsimran Singh Sondhi

22 August 2021 | GP Short Notes # 565

Russia: For Moscow, the Central Asian concerns are crucial in the Taliban's Afghanistan

Vaishnavi Iyer

22 August 2021 | GP Short Notes # 564

China: Beijing's economic interests in Afghanistan outweighs likely threats from the Taliban

Dincy Adlakha

15 August 2021 | GP Short Notes # 563

Afghanistan: The international failure fastens the downfall

Harsimran Singh Sondhi

15 August 2021 | GP Short Notes # 562

The Global Spread of Delta Variant: Mutation Uncertainties, and the Vaccination Drives

Harini Madhusudan

8 August 2021 | GP Short Notes # 561

Japan: Remembering Hiroshima bombing, "Little Boy" and 80,000 people, 76 years later

Avishka Ashok

8 August 2021 | GP Short Notes # 560

Southeast Asia: Finally, ASEAN appoints a Special Envoy to Myanmar

Vibha Venugopal

8 August 2021 | GP Short Notes # 559

South China Sea: New tensions with Navy drills and foreign warships

Sukanya Bali

1 August 2021 | GP Short Notes # 558

Lebanon: Appointment of a new PM raises hope for a revival of the economy

Rashmi Ramesh

1 August 2021 | GP Short Notes # 557

Myanmar: Six months of the military rule

Vibha Venugopal

1 August 2021 | GP Short Notes # 556

Japan: The Olympics continue in Tokyo, amidst controversies

Keerthana Rajesh Nambiar

25 July 2021 | GP Short Notes # 555

COVID-19: China rejects the WHO investigation proposal

Sukanya Bali

25 July 2021 | GP Short Notes # 554

Peru: After month-long political drama, Castillo's election confirmed

Vishnu Prasad

25 July 2021 | GP Short Notes # 553

China and India: Torrential rain and Deadly floods

Juan Mary Joseph

25 July 2021 | GP Short Notes # 552

The Nord Stream-2: Agreements, disagreements and controversies

Joeana Cera Matthews

18 July 2021 | GP Short Notes # 551

Nepal: Ending constitutional crisis, Supreme Court appoints a new Prime Minister

Sourina Bej

18 July 2021 | GP Short Notes # 550

Lebanon: Deepening political crisis

Udbhav Krishna P

18 July 2021 | GP Short Notes # 549

The SCO Summit: The call to end violence in Afghanistan

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

18 July 2021 | GP Short Notes # 548

Europe: EU's climate package amidst the rains and floods

Joeana Cera Matthews

11 July 2021 | GP Short Notes # 547

China: Didi, a ride-hailing company in regulatory crosshairs

Sukanya Bali

11 July 2021 | GP Short Notes # 546

Haiti: Political crisis follows the assassination of President Moise

Joeana Cera Matthews

4 July 2021 | GP Short Notes # 545

Backgrounder: Communist Party of China

Harini Madhusudan

4 July 2021 | GP Short Notes # 544

China: CPC celebrates 100th founding anniversary

Mallika Devi

27 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 543

Europe: Russia's responses

Joeana Cera Matthews

27 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 542

EU: The Merkel-Macron proposal on an EU-Russia summit, and its opposition

D Suba Chandran

27 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 541

NATO summit 2021: Biden's leadership, Russia, China, cyber security and Climate change.

Keerthana Rajesh Nambiar

20 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 540

G7 Summit: Biden brings the US back to Europe

Dhanusha P

20 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 539

Iran: A predetermined election results in Ebrahim Raisi becoming the new President

Jeshil J Samuel

20 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 538

China: Stern response to G7 and NATO summits

Dincy Adlakha

20 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 537

G7 Summit: Biden brings the US back to Europe

Dhanushaa P

20 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 536

The US and Russia: The Geneva Summit an integrated bilateral Strategic Stability Dialogue

Joeana Cera Matthews

13 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 535

Sahel: End of France's military operation

Anu Maria Joseph

13 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 534

Peru: The election is symbolic of the left-right struggle in South America

Vishnu Prasad

13 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 533

China: New legislation arms the government against sanctions

Dincy Adlakha

13 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 532

The G7 Summit 2021: Focus on pandemic recovery, climate action, and global economy

Joeana Cera Matthews

6 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 531

Israel: End of Netanyahu era

Udbhav Krishna P

6 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 530

The US: Biden extends support towards the global COVAX Program

Vibha Venugopal

6 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 529

The US: President Biden bans American investments in Chinese companies

Keerthana Rajesh Nambiar

6 June 2021 | GP Short Notes # 528

China: Following the census, a new three-child policy

Dincy Adlakha

30 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 527

US: Another investigation into COVID origin

Sukanya Bali

30 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 526

Belarus: While the West impose bans, Putin supports

Harini Madhusudan

30 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 525

Europe in Africa: France and Germany take responsibility for the past in Rwanda and Namibia

Anu Maria Joseph

30 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 524

Mali: The coup within a coup

Apoorva Sudhakar

23 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 523

UK: The BBC apology for the 1995 Diana interview highlights the good and bad sides of the UK media

Vishnu Prasad

23 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 522

Cryptocurrency: The recent crash indicates a lack of maturity of the crypto market

Vishnu Prasad

23 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 521

The Arctic Council ministerial meeting: Adopting the Strategic Plan 2021-30

Rashmi Ramesh

23 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 520

EU-China: European Union Parliament freezes Comprehensive Agreement on Investments with China

Dincy Adlakha

16 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 519

Myanmar: 100 days of military rule is marked by instability, with use of force and public protests

Aparupa Bhattacherjee

16 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 518

The US: Ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline sparks fuel shortages in the east coast

16 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 517

China: What does the Census 2020 say?

Mallika Devi

9 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 516

North Korea: Pyongyang considers Biden's new approach as hostile

Avishka Ashok

9 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 515

Russia: Alexi Navalny's network added to the 'Extremist List'

Harini Madhusudan

9 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 514

China: Canceling the Strategic Economic Dialogue with Australia

Dincy Adlakha

9 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 513

UK and France: BREXIT pangs deepen as a new rule restricts fishing rights

Sourina Bej

9 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 512

Vaccine patent waiver: The new debate stands divided

Joeana Cera Matthews

2 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 511

Three years after inter-Korean talks

Avishka Ashok

2 May 2021 | GP Short Notes # 510

The US: Hundred days of President Biden

D Suba Chandran

25 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 509

India: The second wave drives an unprepared country into a humanitarian disaster

Lokendra Sharma

25 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 508

Hong Kong: China now targets media freedom

Sukanya Bali

25 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 507

Russia: Putin draws redlines against the West, but withdraws troops from the Ukraine border

Harini Madhusudan

25 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 506

The US: Biden brings back the Climate change agenda

Akriti Sharma

18 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 505

Japan: The US fortifies alliance in the Indo-Pacific

Avishka Ashok

18 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 504

The US: Sanctions imposed on Russia for involvement in 2020 elections

Chetna Vinay Bhora

18 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 503

US: Climate envoy John Kerry visits China

Mallika Devi

18 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 502

India: Acute shortage of vaccines amidst a raging second wave

Akriti Sharma

18 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 501

Afghanistan: The US and NATO decides to withdraw; Ghani accepts it

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

18 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 500

Iran: Tehran begins producing 60 per cent enriched uranium

Lokendra Sharma

11 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 499

Ukraine: Escalation of tensions with Russia

Chetna Vinay Bhora

11 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 498

Greenland: Opposition's electoral victory will affect the rare earth mining

Harini Madhusudan

11 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 497

Pakistan: A "new era" with Russia

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

11 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 496

Iran: Return of the JCPOA talks

Poornima B

4 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 495

Brazil: The COVID turmoil spills over into a political one

D Suba Chandran

4 April 2021 | GP Short Notes # 494

COVID-19: The WHO releases report, but the question of origin remain unanswered

Sukanya Bali

28 March 2021 | GP Short Notes # 493

North Korea: New missile tests make a statement to the US

Avishka Ashok

28 March 2021 | GP Short Notes # 492

Israel: Fourth Election in two years, but the stalemate continue

Jeshil J Samuel

28 March 2021 | GP Short Notes # 491

India-Bangladesh: Modi visits Dhaka, to reboot 50 years of bilateral relations

Sourina Bej

21 March 2021 | GP Short Notes # 490

The US and China: Biden's first dialogue with Beijing

Sukanya Bali

21 March 2021 | GP Short Notes # 489

Lebanon: Protestors' return demanding resolution of political and economic crises

Dincy Adlakha

21 March 2021 | GP Short Notes # 488

UK: Defence and Foreign policy review indicates an expansion in strategy

Harini Madhusudan

21 March 2021 | GP Short Notes # 487

Japan and South Korea: The US returns to East Asia

Avishka Ashok

21 March 2021 | GP Short Notes # 486

Afghanistan: The Moscow Summit

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

14 March 2021 | GP Short Notes # 485

China’s Two Sessions: Emphasis on Science, Technology and Innovation

D Suba Chandran

14 March 2021 | GP Short Notes # 484

Ten years after Fukushima: A disaster that changed the nuclear trajectory

Lokendra Sharma

14 March 2021 | GP Short Notes # 483

QUAD: Biden’s first multilateral dialogue on the Indo-Pacific

Akriti Sharma

7 March 2021 | GP Short Notes # 482

Iraq: Pope Francis meets the Grand Ayatollah in Baghdad

Jeshil Samuel

7 March 2021 | GP Short Notes # 481

The UK: The post- Brexit fallout with the EU over Northern Ireland

Harini Madhusudan

7 March 2021 | GP Short Notes # 480

Saudi Arabia: The criminal case against Mohammed bin Salman

Sourina Bej

28 February 2021 | GP Short Notes # 479

Australia: New Media law on Social Media and its global implications

Avishka Ashok

28 February 2021 | GP Short Notes # 478

Afghanistan: Talks in Doha resume after weeks of delay

Abigail Miriam Fernandez

28 February 2021 | GP Short Notes # 477

The US and Saudi Arabia: President Biden's new approach towards Saudia Arabia

Jeshil Samuel

28 February 2021 | GP Short Notes # 476

India and Pakistan: Both countries agree to revive the 2003 ceasefire

D Suba Chandran

21 February 2021 | GP Short Notes # 475

The US: Weather anomalies suggest a fast approaching climate change

Avishka Ashok

21 February 2021 | GP Short Notes # 474

Libya: Ten years after Gaddafi, the Libyans look forward with a new hope

Apoorva Sudhakar

21 February 2021 | GP Short Notes # 473

Munich Security Conference: Biden's commitment, Discussion on withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Russi

Sourina Bej

21 February 2021 | GP Short Notes # 472

Iran: The new US offer to restart a dialogue

Rashmi Ramesh

14 February 2021 | GP Short Notes # 471

The WHO mission in China: COVID-19 virus did not emerge from the Wuhan lab

Sukanya Bali

14 February 2021 | GP Short Notes # 470

UAE: The Hope mission enters the Mars Orbit

Harini Madhusudan

14 February 2021 | GP Short Notes # 469

The US: Senate acquits Donald Trump once again, with Republicans voting against the impeachment

Vivek Mishra

14 February 2021 | GP Short Notes # 468

India and China: Disengagement confirmed along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh sector

D Suba Chandran

6 February 2021 | GP Short Notes # 467

China: New Redlines on Xinjiang, Taiwan and Hong Kong, as US-China relations starts under Biden

Teshu Singh

6 February 2021 | GP Short Notes # 466

Russia: New tension with Europe, Moscow expels European diplomats

Sourina Bej

6 February 2021 | GP Short Notes # 465

The US: Biden calls for the return of America and diplomacy, as he unveils the US foreign policy pri

D Suba Chandran

30 January 2021 | GP Short Notes # 464

European Union: New challenges in addressing delay in vaccine supplies, new variants and anti-lockdo

Harini Madhusudan

30 January 2021 | GP Short Notes # 463

Pakistan: Supreme Court orders the release of the accused in Daniel Pearl's murder case; the US says

D Suba Chandran

23 January 2021 | GP Short Notes # 462

India: New Delhi's re-engagement with neighbours through vaccine diplomacy

Akriti Sharma

23 January 2021 | GP Short Notes # 461

The US: Biden brings America to Paris

D Suba Chandran

16 January 2021 | GP Short Notes # 460

Uganda: Museveni wins a sixth term amid politically charged elections

Apoorva Sudhakar

16 January 2021 | GP Short Notes # 459

The Middle East: Trump's latest move to designate the Houthis as 'Foreign Terrorists'

Rashmi Ramesh

16 January 2021 | GP Short Notes # 458

North Korea's Party Congress: Kim Jong-un's next steps amidst economic crisis and change of leadersh

Avishka Ashok

9 January 2021 | GP Short Notes # 457

Hong Kong: Police arrests dozens of pro-democracy protestors

Sukanya Bali

9 January 2021 | GP Short Notes # 456

Iran: Tehran announces 20 per cent uranium enrichment as a new US administration takes over

Lokendra Sharma

9 January 2021 | GP Short Notes # 455

The GCC Summit and the thaw in Qatar-Saudi Arabia relations

Lakshmi V Menon

9 January 2021 | GP Short Notes # 454

The US: Senate Elections in Georgia, Violence in Capitol Hill, Congress Certification, and an unstab

D Suba Chandran

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