South china sea covers almost 3,500,000 square km in the pacific ocean. There are several states having both inland and maritime claims to the South China Sea. The major states in these disputes include China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei. Such disputes have made the area as Asia’s […]
The growing influence of Asia Pacific in the making of new world system is an open truth by now. The region has been the centre of academic debates because of Sino-US eyeball-to-eyeball economic and covert military competition. More specifically, according to the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), Asian countries […]
In the perspective of the new great game, Western Asia/Middle East has emerged as a highly significant strategic constituent of the international political landscape. The complex calculus of Western Asia has affected the direction of integration, complexions of regional politics, sectarian crisis and nuclear non-proliferation. The contemporary interplay of regional […]
The earthquake in Nepal was the most powerful disaster to hit the country in its history. The death toll has reached the 8,000 figure while twice as many are injured. Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has stated that the number could reach 10,000. In addition to that, centuries old buildings were […]
The phenomenon of continuous swing in the global political dynamics besides a shift in power among the major players of the world, the face of interstate relations keeps changing respectively. Given the fact, it is important that our understanding of the world should also evolve accordingly, and we are not […]
In the post-Cold war era, one of the major foreign policy objectives of the great powers has become prevention of further nuclear proliferation and for the reason many nonproliferation frameworks are developed. During the Cold War era, the formation of Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1968 with the aim to […]
“The underlying problem for the West is not Islamic fundamentalism. It is Islam, a different civilization whose people [is] convinced of the superiority of their culture and [is] obsessed with the inferiority of their power.” These are words of Samuel P. Huntington in The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking […]
Notwithstanding various instruments, one of the predominant challenges in the contemporary security environment to world peace and security is the spread of nuclear weapons. The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), since its ratification is broadly accepted as world’s most triumphant international arms control accord, which has been adhered by all states […]
After the 9/11 terrorists attacks on the US, many spectators voiced their fear about the existence of high probability of a nuclear threat, that the terrorist could acquire and use nuclear weapons to achieve their political-cum-religious motives. The nuclear security summit (NSS) which was born out of President Obama’s Prague […]
Indian Ocean: the third largest ocean in the world enjoys a unique geostrategic and historical importance. It is bordering three continents: Asia, Africa and Australia with 36 littoral and 14 hinterland states including several important emerging economies and rich oil-exporting countries. About 80% oil trade is through it and is […]
