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Harsh V PantThe global order is evolving at a fast pace with nations, large and small, struggling to cope with the tumult around them. While major powers compete among themselves in shoring up their global heft and capabilities, the...
Srikanth KondapalliThe sudden vanishing of Bao Fan, the head of China Renaissance Holdings, whose clients include ride-hailing Didi Chuxing and food-delivery app Meituan, has once again stirred the hornet’s nest in China. While such disappearances are not strange in...
Harsh V Pant & Mauro BonavitaIn the last few years, there has been an impressive acceleration in Italy’s engagement with the Indo-Pacific and not only in terms of economic presence, which was already very marked, but also political attention....
Anil TrigunayatWell, after an year of Russia–Ukraine war or Moscow’s special ops one thing is for sure that there are no winners and the whole world especially the deprived developing countries, who had nothing to do with these power games, are...
Srikanth Kondapalli As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its second year and the path to ending the war remains uncertain, China is increasingly feeling constrained by and conflicted with its national interests and strategic goals, the exaggerated limitless...
T K ArunOne year on, the Ukraine war is set to escalate. The West is supplying Kyiv with ever more sophisticated weapons with which to continue fighting, and Russia and its leader Vladimir Putin deepen their conviction that they...
Harsh V PantOn 24 February, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, not only provoking the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II, but also setting in motion geopolitical trends that are likely...
Harsh V PantThe one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine marks an important turning point in our understanding of the post-Second World War global order. What was supposed to be a short and successful war against what seemed...
Harsh V PantEarlier this month, national security adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval was in Moscow to attend the fifth multilateral meeting of secretaries of security councils and NSAs on Afghanistan, where he met Russian President Vladimir Putin. It was remarkable...
Radha R Ashrit & Ann MariaLong-term impairments in physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory functioning might, in combination with other barriers, limit a person’s ability to fully and effectively participate in society on an equitable basis. Around the globe, more...