Winners and Losers in the Russia–Ukraine Cyberwar
2023 ,
The cyber conflict between Russia and Ukraine preceded the kinetic conflict by almost a month, with the first major cyber attack on 14 January 2022 knocking out over 70 Ukrainian...
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Egyptian President Visit to India Strengthens Partnership
2023 ,
Egyptian President Abdel Fateh Al Sisi was on a visit to India from 24 to 26 January 2023. Al Sisi was in India as chief guest for the 74th Republic...
Read MoreRe-Energising Science Diplomacy in South Asia
2023 ,
At the 108th Indian Science Congress on 3 January 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted the scientific community to work towards meeting “the needs of the country…and give momentum to...
Read MoreThe Race for the Indian Naval Fighter Contract
2023 ,
November 2022 saw the visit of the French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu as well as the US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro to India. Lecornu was in New...
Read MoreSafety Systems of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plants Complex
2022 ,
On 27 February 2022, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was alerted by Ukraine's Foreign Ministry that the Russian army was approaching the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) complex.1 Within a week,...
Read MoreSCO-RATS: Finding Common Ground against Terrorism
2022 ,
As Chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation-Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (SCO-RATS) during 2021–2022, India repeatedly stressed on the destabilising regional and global consequences of terrorism emanating from Afghanistan. India hosted the...
Read MoreEuropean Sky Shield Initiative: Reinforcing Europe’s Air Defences
2022 ,
The Ukraine war has reset Europe’s equation with Russia in an irrevocable manner. It has united a seemingly fractured European leadership and provided NATO’s waning presence in the region with...
Read MorePolitical Change in Malaysia: A Harbinger of Hope?
2022 ,
Malaysian society and politics is marked by racial and religious polarisation. Political parties have frequently exploited this for their purposes which has led to social unrest and the malfunction of...
Read More20th CPC Congress and Indian Media View
2022 ,
The 20th CPC Congress was extensively covered in Indian media.1 An analysis of editorials of select English national dailies, chosen on the basis of their readership, brings to fore three...
Read MoreEmerging Fault Lines between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban
2022 ,
It is said that in politics there are no permanent friends or enemies, there are only permanent interests. Therefore, politicians, particularly the rulers of a country, assess long-term implications of...
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