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
October 2026 | CWA # 2304NIAS Global Politics Team
The EU-China Trade Talks I Brazil Elections 2026
October 2026 | CWA # 2295NIAS Global Politics Team
The UN General Assembly 81st Session & The Trump-Xi Summit
October 2026 | CWA # 2281NIAS Global Politics Team
The SCO Summit in Bishkek:
September 2026 | CWA # 2267NIAS Global Politics Team
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 PublicationOleshky and the Russia-Ukraine War
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
The Russia-Ukraine War:
November 2026 | CWA # 2330Advik Sunanda Mohan | Advik Sunanda Mohan is a postgraduate student from SciencesPo, Paris. Â He is currently interning at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru. His research interests include conflict research, geopolitics of the Asia Pacific and E
The Green Ribbon, October 2026
Across the Region: Women, Climate Change, and Civil Society
October 2026 | CWA # 2322
NIAS Global Politics Team
CW Review
Global Hunger Index Report 2026:Â
October 2026 | CWA # 2320
Advik Sunanda Mohan | Advik Sunanda Mohan is a postgraduate student at Sciences Po's Paris School of International Affairs and a Research Intern with the Global Politics platform at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) in Bengaluru.
CW Explainer
Africa's recurring Ebola problem:
October 2026 | CWA # 2319
Akshath Kaimal | Akshath Kaimal is a postgraduate in International Studies and International Humanitarian Action. He is currently a Research Assistant at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru, and is part of the NIAS Pakistan Reader and Africa
The World This Quarter
Latin America (Jul-Sep 2026):
October 2026 | CWA # 2317
Dattesh Parulekar | Dr Dattesh Parulekar is an Assistant Professor at the School of International & Area Studies, Goa University.
GP Short Notes are in 600-700 words, mostly published as an "Early Bird" and is part of our two weekly publications - The World This Week and Conflict Weekly.
The look at three questions: What happened? What is the background? What does it mean?
The US Supreme Court calls Trumps tariffs illegal
Click here for all the complete list of Short Notes 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 # 1801R Preetha
28 July 1914
August 2025 | CWA # 1778Lekshmi MK
22 July 1977: Deng Xiaoping returns to power, sets the stage for modern China
July 2025 | CWA # 1774R Preetha
23 July 1952: The fall of Egypt’s monarchy and the Rise of a Republic
July 2025 | CWA # 1773Lekshmi MK
Vol. 01, No.07 #07
August 2024 | CWA # 1456The EM February Edition consists of a Expert Interview: Russia in the International Order, The War in Ukraine: Drones, missiles and counterattacks
Latest Europe MonitorEurope Monitor #29 Vol. 04, No. 02
Click here for all the complete list of Europe MonitorEurope 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.
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.
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.