Opinion – What If Afghanistan Had Its Own Gandhi?
The lesson of Afghanistan seen through the eyes of Gandhi is that one cannot expect that peace, stability, nationalism, and conflict resolution can be enforced through violence.
Opinion – Rwanda and the DRC: Converging at Last?
Good neighbourly relations after years of conflict, acrimony and wasted opportunities can significantly improve the chances for both nations to positively impact one another.
Opinion – #arrestlucknowgirl: A Reminder of India’s Postcolonial Desire to Control Women
We should begin engaging with postcolonial Indian feminist consciousness by denouncing violence strongly without universalizing a stand-alone issue.
Managing China’s Rise: Lessons from 1914
That China is seeking to move to the center stage of world politics, no one can doubt. That this will inevitably result in war is a much more dubious proposition.
Opinion – The Olympic Games as a Reflection of Global Power
The balance of power should not be measured only by military power or economics but also by analyzing mega-events like the Olympics where nations that dominate the podium also dominate the global arena.
75 Years Post-Independence, India’s Tryst with Fear
India’s independence is marked by an absence of freedom for swathes of its dispossessed population – a society where violence is so complete that it is almost invisible.
‘Effective, Deployable, Accountable: Pick Two’: Regulating Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems
LAWS regulation looks as though it may be an object lesson in the risks of seeing ideational social-structural phenomena as material and immutable.
Will China-US Great Power Competition Lead to War? A Thomistic Perspective
It is reasonable to expect that China will intensify its strategic campaign to displace the US in the Indo-Pacific and as the hegemonic power on the world stage.
Opinion – Discriminatory Ice Cream?
Ben & Jerry’s market is concerned with left-wing causes like social rights, racial justice and environmental sustainability. For a large part of that constituency, the Palestinian issue is another top-rank concern.
Opinion – A Feminist Foreign Policy for India: Where to Turn?
One can find various forms of feminist consciousness rooted in anti-imperial political thought and an early blueprint of what is today called feminist foreign policy.
