my notes on World Politics
Formed in 2001 by China, Russia and the former four Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was a diplomatic and organizational setup to combine the collective bargaining power of this region in world politics. This Organization was initially focused on the security and regional stability of this region. […]
Comprehensive National Power of a Nation (CNP) like other concepts of social sciences is a multi-defined definition. Each & every nation-state wants to give its’ own meaning & definition to it with their respective position in World Politics with a clear cut favour for them. However, among the plethora of definitions the most accepted one […]
What are the historical similarities that we can draw between the ongoing one-year-long Russia-Ukrainian war? This would likely be the first unofficial war between the two countries where two records and captures battle field developments live for them. The war is unofficial according to international law as Moscow has not declared war on Kyiv. Technically […]
The chess board of global politics aligns and changes itself with every slight move in international politics so quickly and sharply that one has to be on a constant vigil least one might be at the receiving end. After the demise of the Soviet Union world remained unipolar for more than two decades. Russia attacked […]
The National Narrative. Story & story-telling is something that has always fascinated man from antiquity to the present digital age. Every region of the world & culture has its own tales that reverberate in their social or collective consciousness showing their worldview. They tell their young ones who were they, where they came from & […]
The significance of gold in grand strategy is usually underrated. This misconception is the result of open denigration for the economist who believed on its superiority for the national power. For some (John Keynes) it was a ‘barbaric relic’ while for others (Ben Bernanke) it was merely a ‘tradition of past’. The two types of […]
Why are National Interests Necessary? Article courtesy by; Professor Mikhail Troitsky. https://eng.globalaffairs.ru International relations are concerned with national interests and how they evolve. Some researchers insist that there are obligatory and unchangeable interests expressed in terms of power or prosperity. Others suggest reconstructing national interests depending on how a country acts in a particular situation. […]
(US-China trade war 2018-2019) The wars that are fought between two or more countries on the basis of their industrial and economic productions is termed as trade war. In such wars the two sides and their allies or dependents follow such policies that protect or safeguard their domestic industries from the foreign strong competitors who […]
