The Economic Survey for 2023 is out. Focussing on Western economies after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, and amidst the global slowdown ushered by the Russia-Ukraine war last year, the document highlights several indicators. One of the consequences of Read More …
Southeast Asia’s boys at Davos last week seemed intent to say what they won’t do about Myanmar, which on Wednesday marks the second anniversary of the military coup that ousted its democratically-elected government. As Anutin Charnvirakul, deputy prime minister of Read More …
Political turmoil and uncertainty beset Central Asia in 2022. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan faced domestic, regional and international challenges exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. This brought into sharp relief both the systemic threats to peace and stability Read More …
With 100 percent of polling stations now reporting, the results of the 2023 Czech presidential election are official. Retired NATO general Petr Pavel has defeated opponent Andrej Babiš with 58.32 percent of the vote and will become the Czech Republic’s Read More …
The ripple effect of the egregious and multi-pronged attacks, targeting all the pillars of democracy in the United States offers a cautionary tale. But truth be told, no system is “pitch perfect” and devoid of unique encumbrances, be it parliamentary, Read More …
When the German and U.S. governments finally agreed this week to supply some of their most formidable battle tanks to Ukraine, the balance of power within Europe perceptibly shifted. For months, President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, fearing Read More …
Understanding the mechanics that cause conflict and identifying multi-scale population areas that are at risk of conflict Research areas Mathematical physics || Information Theory (Applied Mathematics) || Graph Theory Introduction The defence and security sector is increasingly facing a myriad Read More …
The latest U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) and National Defense Strategy (NDS) categorically highlight China’s assertive behavior in the Indo-Pacific and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as threats to the U.S.-led liberal international order. South Asia in terms of regional priorities Read More …
The development of technology, communication tools and the spread of Internet access in the 21st century, have made the modern citizen of Western liberal democracies a citizen of not only an information society, but also a network society. This means Read More …
In recent years European and other nations have been increasingly targeted by different manipulation or coercion tactics that remain under the threshold of violence, and are commonly referred to as hybrid threats. For instance, in 2016 the elections in the Read More …
