Polarization; left-right, up & down
Polarization refers to a state in which the opinions, feelings, behaviours, or interests of a group or society become more bimodal and the two modes move further apart.
Climatic politics in World politics!
The US claims that its decarbonization efforts to control global warming receive a setback from the Chinese consumption of fossil fuel which accounts for 30 percent of the whole world’s carbon emission.
War, media blackouts, and Palestine
All of us have our likes and dislikes, favourites and abhorrent and idiosyncrasies that determine our mental tendencies. This malady is a common human heritage. But in times of crisis, it becomes more visible and stark than other normal times of life. History, culture, geography and political weightage of one element over the other play […]
The multiplying African Coups
Since the end of the Second World War and with the process of decolonization set in motion after this war, it is estimated that nearly 200 coups were carried out in this continent.
Palestine: Realism, Pragmatism and Middle East
William James and John Dewey were both critical of the US Foreign policy. They never supported or endorsed the US in 1898 the capturing of the Philippines. Even though they both their enormous impact on the philosophical and political realm, their writings and influences in politics and international relations were never fully endorsed or acknowledged. […]
Optics in politics; varying in number
The lexicographic definition of optics is the scientific study of light, its behaviour, transmission and deflection with other material objects. Being an analysis of vision, sight and light the word Optics predominant use have to be found in politics and specially in analysing the foreign policy and its different dimensions apart from its specific use […]
Beijing and Taliban; national interest enjoins them
The most debatable and perplexing question in international relations is the answer to what is the defining definition of national interests. If an exact and accepted answer is hard to find for this question, there is so much fluidity of opinions on this that in future there is hardly any hope for answering this puzzle! […]
Political circle of assassins and assassinations
Whenever a political or any other person becomes too irritating for their government which does not tolerate any dissenter or dissemination of views whether they are political or apolitical, they turn to some tactics and methods whose legality and ethicality are always questionable. Historical background The etymological background of the assassin, one who does such […]
SCO: fears and hopes side by side!
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. […]
China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia: linning from East Asia to West Asia
Iran-Saudi confrontation also sometimes referred to as the Persian-Arab conflict had deep historical roots that go back to the conquest of Persia by the Rashidun Caliphate in the 7th century resulting in the fall of both the Sasanian Empire and the Zoroastrian religion. Thus this term, Persian-Arab or Iran-Saudi conflict as nowadays used collates within […]