The World This Week

The World This Week (TWTW) is a flagship publication of NIAS Global Politics and Area Studies initiative. Published every Sunday, it looks at major developments during the week. The main comments are in 700-800 words looking at three questions: What happened? What is the background? What does it mean?
Latest Publication

The US-Russia Diesel Deal
Emergency in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa I The IMF's World Economic Outlook 2026 Report Takeaways
The World This Week #375, Vol 8, No. 37, 18 October 2026
October 2026 | CWA # 2304

NIAS Global Politics Team

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The SCO Summit in Bishkek:
Ocean State Report Takeaways
The World This Week #373, Vol 8, No. 35, 04 October 2026
September 2026 | CWA # 2267

NIAS Global Politics Team

Zelenskyy's US visit
Ocean State Report Takeaways
The World This Week #373, Vol 8, No. 35, 04 October 2026
August 2026 | CWA # 2224

Global Politics Team

Conflict Weekly

NIAS Conflict Weekly is a flagship publication of NIAS Global International Peace Research Initiative (IPRI). Published every Friday, it looks at major developments during the week. The main comments are in 700-800 words looking at the following three aspects: In the News, Issues in the background, and In Perspective.

Latest Publication
The War in Ukraine
NIAS Global Politics Team
16 October 2026
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GP Comments

GP Comments are in 800-1000 words, on contemporary developments relating to global politics and area studies. They are in the form of Explainer, Takeaways and Q&A.

The GP Comments is also a capacity building exercise; most of the authors are young scholars from NIAS and its partner institutions.
Latest Publication

Emergency in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:
October 2026 | CWA # 2303

Akshath Kaimal | Akshath Kaimal is a Research Assistant at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru, and is part of the NIAS Pakistan Reader team.

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TWTW Note

The US-Russia Diesel Deal:

October 2026 | CWA # 2302

Advik Sunanda Mohan | Advik Sunanda Mohan is a postgraduate student from SciencesPo, Paris. He is currently interning at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru. 

TWTW Takeaways

The IMF's World Economic Outlook 2026:

October 2026 | CWA # 2301

Samraksha Mukund | Samraksha Mukund is an undergraduate student at the Department of International Studies, Political Science, and History at CHRIST (Deemed to be University). She is currently an intern at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru. 

CW Interview

Three Years after the 7 October Attacks: Hamas, Gaza, Israel and the Future of Palestine

October 2026 | CWA # 2300

NIAS Global Politics Team

CW Newsmakers

The Houthi-Saudi Arabia escalation I Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa crisis

October 2026 | CWA # 2298

NIAS Global Politics Team | Madhura Meenakshi Tanikella, Namrata L Ghanghatkar, Priyanka Makhijani, and Urja R Kudalkar are currently interns at NIAS.

GP Short Notes

This Week in History

This Week In History is a new initiative looking at historic developments from a contemporary perspective.

It aims to look at what happened on a particular day in history, provides a brief background, and analyse it implications for regional/global politics.
Latest Publication

28 August 1963
August 2025 | CWA # 1801

R Preetha

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Europe Monitor

January 2024
Europe Monitor #28 Vol. 04, No. 01

The EM January Edition consists of a Russia: De-ratifing the CTBT, Ukraine: Missile attacks, US divide over military aid and the Hungarian block.

December 2023
Europe Monitor #27 Vol. 03, No. 12

The EM December Edition consists of a record of key developments from the Ukraine War between Day 655 to Day 610 and short notes on contemporary Europe also form part of the edition.

November 2023
Europe Monitor #26 Vol. 03, No. 11

The EM November Edition consists of commentary on the Poland Elections 2023 and a record of key developments from the Ukraine War between Day 610 to Day 584 and short notes on contemporary Europe also form part of the edition.