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

Munich Security Conference 2026:
Europe’s Security Concerns, Defence Consolidation and Transatlantic Recalibration
The World This Week, # 345, 22 February 2025
February 2026 | CWA # 1974

Lekshmi MK

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Conflict Weekly

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

Munich Security Conference 2026:
February 2026 | CWA # 1974

Lekshmi MK

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The World This Week

The Global AI Impact Summit in New Delhi:

February 2026 | CWA # 1973

Yesasvi Koganti

PR Explainer

Pakistan-Taliban Peace Talks

December 2025 | CWA # 1972

Lekshmi MK

Pakistan in 2025

Pakistan Budget 2025-26

December 2025 | CWA # 1971

Vani Vyshnavi Jupudi

Pakistan in 2025

Pakistan & China

December 2025 | CWA # 1970

Aparna A Nair

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.