Important Editorials on Foreign Policy, National Security, Geopolitics & International Relationship
[FP & IR] Israel-Palestine Conflict
The Issue: – 1) Britain took control of the area known as Palestine after the ruler of that part of [...]
[FP & IR] Mikhail Gorbachev: Things You Must Know
Background : Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev passed away recently at the age of 91 after suffering from a [...]
[FP & IR]The “porcupine doctrine” of Taiwan
Context– Recently Taiwan has invoked the ‘porcupine strategy’ to protect itself if China attacks. […]
[FP& IR] The middle path for India in the new world disorder.
Since the end of the Second World War, the global order has seen two major transitions. After the War, a [...]
Is this India’s moment of reckoning ?
The Russia-Ukraine conflict portends a reshaping of the world order. Ever since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, [...]
The 5-4-3-2 of USA’s Geopolitiking.
News: China has accused the U.S. of “stoking geopolitical rivalry” by “forming exclusive clubs”. By “strengthening the Five Eyes intelligence [...]
Great Game in Central Asia.
Backgound:- The third India-Central Asia Dialogue convened by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday is one in a series [...]
[IR] OPEC vs USA, India, UK, China, Japan & South Korea
The United States may have just started another war that it cannot win. This time it is in the oil [...]
Understanding the Taliban for what it is
A realistic assessment of the circumstances in which it has to operate should have induced the Taliban regime in Afghanistan [...]
Fall of Kabul: On Afghanistan crisis
Key Points:- History came full circle on August 15 when the Taliban captured Kabul, almost 20 years after the U.S. [...]
[IR] Afghanistan, Taliban and USA’s Stealth Mid-night Exit
Syllabus Connect :- GS III (Security challenges and their management in border areas; linkages of organized crime with terrorism) Context:- The [...]
[Geopolitics] India and China Border Dispute
The British organised a conference in Shimla in 1914, which the representatives of China and Tibet attended. The conference’s objective [...]
[IR] G-7’s counter to China’s Belt and Road Initiative
G-7 leaders finally came around with the proposed Build Back Better World (B3W) to counter China’s rising influence across 100-plus [...]
India-China relations, a year after Galwan
In June 2020, PLA troops “surprised” India in the Ladakh sector of the contested LoAC (line of actual control) where [...]
[IR] Indian diaspora pushed US to help India’s Covid efforts
On April 30, Super Galaxy, a huge US military plane, landed in Delhi, bringing oxygen cylinders, hospital equipment and Covid [...]
[IR] Fallout of America’s exit from Afghanistan
President Joe Biden has announced that the United States will pull out all its troops from Afghanistan by 11 September. [...]
[IR] Explained-USA exit from Afghanistan.
As the United States prepares to end its longest war, here is a timeline of the US’s war in [...]
[IR] IRAN deal and the IAEA
Even as the chicken-and-egg game is being played between the U.S. and Iran on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [...]
[IR] Indo-China LAC disengagement @Pangong Lake.
India’s negotiators ought to be commended for their efforts in ensuring a successful border disengagement at Pangong. […]