West Asia Anti-hijab protests rage across Iran after death of Mahsa AminiJohn CherianThese are seemingly different from earlier agitations in the way they foreground women’s issues.
World Affairs: The Phillippines Philippines: Ferdinand Marcos Jr wins landslide victory in presidential election John Cherian With Ferdinand Marcos Junior and Sara Duterte Carpio, both children of leaders who had scant regard for human rights and the rule of law, recording la
St. Petersburg Diary On an emotional roller coasterKsenia KondratievaImages of buildings destroyed, burned out as a result of a missile hit, haunt me wherever I walk through the city streets. For many people in this cit
World Affairs: Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resignsR.K. RadhakrishnanThe resignation follows unrest and violence in Colombo, unleashed by Mahinda Rajapaksa’s supporters on peaceful protestors.
World Affairs: France France's presidential election results highlight growing threat of racism and xenophobiaJohn CherianThe results of the presidential election in France show that the influence of racist and xenophobic right-wing parties is growing in French and Europe
World Affairs: Ukraine Deepening crisis in Ukraine John CherianThe conflict in Ukraine seems to have no chance of easing as the U.S. and its NATO allies continue with their bellicose statements and an ever-increas
DOHA FORUM 2022 Doha Forum 2022: U.S. position on Ukraine fails to find takers K.P. FabianAt the Doha Forum 2022 held in March, the U.S. position on Ukraine did not find much favour with audiences and there was also the realisation that rat
Ukraine Ukraine conflict begins to resemble virtual NATO-Russia warJohn CherianAt the instigation of the Biden administration, the conflict in Ukraine has now been virtually transformed into a NATO-Russia war. However, hopes that
Ukraine conflict Signs of hope: Negotiations could lead to an end to Ukraine conflictJohn CherianAs the war in Ukraine enters its second month, there is a glimmer of hope that negotiations between the warring sides could end the conflict. This wou
NORTH KOREA’S NEW MISSILE North Korea on a testing spree John CherianNorth Korea tests an ICBM citing the escalating military tension in and around the Korean peninsula, the inevitability of the long-standing confrontat
WORLD AFFAIRS Conservatives’ turn in South Korea with Yoon Suk-yeol's victoryJohn CherianThe conservative Yoon Suk-yeol, who fuelled his election campaign with a rhetoric of confrontation with the North reminiscent of the Cold War era, is
India & China The way forward in India-China relations K.S. Subramanian To reach a settlement with China, India must promote an honest discussion about the history of the boundary dispute and remove the simplistic narrativ
Russia & Ukraine The lingering war: Scope of Russia-Ukraine conflict widens John CherianThe scope of the war has widened, with the Russian military announcing that Western arms supplies to the Ukrainian government forces would henceforth
An institute of Bodology to investigate the past The Bodos are constructing a comprehensive picture of the Brahmaputra civilisation.
