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The World This Week: 150th Issue
Middle East and Africa in 2021
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The World This Year Compilation 2021
Lebanon: a new government after 13 months
Rashmi Ramesh, 12 September 2021
Lebanon: Appointment of a new PM raises hope for a revival of the economy
Rashmi Ramesh, 1 August 2021
Lebanon: Deepening political crisis
Udbhav Krishna P, 18 July 2021
Lebanon: Protestors' return demanding resolution of political and economic crises
Dincy Adlakha, 21 March 2021
Iran: A predetermined election results in Ebrahim Raisi becoming the new President
Jeshil J Samuel, 20 June 2021
Iran: Tehran begins producing 60 per cent enriched uranium
Lokendra Sharma, 18 April 2021
Iran: Return of the JCPOA talks
Poornima B, 11 April 2021
Iran: The new US offer to restart a dialogue
Rashmi Ramesh, 21 February 2021
Iran: Tehran announces 20 per cent uranium enrichment as a new US administration takes over
Lokendra Sharma, 9 January 2021
Israel: End of Netanyahu era
Udbhav Krishna P, 6 June 2021
Israel: Fourth Election in two years, but the stalemate continues
Jeshil J Samuel, 28 March 2021
Iraq: Pope Francis meets the Grand Ayatollah in Baghdad
Jeshil Samuel, 7 March 2021
Saudi Arabia: The criminal case against Mohammed bin Salman
Sourina Bej, 7 March 2021
The GCC Summit and the thaw in Qatar-Saudi Arabia relations
By Lakshmi V Menon, 9 January 2021
UAE: The Hope mission enters the Mars Orbit
Harini Madhusudan, 14 February 2021
The Middle East: Trump's latest move to designate the Houthis as 'Foreign Terrorists'
By Rashmi Ramesh, 16 January 2021
Libya: Ten years after Gaddafi, the Libyans look forward with a new hope
Apoorva Sudhakar, 21 February 2021
Tunisia: President announces rule by decree
Mohamad Aseel, 26 September 2021
Sahel: End of France's military operation
By Anu Maria Joseph, 13 June 2021
Mali: The "coup within a coup"
Apoorva Sudhakar, 30 May 2021
Uganda: Museveni wins a sixth term amid politically charged elections
By Apoorva Sudhakar, 16 January 2021
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Ashna Pathak & Surangana Rajya Laxmi Rana
Health diplomacy: Nepal's growing dependence on China
Anu Maria Joseph
One year of war in Sudan: Escalation, Failed peace talks and Humanitarian crisis
Ayan Datta
Sudan’s civil war: Failed Ceasefires and Peace Negotiations
Samruddhi Pathak
The Humanitarian Crises in Sudan: The Scale, Response and Regional Impacts
Femy Francis
China-Africa: The Ninth FOCAC Summit
IPRI Team
The Long Range Missiles in Ukraine War and the Prolonged War in Sudan
Abhiruchi Chowdhury
Polio: Why is Pakistan vaccine hesitant?
GP Team
APEC Summit 2024 and Sri Lanka Parliamentary Elections 2024
Nuha Aamina
Pakistan and Climate Change: Four Takeaways
Rohini Reenum
PR Explainer: Pakistan’s Diabetes Problem
IPRI Team
Trump and the Conflict in the Middle East
IPRI Team
India-China Border Disengagement and Floods in Spain
GP Team
North Korean Troops in Russia, Finland President's Visit to China and Elections in Japan
IPRI Team
Continuing Israel-Iran-Hezbollah-Hamas Conflict and a Controversial Election in Georgia
Vetriselvi Baskaran
Nigeria: Protests over cost-of-living crisis
Anu Maria Joseph
Protests in Africa: Role of populist leaders
Ayan Datta
Protests in Africa: Successful and Unsuccessful Stories
Advik S Mohan
Moldovo’s Referendum: Between EU membership, Russian influence and public dissatisfaction
GP Team
The BRICS Summit at Kazan and the Modi-Xi Meeting
Advik S Mohan
The Housing Crisis in the Netherlands: What has caused it and what has been the government response?
Advik S Mohan
The Anti-LGBTQ+ Law in Georgia: Why Now and Who Supports It?
IPRI Team
Continuing Israel-Hezbollah Attacks and a Militant Attack in Kashmir
Padmashree Anandhan
Russia's Arctic Policy: Objectives, Priorities and Tools
Ayan Datta
Challenges of State Interventions in Traditional Societies: The cases of Canadian and Greenlandic Inuits
Shreya Jagadeesan
Frozen Nightmare: A Pandemic Hibernating in the Arctic Ice
Bishwarupa Kar
Climate Change in the Arctic: A call to shift from Traditional to Ecosystem-based Marine Governance
Saritha VK & Mahesh Mohan
Impact of climate change on emerging contaminants: Perfluorinated compounds in the environmental matrices of Svalbard
Sruthy
The Hidden Impact of Climate Change: Microplastic Contamination in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard
IPRI Team
Special Edition on “Contemporary Conflicts”
GP Team
The Quad Summit 2024, Volodymyr Zelenskyy's US Visit, LDP Elections in Japan, and Modi’s US Visit
IPRI Team
Israel-Hezbollah-Iran Missile Attacks, and New Tensions in Sudan
IPRI Team
From Gaza to Lebanon: A New Phase of War in the Middle East
Advik S Mohan
Bougainville’s struggle for independence: What is the problem, and what are the implications?
GP Team
Beijing Xiangshan Forum and Meloni-Starmer Meeting
Advik S Mohan
The European Housing Crisis: A Background
Neha Tresa George
The Meloni-Starmer Meeting: Six Takeaways
IPRI Team
The War in Ukraine: Russia’s counteroffensive in Kursk
Samruddhi Pathak
Serbia: Why are people protesting over lithium mining?
Neha Tresa George
Vladimir Putin visits Mongolia: Who wants what?
IPRI Team
The Continuing State of War, Mediation and Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan
GP Team
The Ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and Elections in East Germany
IPRI Team
Protests in Israel and Drone Attacks in Ukraine
IPRI Team
Telegram Founder’s Arrest, Attack in Burkina Faso, Canada’s Ban on Chinese EVs and Wildfires in Greece and Canada
Ayan Datta
India-Africa relations: Critical minerals as an emerging domain
Vetriselvi Baskaran
South Korea-Africa relations: Objectives and challenges
Sayeka Ghosh
Japan in Africa: Strengthening relations amidst evolving global politics
GP Team
Kiribati Elections 2024 and Political turmoil in Bangladesh
Neha Tresa George
Attack on Nord Stream: Two years later
Advik S Mohan
Poland launches EagleEye Satellite
Samruddhi Pathak
EU-China clash over EV tariffs: China’s emergence and EU’s protectionism
Padmashree Anandhan
Ukraine’s Kursk Offensive: What does Kyiv want to achieve?
Vol. 01, No.07 #07
Ramya B
13 August 1784: The UK Parliament passes the Pitts India Act, bringing India under the direct control of the British rule
Sim V
14 August 2021: Taliban returns to Kabul, following the American withdrawal
Pummy Lathigara
14 August 1941: The UK Prime Minister and the American President sign the Atlantic Charter
Ronakk Tijoriwala
13 August 1961: East Germany begins the construction of the Berlin Wall
Arya Madhavan S
15 August 1971: Bahrain becomes independent
Ankita Chakra
17 August 1945: George Orwell publishes the Animal Farm
Rianne Rajath P
18 August 2019: Iceland holds a funeral for the Okjokull glacier
IPRI Team
Blinken’s Ninth Visit to Israel and the Mpox Outbreak in Africa
GP Team
China, Southeast Asia and the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation
IPRI Team
Ukraine’s Kursk Offensive inside Russia, and the UK Violence
Anu Maria Joseph
Russia’s increasing footprints in Africa
Ayan Datta
Lavrov’s visit to Africa: Four takeaways
Anu Maria Joseph
Kenya: Protests force the government to withdraw the financial bill
Vetriselvi Baskaran
Kenya’s non-NATO ally designation by the US | Explained
Vol. 01, No. #06
GP Team
Interim government in Bangladesh
Swagathi Annabel
07 August 1509: Coronation of Krishnadevaraya, highlights the golden era of Vijayanagar empire
Bishwarupa Kar
05 August 1930: Norwegian expedition reaches Svalbard, discovers the remains of a previous one
Prajwal T V
06 August 1912: NASA’s Curiosity lands on Mars
Ayush Bhattacharjee
08 August 1914: Endurance leaves England for Antarctica Expedition
Shifa Moideen
09 August 1965: Singapore declares Independence
IPRI Team
Violence in Bangladesh, the UK, and Nigeria
Vetriselvi Baskaran
Energy in Pakistan: Five Takeaways
Vol. 01, No. #05
L S Hareesh
Columbus sets sail for the first time, kickstarting a new era
Mugdha Chaturvedi
Nelson Mandela's South Africa: The dream and the reality
Ken B Varghese
South Africa’s 30 years of democracy
Ayan Datta
South Africa Elections 2024 and the Zuma Factor
Vaneeta
28 July 1821: Peru declares independence from Spain
Pummy Lathigara
28 July 2005: IRA announces the end of its armed campaign
Ms Ramya
28 July 1914: Austria-Hungary Declares War on Serbia, starting World War-I
Nivetha B
29 July 1958: The US establishes NASA
Leivon Victor Lamkang
29 July 1957: IAEA comes into force
Siddhima M
5 August 2011: Yingluck Shinawatra, becomes the first woman Prime Minister of Thailand
Pranesh Selvaraj
4 August 2007: The US launches Phoenix, a mission to Mars
Vol. 01, Nos. 03 & 04
Dhriti Mukherjee
JI holds sit-in against poor economic situation and controversial deals with IPPs
GP Team
Tenth Pacific Island Leaders Meeting and President Biden’s Address
Nandini Khandelwal
Saddam Hussein becomes the President of Iraq
Prajwal T V
US launches Apollo 11, with Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins
Ramya B
Hitler publishes “Mein Kampf” highlighting Lebensraum and anti-Semitism
Ronakk Tijoriwala
Five women organise the Women's Rights Convention in the US
Govind Anoop
20 July 1994: Lukashenko becomes the President of Belarus
Shreya Jagadeesan
23 July 2020: China Launches its First Mission to Mars
Rohit Paswan
24 July 1911: The Rediscovery of Machu Picchu
Nupur Priya
26 July 1965: The Maldives becomes independent after being a British protectorate for 77 years
Neha Tresa George
South Africa: The Decline of the ANC
Shilpa Joseph
South Africa Elections 1996-2024: An Overview
Vetriselvi Baskaran
South Africa Election 2024: Course, Issues and Outcomes
Vetriselvi Baskaran
A surge in attacks on girl’s school in Pakistan
IPRI Team
Houthis-Hezbollah-Israel Tensions, and Continuing & Expanding Protests in Kenya
Dhriti Mukherjee
Growth and Investment in Pakistan: Four Takeaways
Dhriti Mukherjee
Pakistan: The decision to ban PTI
Rohini Reenum
Counter-terrorism, Bannu peace march, 9 May, and Digital Terrorism: What did DG ISPR say and why?
GP Team
Political Instability in Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh
Shilpa Jospeh
Portugal: Democrats win over socialists by a thin margin
Samruddhi Pathak
Meloni and Xi sign a three-year Action Plan: Five Focus Areas of China-Italy Collaboration
Sayeka Ghosh
Immigration Backlash Fuels Far-Right Surge in Italy's EU Vote
Govind Anoop
Hungary: Right Wing wins; Support shifts to Centre
Ayan Datta
Poland: Tusk’s centrist coalition wins narrowly; Far-right gains ground
Vetriselvi Baskaran
Belgium: Extremist parties see narrow win
Neha Tresa George
Germany: Rise of Far-Right questions survival of the left leaning coalition
Padmashree Anandhan
France: Rise of Far-right triggers political crisis
Diya Madhavan
PR Review I Pakistan Economic Survey 2024 (Part-VI)| Health and Nutrition in Pakistan: Four Takeaways
GP Team
Labour Victory in the UK elections, Rise of the Right France elections, and the Xi Show at the SCO Summit
Vetriselvi Baskaran
PR Review I Pakistan Economic Survey 2024 (Part-V)| Education in Pakistan: Four Takeaways
Vaneeta
PR Review I Pakistan Economic Survey 2024 (Part-IV)| Public Debt in Pakistan: Five Takeaways
Dhriti Mukherjee
PR Review I Pakistan Economic Survey 2024 (Part-III)| Climate Change in Pakistan: Five Takeaways
Ashwini Barla
14 July 1789: The Storming of Bastille and its continuation
Ayan Datta
Why Israel is NOT facing a strategic defeat in Gaza: A Response to Stanly Johny
Karthik Manoharan
14 July 1789: The Storming of Bastille and the Start of French Revolution
Ramya B
14 July 1789: The Storming of Bastille and its Legacy
Prajwal T V
08 July 1497: Vasco Da Gama leaves Portugal, starting an era
IPRI Team
Continuing Crisis in Kenya, Doha Talks with the Taliban, and Suicide Bombings in Nigeria
GP Team
International Tariffs on Chinese EVs and China’s Fourth Icebreaker
Vaneeta
PR Review I Pakistan Economic Survey 2024 (Part-II)| Inflation in Pakistan: Five Takeaways
Samruddhi Pathak
07 July 1978: Solomon Islands gains independence from British rule
Ayan Datta
PR Review I Pakistan Economic Survey 2024 (Part-I)| Population, Labour Force and Employment in Pakistan: Six Takeaways
Karthik Manoharan
05 July 1962: The Algerian War comes to an end
Prajwal TV
01 July 1968: US, Soviet Union, UK and 40 countries sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty
Mayank Bharti
05 July 1996: Dolly becomes the first mammal to be cloned
Ronakk Tijoriwala
01 July 2002: The Rome Statute establishes the International Criminal Court
Deepika Seervi
05 July 1962: Algeria declares its independence, ending 132 years of French occupation
Ayan Datta & Sayeka Ghosh
US Presidential Debate 2024: Trump exposes Biden’s weaknesses, promises stronger America
Vetriselvi Baskaran
One year of war in Sudan: Regional Implications
Anu Maria Joseph
Sudan: One Year of Civil War
Anu Maria Joseph
30 years after the Rwandan Genocide
Vetriselvi Baskaran
The 37th African Union Summit: Five takeaways
Anu Maria Joseph
Elections in Senegal: A democratic victory in Africa
Jerry Franklin A
South Africa Elections 2024: Five questions
Anu Maria Joseph
Ghana: The anti-LGBTQ bill threatens a liberal democracy in West Africa
Anu Maria Joseph
The Gambia: The genital cutting and the return of the FGM debate
IPRI Team
Israel-Hezbollah Conflict, Terror Attacks in Dagestan, and Protests in Kenya
Dhriti Mukherjee
Haiti: The UN backed Kenyan police force lands
Prajwal T V
Julian Assange: The WikiLeaks founder pleads guilty, ending a long legal stand-off with the US
Rohini Reenum
The Rise of Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) in Parliament: Four Major Takeaways
GP Team
Putin’s Visit to North Korea and Vietnam, and China-South Korea 2+2 Dialogue
IPRI Team
Ukraine Peace Summit, New Challenges to Netanyahu, and Wildfires in California
Vetriselvi Baskaran
Punjab budget 2024-25: Prioritising Health and Initiatives
Dhriti Mukherjee
Sindh Provincial Budget 2024-25: Urban and Political
IPRI Team
The US: President Biden announces new executive order allowing hundreds of thousands of immigrants to get citizenship
Anu Maria Joseph
7 June 1893: Gandhi gets thrown out of a first-class train in South Africa, leading to his first experiment with non-violent resistance
Padmashree Anandhan
European People’s Party (EPP) Leads with clear majority Country wise breakup
Ronakk Tijoriwala
06 June 1944: Allied forces land in Normandy, turning the tide in World War-II
Neha Tresa George
EU elections - Part II: A profile of recent four elections (2004-2019)
Shilpa Joseph and Ken Varghese
Voting for the next MEPs
IPRI Team
Biden's Gaza Proposal, New US Order on Migration, and a Guilty Verdict in Hong Kong
Femy Francis | Research Assistant at NIAS
06 May 1882: The US President signs the Chinese Exclusion Act, restricting immigration from China
IPRI Team
Israeli forces shot Palestinians in West Bank
Dhriti Mukherjee
Mexico Elections 2024: A Historic Moment sees a First Woman President in North America
Torunika Roy
China-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Summit: Key Outcomes and Implications
GP Team
South Africa Elections and the Decline of ANC, China-Arab States Summit, and Trump Trial Verdict Fallouts
LS Hareesh
20 May 1948: Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer lands in Calicut in India’s west coast
IPRI Team
International Condemnation of Israel, Battle for Kharkiv in Russia, and the Protests in New Caledonia
Femy Francis
China-Arab States Summit, and Xi’s “Five Cooperation Framework”
Dhriti Mukherjee
The US: Jury finds Donald Trump Guilty on 34 counts. Five Takeaways of the verdict
IPRI Team
Growing International Pressure on Israel, Protests in Armenia and Elections in South Africa
Mugdha Chaturvedi
20 May 2002: East Timor becomes an independent country
Dhriti Mukherjee
Ten Years of CPEC-1 (Dasu Hydropower Project: A Profile)
By young scholars of NIAS Course on Global Politics: Contemporary World Order and Theories. Compiled by Sayeka Ghosh.
South Korea Elections 2024: An interview with Dr Sandip Mishra and Dr Vyjayanti Raghavan
Akhil Ajith
Taiwan President’s Inaugural Address: Four Takeaways
By the NIAS-IPRI Course scholars on Contemporary Conflicts, Peace Processes, Theories and Thinkers. Compiled by Ayan Datta.
The War in Gaza: An Interview with Dr Stanly Johny
Vaneeta
Defamation Bill in Punjab: Who is opposing it and why?
Kavithasri M
State of Media in Pakistan (PR Review-III) | Three Takeaways on Safety for Journalists in Pakistan
Mallika Joseph | Adjunct Professor, NIAS
21 May 1991: LTTE human bomb assassinates Rajiv Gandhi
Rohini Reenum
Ebrahim Raisi: An Untimely Death, and What it means for Iran and its Neighbourhood
Padmashree Anandhan
Putin-Xi Summit: Towards a Strategic transformation in Russia-China relations
Tiara Marie Warjri
State of Media in Pakistan (PR Review-II) | Four Takeaways on Disinformation in Pakistan
GP Team
The US Sanctions on China and Putin-Xi Summit
Akhil Ajith
Chang’e 6 and China’s Lunar Exploration program
Femy Francis
Antony Blinken’s China Visit
Femy Francis
China in Mexico: What, How and Why
Akhil Ajith
Beijing Auto Show 2024: China’s global domination in EV sector
Akhil Ajith
Chinese cities are sinking below the sea level: Four Takeaways of a Science journal report
Dhriti Mukherjee
Blasphemy, Harassment of Religious Minorities Continue: Five Takeaways from USCIRF Annual Report on Religious Freedoms
IPRI Team
Conflict in Gaza, Elections in Catalonia and Protests in Georgia
D Suba Chandran
Continuing Controversy over Pakistan's "Reserved Seats": Six Implications of Legal and Political Wrangling
Padmashree Anandhan
China and France: President Xi's visit to Paris showcases Beijing's strategic approach
Femy Francis
President Xi in Serbia: Looking at China's Balkans Strategy and beyond 25th year of bombing anniversary
Akhil Ajith
President Xi in Hungary: An evolving symbiotic partnership vis-à-vis Europe
Dhriti Mukherjee
Lawyers’ protests in Lahore: Two Reasons Why
Rohini Reenum
Protests in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir: What and Why?
GP Team
President Xi’s Visit to Europe: Major Takeaways of China’s Strategic Approach towards France, Hungary and Serbia
Dhriti Mukherjee
9 May Violence: One Event, Different Actors, Multiple Outlooks
D Suba Chandran
The Fog of 9 May: One year after the anti-Establishment violence
Rohini Reenum
Pakistan and Wheat: From a Crisis to a Scandal
Dhriti Mukherjee
Pakistan and Freedom of Expression: Eight Takeaways from the Freedom Network Report
NIAS South Asia Team
South Asia This Week (21 Apr- 27 Apr 2024)
NIAS South Asia Team
South Asia This Week (14 Apr -20 Apr 2024)
Devi Chandana M
Seychelles-India Relations: Five Areas of Partnership
Alka Bala
UN Ocean Decade Conference 2024: Stakeholders & Balance Sheet
D Suba Chandran
Karachi: Seven Shades of Violence
Rohini Reenum
Recurrent floods in Pakistan: What and Why
Dhriti Mukherjee
Pakistan's Position on the War in Gaza
Rohini Reenum
Pakistan's Uncertain Economic Future: Five Takeaways from the ADB Report
Dhriti Mukherjee
Pakistan's narrow tax base: Failures so far, challenges ahead
GP Team
Baidu, Chang'e and Fujian: The Rise of China's S&T Capabilities in EV, Space and Maritime Sectors
IPRI Team
Elusive Negotiations over Gaza and Complex Abortion Legislations in the US
Lakshmi Karlekar
30 April 1975: Saigon falls to North Vietnam troops, leading to the reunification of Vietnam
GP Team
Elections in the Maldives and Remembering the Chernobyl nuclear accident
Sayeka Ghosh
26 April 1986: Chernobyl nuclear accident
IPRI Team
UK's Rwanda Deportation Bill and Ecuador's Referendum
Karthik Manoharan
21 April 1526: The First Battle of Panipat leads to the emergence of the Mughal Empire in India
Nupur Priya
17 April 1895: The Treaty of Shimonoseki ends the first Sino-Japan War (1894-95)
GP Team
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Visit to China
Dhriti Mukherjee
Profile: Street Crimes in Karachi
Femy Francis
Germany and China: It’s the economy, stupid
IPRI Team
Conflict Escalation in the Middle East, and One Year of Civil War in Sudan
Vaneeta
17 April 1975: Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh in Cambodia, establishing the Pol Pot regime
Arya Prasad
Elections in South Korea: Six Takeaways
Sayeka Ghosh
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, 13 years later: Energy Debate, Safety Concerns and Global Fallouts
Ramya B
16 April 1917: Lenin issues “April Theses”
Alka Bala
25 Years of Euro: What lies ahead?
GP Team
Iran’s Drone Attacks on Israel and Biden-Kishida Summit
Diya Madhavan
The Rise of Temu: A Chinese online shopping app in the US
IPRI Team
Six Months of War in Gaza & the Mexico-Ecuador spat
GP Team
75 Years of NATO
Femy Francis
Canada investigates Chinese interference in 2019 and 2020 elections
IPRI Team
Remembering the Rwandan Genocide and Martin Luther King
Ramya B
4 April 1968: Martin Luther King Jr assassinated
NIAS South Asia Team
South Asia This Week (25 Mar- 01 Apr 2024)
Devi Chandana M
Rise in China’s Marriages
Padmashree Anandhan
Ireland: Four reasons why Prime Minister Leo Varadkar resigned
Rosemary Kurian
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: The French Senate votes against Canada. Why?
Alka Bala
The UK bans bottom trawling for three reasons: It is not sufficient
GP Team
Elections in Senegal
IPRI Team
UNSC Resolution on Gaza, Terror Attack in Moscow, and a Profile of the IS-K
NIAS Africa Team
Africa This Week (16-22 March)
GP Team
Presidential Elections in Russia and the Summit for Democracy in South Korea
T C A Raghavan
March 1739: Nadir Shah invades Delhi
IPRI Team
The Female Genital Mutilation bill in The Gambia, Search for a Ceasefire in Gaza and Continuing Instability in Haiti
Karthik Manoharan
17 March 1992: The end of Apartheid in South Africa
Rosemary Kurian
18 March 2014: Russia annexes Crimea
NIAS Africa Team
Africa This Week
Manasa G
14 March 1879: Albert Einstein born in Germany
GP Team
China's Two Sessions and 25 Years of NATO's First Expansion
IPRI Team
Continuing Kidnappings in Nigeria
D Rohan Kumar
11 March 1985: Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Sivasubramanian K
09 March 1776: Adam Smith publishes “The Wealth of Nations”
LS Hareesh
14 March 1849: The Sikh Army surrenders to the British
Ramya B
12 March 1918: Lenin shifts the capital to Moscow
GP Team
ASEAN-Australia Summit, and President Biden’s State of the Union Address
NIAS South Asia Team
South Asia This Week (2-9 Mar 2024)
NIAS South Asia Team
South Asia This Week (26 Feb-02 Mar 2024)
NIAS Africa Team
Africa This Week (1 March-7 March)
NIAS Africa Team
Africa This Week (24 February-29 February)
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera
Sri Lanka: The rise of ultra-nationalism and elections
GP Team
Pakistan's new Prime Minister, Putin's State of the Nation Address, and a Review of Global Diplomacy Index
IPRI Team
Sweden in NATO, Farmers' Protest in Poland, and the anti-LGBTQ bill in Ghana
IPRI Team
The Battle for Avdiivka in Ukraine
NIAS South Asia Team
South Asia This Week (11-17 Feb 2024)
GP Team
Elections in Finland and Indonesia
NIAS Africa Team
Africa This Week
IPRI Team
Israel's Military Campaign in Rafah
GP Team
The US divide over Ukraine, and the US-Israel differences over the war in Gaza
NIAS Latin America Team
Latin America This Week (3-10 Feb 2024)
NIAS South Asia Team
South Asia This Week (3-10 Feb 2024)
NIAS Africa Team
Africa This Week (3-10 Feb 2024)
IPRI Team
NIAS-Conflict Weekly Special Alert | The War in Gaza: Fifteenth Week
IPRI Team
Protests in Senegal
Jerry Franklin A
Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON): Five Questions
GP Team
North Korea's Cruise Missile Test, Tuvalu Elections, EU Summit and Italy-Africa Elections
IPRI Team
UNRWA 's funding crisis in Gaza, Farmers' protest in France, and Withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from ECOWAS
Padmashree Anandhan, Femy Francis, Rohini Reenum, Akriti Sharma, Akhil Ajith, Shamini Velayutham and Anu Maria Joseph
Expert Interview: Russia in the International Order
Alka Bala
Decoding the UK-Rwanda migration bill post supreme court ruling
IPRI Team
Continuing Violence in Haiti, Myanmar and Gaza
Bibhu Prasad Routray
Myanmar: Ethnic Armed Organizations, China’s Mediation and Continuing Fighting
Narmatha S and Anu Maria Jospeh
Ethiopia-Somalia tensions over Somaliland | Explained
Alka Bala
Norway: Parliament approves controversial deep-sea mining
Rosemary Kurian
Farmers' protests highlight economic stress and a rising far-right in the EU
IPRI Team
The Red Sea Crisis: Attacks and Counter Attacks
CEAP Team
Taiwan elections
GP Team
Taiwan Election 2024
Femy Francis
Taiwan Election 2024: The return of DPP
IPRI Team
NIAS-Conflict Weekly Special Alert | The War in Gaza: Fourteenth Week
IPRI Team
NIAS-Conflict Weekly Special Alert | The War in Gaza: Thirteen Week
IPRI Team
NIAS-Conflict Weekly Special Alert | The War in Gaza: Twelfth Week
IPRI Team
Blinken's Fourth Visit to Middle East, Ecuador's State of Internal Armed Conflict, and Ethiopia-Somaliland tensions in the Horn of Africa
GP Team
Xi Jinping’s New Year Eve’s Speech: Six Takeaways
IPRI Team
The War in Ukraine and Gaza
CEAP Team
NIAS- CEAP- China Reader | Daily Briefs
IPRI Team
NIAS-Conflict Weekly Special Alert | The War in Gaza: Eleventh Week
IPRI Team
NIAS-Conflict Weekly Special Alert | The War in Gaza: Tenth Week
IPRI Team
NIAS-Conflict Weekly Special Alert | The War in Gaza: Nineth Week
Padmashree Anandhan
The War in Ukraine: Drones, missiles and counterattacks
Anu Maria Joseph
Ethiopia and Sudan: Governance in deadlock
GP team
Special Edition: The World in 2023
Hoimi Mukherjee | Hoimi Mukherjee is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science in Bankura Zilla Saradamani Mahila Mahavidyapith.
Chile in 2023: Crises of Constitutionality
Richa Chandola | Richa Chandola is an independent scholar.
Peru in 2023: Political Tensions, Civil Unrest, and Governance Issues
Aprajita Kashyap | Aprajita Kashyap is a faculty of Latin American Studies, School of International Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi.
Haiti in 2023: The Humanitarian Crisis
Shreya Pandey | Shreya Pandey is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Xavier’s College, Ranchi. Her research interests include EU-India relations, and current trends in international relations.
Russian Invasion on Ukraine: An assessment of its impact upon unity, economy and enlargement of the EU
Binod Khanal | Binod Khanal is a Doctoral candidate at the Centre for European Studies, School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi.
The Baltic: Energy, Russia, NATO and China
Rishika Yadav | Rishika Yadav is a Research Assistant at NIAS.
Finland in 2023: Challenges at Russia's border
Padmashree Anandhan | Padmashree Anandhan is a Research Associate at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangaluru.
Germany in 2023: Defence, Economy and Energy Triangle
Anu Maria Joseph | Anu Maria Joseph is a Research Assistant at NIAS.
Ethiopia and Sudan in 2023: Governance in deadlock
Nuha Aamina | Nuha Aamina is an undergraduate student at the Department of International Relations, Peace and Public Policy, St Joseph's University.
Thailand: Economic stability despite political instability
Alka Bala | Alka Bala is an undergraduate student at the Department of International Relations, Peace and Public Policy, St Joseph's University.
Myanmar in 2023: Extended Emergency, Political Instability and State-led violence
Sayani Rana | Sayani Rana is an undergraduate student at the Department of International Relations, Peace, and Public Policy, St Joseph's University, Bangalore.
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China and East Asia
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North Korea in 2023: Military buildups and Close Connections with Russia
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South Korea in 2023: Addressing Climate Change and the Global Supply Chains
Abhishek Ranjan | Abhishek Ranjan is a PhD student at the Korean Studies, Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
East Asia in 2023: Big Power Politics and New Defence Strategies
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Special Edition: Conflicts in 2023
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The Red Sea Crisis and Hungary's blockade of EU's Ukraine aid
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NIAS Africa Weekly #92&93 | COP 28 and Africa
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COP28 and Africa: Priorities and Initiatives
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Cases of COVID-19 Sub-variant in China
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Tensions in South China Sea and Ukraine and Terror Attack in Pakistan
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Regional Round-ups: News from around the World
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NIAS-Conflict Weekly Special Alert | The War in Gaza: Eigth Week
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NIAS Africa Weekly #91 | Failed coup in Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone: A failed coup
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Henry Kissinger: A profile
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NIAS Africa Weekly #90 | Floods in East Africa
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Floods in East Africa
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NIAS-Conflict Weekly Special Alert | The War in Gaza: Seventh Week
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End of a Fragile Peace in Gaza, and a Failed Coup in Sierra Leone
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Return of Nawaz Sharif: An Analysis
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The War in Gaza: Consequences for Israel and the US
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Floods in East Africa, the London Summit on Global Food Security, and the War in Gaza
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NIAS Africa Weekly #89 | Africa’s debate on colonial reparations
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APEC Summit: US-China “de-risking and diversifying”
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NIAS-Conflict Weekly Special Alert | The War in Gaza: Sixth Week
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Into the Fifth Week: The Continuing Ground Offensive and Israel’s Search for Hamas’ Command Centre
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NIAS Africa Weekly #87&88 | Elusive Ceasefires in Sudan
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Sudan’s ceasefires remain elusive: Four reasons why
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NIAS-Conflict Weekly Special Alert | The War in Gaza: Fifth Week
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Russia’s CTBT de-ratification and the G7 meeting in Tokyo
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The Conflict in Sudan and Pakistan's Repatriation of Illegal Refugees
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UK’s AI Summit
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NIAS-Conflict Weekly Special Alert | The War in Gaza: Fourth Week
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Ten years of BRI: Xi and the Beijing Summit
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The return of the South China Sea
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BRICS Summit poised as the Champion of Global South
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Japan-Australia's Reciprocal Access Agreement
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The SCO Summit and the Delhi Declaration: The Focus on Digital Security and Iran’s Entry
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China: Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ visit emphasizes hope for statehood
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NIAS Africa Weekly #85&86 | Niger-France ties and Liberia elections
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Liberia elections: Explained
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France's increasing unpopularity in Niger
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19th EU-Central Asia Ministerial meeting and the Palenque Summit in Mexico
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The Worsening Situation in Gaza, Rapprochement between Venezuela and the US, and the Philippines- China Maritime Dispute
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Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh Ali Hajveri: On Sufi spirituality
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Ten years of BRI, Elections in Poland, and the Crisis in the US Congress
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The Conflict Escalation in Israel and the Failed Indigenous Voice Referendum in Australia
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NIAS Africa Weekly #82&23 | Continuing Human Rights Issues in Ethiopia
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Continuing Human Rights Issues in Ethiopia: Takeaways of the UN report
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The Snow Leopards of Pakistan
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Poland elections 2023: Reasons behind the shift
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Ukraine: The failure of the Black Sea Grain Initiative
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Three Seas Initiative: Uplifting Eastern and Central Europe
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EU Digital Services Act: Three implications
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Issues for Europe
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Poland’s engagement
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GCC-EU Joint Council and Ministerial Meeting, and EUs New Pact on Migration
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Israel-Palestine Conflict and Earthquake in Afghanistan
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Pakistan repatriates Afghani “Illegal Aliens”
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Torkham border: Pakistan and Afghanistan relations
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G20 Summit: India the Global Host
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Rising security threats after the coup in Niger
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Taiwan: Launches its first domestically built submarine “Hain Kun”
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China: Xi Jinping reaffirms his resolve to rebuild Syria
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A Brief Roundup: 78th United Nations General Assembly
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Africa Weekly #80&81 | Africa in the Indian Ocean and Conflict in Sudan |
Anu Maria Joseph
Africa in the Indian Ocean region: Explained
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Sudan: Escalated fighting between rival factions and its implications
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Nagorno-Karabakh and the End of the Republic of Artsakh
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Justice Isa takes oath as the Chief Justice of Pakistan
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Pakistan, US and the Cipher Controversy: The problem of an inherently asymmetric relationship
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Pakistan: Recent spike in Polio cases
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Pakistan’s Economy: Three questions
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From Cargo to Canvas: The vibrant world of Pakistani Truck Art
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Pakistan: Recent spike in Polio cases
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Pakistan’s power predicament: Soaring bills and public discontent
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Imran Khan, Toshakhana Case, and Islamabad High Court
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From Cargo to Canvas: The vibrant world of Pakistani Truck Art
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NIAS Africa Weekly #80 | Taiwan in Africa: The Last Ally and the Lost Allies
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Taiwan in Africa: The Last Ally and the Lost Allies
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NATO’s Challenge
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Russia’s Endgame
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Ukraine’s Strategies and Endgame
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Russia and North Korea: Putin-Kim Meeting
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Decriminalisation of Abortion in Mexico, Continuing Violence in Sudan, Floods in Libya, and Earthquake in Morocco
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Africa Weekly #79 | Africa Climate Summit
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Africa Climate Summit: Rising new leadership in climate action
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The US and the EU are lacking support in many developing and emerging economies
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The Fall of Black Sea Grain Initiative, Leadership Troubles for Myanmar in ASEAN, and Post-Coup Tensions in Gabon
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Coup in Gabon: Three questions
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Africa Weekly #78 | Coup in Gabon
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The return of South China Sea and the controversy over Fukushima release
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Coup in Gabon and One Year of “Total Peace” in Colombia
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Wildfires in Europe: Another year of devastation
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Floods in Europe: Impacts, and issues
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Return of the Heatwaves
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Africa Weekly #77 | Profile on Ethiopia’s ethnic groups: Composition, Representation and Issues
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A profile on Ethiopia's Oromo ethnic group
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A profile on Ethiopia’s Somali ethnic group
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A profile on Ethiopia’s Afar ethnic group
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The crisis over Turkey-Cyprus road project: Six Questions
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BRICS Summit and the Journey of Chandrayaan-3
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Another Conflict in Ethiopia and a Stalemate in Niger
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Ethiopia’s Amhara problem
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ECOWAS and Niger remain at an impasse, causing a prolonged standoff
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Africa Weekly #75&76 | Ethiopia’s conflict in Amhara and Prolonged standoff in Niger
Lakshmi Parimala H
Mural, Movie and the Map: Akhand Bharat mural and Adipurush
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Trump indictment, Moscow Conference and the Iran-US Prisoner Exchange deal
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The High Seas Treaty
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Political Violence in Ecuador, Wildfires in Hawaii, and Two Years of Taliban Rule
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76 Years After: What Pakistan is? And who is responsible for what it is?
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Japan-Australia's Reciprocal Access Agreement, and the Amazon Summit
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Ukraine War and the International Order
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Continuing Standoff in Niger, Expanding War in Ukraine, and Political Crisis in Senegal
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Increasing Insurgency in East Africa: Major Trends and Trajectories
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Coup in Niger: Manifold national, regional and international stances
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Senegal's political crisis: Four questions
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Africa Weekly #73&74 | Coup in Niger and Senegal’s political crisis
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Germany-Russia Relations: What Next?
Ankita Dutta
The Ukraine War: Europe’s Watershed moment, with four significant outcomes
D. Suba Chandran
Que Sara Sara: Pakistan, Two Months After 09 May
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Pakistan, IMF and China: Between debt uncertainty and geopolitical interests
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Pakistan’s e-Sport Industry: A Profile
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The Coup in Niger, Violent anti-government demonstrations in Kenya, and Protests in Israel over judicial reforms
Rubina Pradhan
European Union Emissions Trading Scheme: A Prototype for Global Emissions Reduction Mechanism
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Euroscepticism Transformed: Italy’s Meloni Seeks to Reform the EU from Within
Ramya Balasubramanian
Russia and Europe: Understanding Moscow’s strategies
Bibhu Prasad Routray
Return of Violence in Manipur
Nithyashree RB
The UN in Africa: MINUSMA has failed. So did Mali
Bibhu Prasad Routray
Myanmar continues to burn
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China-Africa Security Partnership: Expansion Across Spectrums
NIAS Africa Team
Africa Weekly #72 | End of MIUSMA in Mali and Chinese Security Interventions in Africa
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China: Xi welcomes “Old friend” Henry Kissinger
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A Profile of the Wagner group in Africa: From supporting military, authoritarian leaders to fighting militancy and mine licencing
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The Wagner Group in Africa: Fallouts of the failed revolt in Russia
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Africa Weekly #69-71 | The Wagner Group in Africa
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India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets President of UAE
Lakshmi Parimala
Hybrid Warfare in Ukraine
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The SCO Summit and Top Ten Technologies in 2023
IPRI Team
Protests in France, Termination of UN Mission in Mali, and Violence in Israel
Padmashree Anandhan
Rise and fall of the Wagner Revolt: Four Takeaways
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The Wagner Revolt: A profile of Yevgeny Prigozhin
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The High Seas Treaty, Global Financing Pact Summit, and the IMF-Pakistan Deal
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The War in Ukraine: Four Issues to watch in 2023
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Rise and Fall of the Wagner Revolt, Failure of the Ninth Ceasefire in Sudan, and the Global Gender Gap Report
Rishika Yadav, Sneha Surendran, Sandra D Costa, Ryan Marcus, Prerana P and Nithyashree RB
Global Gender Gap Report 2023: Regional Takeaways
GP Team
Modi's US Visit, and the Wagner Revolt in Russia
Harini Madhusudan, Rishika Yada, Sneha Surendran, Prerana P, Sreeja JS and Padmashree Anandhan
Russia: Anatomy of Wagner Revolt, and its Fallouts
GP Team
India and the US: Bilateral Collaboration on Technology dominates PM Modi's Visit
IPRI Team
Violence in Uganda, Migrant Crisis in the Mediterranean, State of the Climate in Europe, and Taliban Arms Management
Bibhu Prasad Routray
The Civil War in Myanmar: Continuing Violence, the Battle of Attrition, and the Divide within ASEAN
NIAS Africa Team
Africa Weekly #68 | Eritrea Rejoining IGAD and Resurging Insurgency in Uganda
Anu Maria Joseph
Resurging insurgency in Uganda and insecurity in East Africa
Jerry Franklin
Eritrea: Back to the IGAD after 16 years
GP Team
China: Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ visit emphasizes hope for statehood
IPRI Team
Counter-Offensive and Drone Attacks in Ukraine, and Continuing Violence in Manipur
Bibhu Prasad Routray
India: Violence continues in Manipur
NIAS Africa Team
Africa Weekly #67 | Persisting Ethnic Cleansing in Ethiopia's Tigray Region and a Political profile on Tunisia
Jerry Franklin
Tunisia: A Political Profile
Anu Maria Joseph
Persisting Ethnic Cleansing in Ethiopia's Tigray Region: Four Takeaways
GP Team
Political Crises in Maldives, Domestic instability in Colombia, and the Debt Crisis in Pakistan
IPRI Team
Canada's Wildfires, and Reviews of two reports on Tigray and the Arctic Ice-melt
NIAS Africa Team
Africa Weekly #66 | Ceasefires in Sudan & Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis
Jerry Franklin
Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis: Reasons for its continuation
Anu Maria Joseph
Ceasefires in Sudan: An uneasy trajectory
Akshaya S
Russia’s imperial ambitions: Suppressing Ukraine’s Culture
GP Team
North Korea's space ambitions, Turkey elections, and The US debt ceiling
Rishika Yadav, Sreeja JS, Nithyashree RB, and Melvin George | Rishika Yadav is a Research Assistant in NIAS Europe Studies at NIAS. Nithyashree RB, Sreeja JS, and Melvin George are Research Interns in NIAS Europe Studies at NIAS.
The Battle for Bakhmut: Significance, Objectives, Course, and What Next
Nithyashree RB
Poland approves Russian Influence Law: Three Implications
Sreeja JS
The Nordic-Ukraine Summit: Four Takeaways
Rishika Yadav | Research Assistant, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore
Serbia: Mass shootings, protests and instability
Rishika Yadav and Nityashree RB | Research Assistant and Research Intern, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bangalore
Turkey’s Elections: Unravelling the Political Spectacle of 2023
Padmashree Anandhan | Research Associate National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore
Belgorod drone attacks: Who, What and Why?
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The Russia-Ukraine Drone Warfare, Violence in Kosovo, and a Separatists' Crisis in Cameroon
NIAS Africa Team
In Focus | Japan in Africa
Devjyoti Saha
Japan in Africa: Renewed Efforts to Revitalise Relations
Indrani Talukdar
Russia's Position in the Arctic: New challenges
Debangana Chatterjee
The Ground Reality of Feminist Foreign Policy: A Conceptual Analysis of the European Framework
Kasturi Chatterjee
European Integration: Why Recognition of the Armenian Genocide Matters for the EU
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Ukraine crisis: Relooking the Security Debates in Europe
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Assessing EU Integration over the Years by Analysing the Response of Member Countries to Refugees
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Thailand elections, G7 Summit challenges, and Ecuador's new instability
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Bhutan's Gross National Happiness
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The Trump Phenomenon: Why it Won’t Go
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G7 Summit in Japan, and China-Central Asia Summit in Xian
GP Team
Sheikh Hasina’s Visit to the US, UK and Japan
Rishika Yadav
Turkey’s Election: Issues, Actors and Outcomes
IPRI Team
The Armenia-Azerbaijan Stalemate
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ASEAN- India Maritime Exercise, and President Marcos' US Visit
IPRI Team
Another ceasefire in Sudan, and a Counteroffensive in Ukraine
NIAS Africa Team
Droughts in East Africa: A climate disaster
IPRI Team
Evacuation in Sudan, and the Chinese Ambassador's statement on the status of former Soviet republics
NIAS Africa Team
Sudan: Intensifying political rivalry and expanding violence
GP Team
Leaked Pentagon Documents: Major Takeaways
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Violence in Sudan and the Battle for Bakhmut
NIAS Africa Team
IN FOCUS | Nigeria’s new wave of kidnappings: Who, why and what fallouts
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100 days of Lula in Brazil, and Pension reforms in France
NIAS Africa Team
Expanding Russia-South Africa relations
Padmashree Anandhan
Pentagon document leak: Russia-Ukraine Conflict From a Tactical Lens
IPRI Team
Violence in Israel and 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement
GP Team
Macron's China Visit, Tsai's US Visit, Artemis-II Mission and OPEC's Crude Oil Cuts
IPRI Team
Protests in Israel, Elections in Finland, and Kidnapping in Nigeria
NIAS Africa Team
IN FOCUS | Tunisia: The question of undocumented migrants
GP Team
Turkey and Finland’s NATO membership, and expanding Russia-South Africa relations
IPRI Team
Sri Lanka's IMF deal and Violence in Haiti
IPRI Team
Protests in Senegal, Imran Khan's arrest attempt and Bank distress across the US and Europe
GP Team
Saudi Arabia - Iran rapprochement, the AUKUS deal and China's 14th National Party Congress
Himani Pant
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s India visit: Taking bilateral relations to the next level
Sourina Bej
UK's new bill is a misguided patchwork to Europe's refugee problem
IPRI Team
Protests in Georgia, Japan-South Korea reconciliation, and Iran’s school poisoning
GP Team
The UK's new bill on illegal migration
Indrani Talukdar
Belarus’s endgame in Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Padmashree Anandhan
Russia: Drone attacks escalate the Ukraine war
Padmashree Anandhan
The UK: Conservative party put to test as worker strikes continue
D Suba Chandran
Election Schedule for Punjab and KP: A split judicial verdict and the complications thereof
D Suba Chandran
Peshawar Suicide Attack: Consistent TTP violence and inconsistent State reponse
Bhoomika Sesharaj
PR Explains: Pakistan’s power outage
Abigail Miriam Fernandez
Pakistan’s Blue Helmets: A long-standing contribution
D Suba Chandran
Karachi: The race and new alignments for the Mayor
NIAS Africa Team
IN FOCUS | Macron’s visit to Africa: Three Takeaways
NIAS Africa Team
IN FOCUS | Nigeria elections: Ruling party wins; What is ahead?
GP Team
Macron's Africa visit, Suspension of the START treaty and the return of COVID origin debate
IPRI Team
New BREXIT deal on Northern Ireland, battle for Bakhmut and return of violence in Palestine
GP Team
Japan, Philippines and the tensions in the South China Sea
IPRI Team
Protests in China and France, and post-earthquake crises in Turkey and Syria
NIAS Africa Team
IN FOCUS | M23 atrocities in DRC and upcoming Nigeria elections
IPRI Team
The US-China tensions over balloon, and Weather anomalies in the Americas
GP Team
Russia in Africa, and Biden's State of the Union address
NIAS Africa Team
Africa in 2023: Elections and conflicts
IPRI Team
The continuing crisis in Israel
GP Team
Two years after the coup in Myanmar, and the EU-Ukraine Summit
NIAS Africa Team
IN FOCUS | Chinese Foreign Minister's visit to Africa
IPRI Team
Protests in Spain, Sweden and Israel
Avishka Ashok
China: A complicated economic recovery
Madhura Mahesh
Latin America: Elections, problems of governance and deteriorating economy
Padmashree Anandhan
Europe: An impending energy crisis and its economic fallouts
Ankit Singh
Defence: Towards a new cold war
Riya Itisha Ekka
Brazil: Managing Bolsonaro’s legacy
Apoorva Sudhakar
Africa: Despite the elections, democratic backslide will continue
Sayani Rana
Australia, China and Japan: Diplomatic challenges in East Asia
Anu Maria Joseph
Africa: Domestic instability, bilateral conflicts, and insurgencies ahead
Abigail Miriam Fernandez
Pakistan in 2023: Between elections, economic turmoil and climate crisis
Sethuraman Nadarajan
Sri Lanka in 2023: A troubling economy and an unstable polity
Avishka Ashok
Chinese Foreign Minister's visit to Africa
IPRI Team
Population decline in China, and Protests in Peru
GP Team
North American Leaders Summit, US-Japan 2+2 dialogue and the World Banks' prospects for 2023
NIAS Africa Team
IN FOCUS | Bamako’s pardon of Ivorian soldiers
GP Team
The return of Lula and China's relaxation of travel rules
NIAS Africa Team
IN FOCUS | The relapse of ANC
GP Team
Top 22 developments from the world in 2022
Allen Joe Mathew, Sayani Rana, Joel Jacob
Newsmakers: From Putin to Rushdie
Sethuraman Nadarajan
Rest in Peace; Queen Elizabeth. Mikhail Gorbachev, Pelé...
Ankit Singh
Global economy in 2022: The year of cooling down
Bhoomika Sesharaj
Digital world: Elon Musk and the Twitter Chaos
Madhura Mahesh
The FTX Collapse: Depleting cryptocurrencies
Harini Madhusudan
The Space race: Scaling new technological feats
Avishka Ashok
G20: More challenges
Akriti Sharma
COP27: Hits and Misses
Padmashree Anandhan
The Ukraine War
Poulomi Mondal
French Exit from Mali: More questions than answers
Mohaimeen Khan
Yemen, Syria, and Sudan: Continuing humanitarian crises
Padmashree Anandhan
NATO and the Madrid Summit: Expanding defence frontiers
Madhura Mahesh
Elections in Colombia and Brazil: Re-emergence of the Pink Tide
Padmashree Anandhan
Elections in France, Sweden, and Italy: The rise of the right
Janardhan G
North Korea: Missile Tests Galore
Sapna Elsa Abraham
China and the Middle East: Xi Jinping’s visit towards a “new era” and “China-Arab community”
Avishka Ashok
The Taiwan Strait: Political and military assertions
Anu Maria Joseph
Ethiopia: Uncertainties despite ceasefire
Apoorva Sudhakar
Tunisia: The end of the Jasmine Revolution
Rashmi BR
Iraq: Deadlock and breakthrough
Kaviyadharshini A
Iran: Anti-government protests
Avishka Ashok
China: 20th Party Congress and Xi Jinping's consolidation
Chrishari de Alwis Gunasekare
Sri Lanka: Political and Economic Crises
Aparupa Bhattacherjee
Myanmar: The coup and after
IPRI Team
Peace and conflict in 2022: Top 50 stories from around the world
GP Team
Thaw in China-Australia relations, and the return of Ramaphosa in South Africa
IPRI Team
Global Biodiversity Framework and the EU's gas price capping regulation
NIAS Africa Team
The US-Africa Leaders Summit
GP Team
The US-Africa Leaders Summit and the FTX CEO's arrest
IPRI Team
Workers strike in the UK
Xi's visit to Saudi Arabia and Peru's political instability
NIAS Africa Team
IN FOCUS | The Wagner Group, exploitation of conflicts and increased dependency on Russia
NIAS Africa Team
IN FOCUS | End of Operation Barkhane
NIAS Africa Team
IN FOCUS | The ceasefire in Ethiopia
IPRI Team
Drone attacks in Russia
GP Team
The Taiwanese local elections and the legacies of Jiang Zemin
IPRI Team
Protests in China and the end of TTP's ceasefire in Pakistan
Vignesh Ram | Assistant Professor | Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Malaysia’s recent Elections: More questions than answers
Vignesh Ram
Anwar Ibrahim: Malaysia's new Prime Minister
Sai Pranav
Energy Charter Treaty: Three reasons for EU member states exit
Harini Madhusudan, Rishma Banerjee, Padmashree Anandhan, Ashwin Immanuel Dhanabalan, and Avishka Ashok
What next for Russia, Ukraine, Europe, South Asia & India, and China
Sourina Bej
The UK: Domestic, regional and global challenges to the new Prime Minister
Padmashree Anandhan and Rishma Banerjee
UNGA 77: Who said what from Europe?
Mathew Sonu Simon
The Ukraine Conflict: What does it mean for Eastern Europe? Where does India stand?
Sourina Bej
Boris Johnson exits: The Unravelling of UK leadership in crisis
Rashmi BR and Akriti Sharma
COP27: Ten key takeaways
Rashmi Ramesh
Ice Melt in Alps in Europe: Three impacts
Rishma Banerjee
Tracing Europe's droughts
Sai Pranav
Mapping Europe's Wildfires and tracing the causes
Padmashree Anandhan
Major causes behind Europe’s continuing heatwaves
Emmanuel Selva Royan
100 days of the Ukraine war: US Responses in the war
Padmashree Anandhan
100 days of the Ukraine war: What next for Europe?
Rishma Banerjee
100 days of the Ukraine war: Ukraine holds their own against Russia’s aggression
Ashwin Immanuel Dhanabalan
100 days of the Ukraine war: More loss than gain for Russia
IPRI Team
A ceasefire in DRC and a report on the repatriation from Syria's detention camps
NIAS Africa Team
IN FOCUS | Challenges to peace in Eastern Congo
IPRI Team
Special Edition: 150th Issue of Conflict Weekly
Avishka Ashok | Research Associate | National Institute of Advanced Studies
20th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China: Major takaways
Angelin Archana | Assistant Professor, Women’s Christian College, Chennai
China's response to the Ukraine crisis: Shaped by its relationship with Russia and EU under the US Shadow
Shreya Upadhyay | Assistant Professor, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore
Transatlantic Ties in the Wake of Ukraine-Russia War
Uma Purushothaman | Assistant Professor, Central University of Kerala, Kerala
Ukraine and beyond: The US Strategies towards Russia
Debangana Chatterjee | Assistant Professor, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Bangalore
Lessons from Ukraine War: Effectiveness of Sanctions
Himani Pant | Research Fellow, ICWA, Delhi
Ukraine and beyond: What next for Russia and Europe?
Sethuraman Nadarajan
Israel-Lebanon Maritime Border Deal
Avishka Ashok
G20 Summit: Four takeaways from Bali
GP Team
G-20 and COP-27 Summits: Key Takeaways
GP Team
Brief updates from around the world
NIAS Africa Team
China-Africa relations: Looking back and looking ahead
IPRI Team
Assassination attempt on Imran Khan and Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson
IPRI Team
Permanent ceasefire in Ethiopia and a report on the supply chain behind war crimes in Myanmar
NIAS Africa Team
IN FOCUS | Chad's political crisis
Sourina Bej
Elections in Sweden
Padmashree Anandhan
Italy's far-right wins 2022 elections
Padmashree Anandhan
Putin’s address in the Valdai Discussion: Six takeaways
Devjyoti Saha
Solomon Islands’ China card: Three reasons why
Dr Beena
Sri Lanka’s political and economic crisis: Implications for India
GP Team
Elon Musk's Twitter deal and Putin's Valdai address
IPRI Team
Chad: Extension of transition period sparks pro-democratic protests
NIAS Africa Team
Floods in West Africa: Nigeria and beyond
NIAS Africa Team
IN FOCUS | Famine in Somalia
NIAS Africa Team
IN FOCUS | Kenya Elections 2022
GP Team
China's 20th Party Congress and Former Prime Minister Liz Truss' resignation in the UK
IPRI Team
Haiti's Gang Violence, Venezuelan Migrants and the US, and Global Hunger Index
IPRI Team
UNHRC proceedings on Xinjiang and the Oxfam report on reducing inequality
IPRI Team
North Korea's missile tests and Russia's annexation of four territories
IPRI Team
Protests in Iran
IPRI Team
The UN report on Xinjiang: Four Takeaways
IPRI Team
Violence in Baghdad and Renewed fighting in Ethiopia
GP Team
UN deems Russia’s referendums illegal
GP Team
The US easing sanctions on Venezuela, OPEC's production cut, and the WTO report on global trade
GP Team
The new DART Mission: A new era of planetary defence
GP Team
Putin and Russia's New Ukraine Strategy
IPRI Team
Clashes between Armenia-Azerbaijan
GP Team
The SCO Summit, and the Sweden Elections
IPRI Team
Ukraine's counter-offensive, North Korea's legislation on preemptive nuclear strike, and a report on Modern Slavery
Sourina Bej
The UK: Domestic, regional and global challenges to the new Prime Minister
GP Team
Military exercises in Russia’s Far East, Eastern Economic Forum summit, and India-Bangladesh relations
Padmashree Anandhan
Queen Elizabeth: End of an era
Padmashree Anandhan
Russia and Eastern Economic Forum 2022: A sturdy Far East
NIAS Africa Team
IN FOCUS | The reinvention of Al Shabab
NIAS Africa Team
IN FOCUS | Lavrov's visit to Africa
NIAS Africa Team
IN FOCUS | Macron's visit to Africa
GP Team
Floods and Emergency in Pakistan
IPRI Team
Six months of War in Ukraine
GP Team
Regional round-ups
Monkeypox: Mapping the outbreak and addressing misconceptions
STIR Team
Ukraine-Russia War: A Politicised International Space Station, Heatwaves in Europe, and UN Ocean Conference 2022
GP Team
Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, Sri Lanka's appeal to the IMF and Amnesty's report on Ukraine's Human Rights Violation
Padmashree Anandhan
Who will be the next UK prime minister: Liss Truss v. Rishi Sunak
IPRI Team
Zawahiri's killing, Pope's apology to the indigenous people in Canada, Iraq's political crisis, and Senegal's disputed elections
NIAS Africa Team
IN FOCUS | Tunisia's political crisis
GP Team