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G20 Summit: India the Global Host

G20 Summit: Four takeaways from Bali

The G20 Summit concluded with four key takeaways: focus on global issues, the Ukraine war, US-China interactions and India's Presidency. 

The Middle East in 2021: Never-ending wars and conflicts

East Asia in 2021: New era of hegemonic competition

Farfetched goals on pandemic recovery, climate action and economic revival

In the fight against COVID-19, the leaders of the seven most advanced countries in the world came together to 'build back better'. Their goals...

NIAS Global Politics team in conversation with Dr N Ramamoorthy on the recent decision by Iran on enriching its uranium by 20 per cent.

East Asia: Top Five developments in 2020

2020 has been an unusual and strange time for the region in which the ongoing trends continued but with few twists and turn.

Outer Space in 2020: Missions, Privatization, and the Artemis Accords

There is a renewed desire to study and map the surface of the moon. This is a potential cause for problems among countries that is unlikely to be addressed...

China and the US in 2020: Year of Continuing Confrontation

The incoming President Joe Biden has his task cut out for him when it comes to US-China relations. The US-China relations needs to break the mould of tit...

5G, Huawei and TikTok: Four trends in 2020

Security concerns over the technology, between the US and China, are likely to stay as in the US, there is bipartisan approval in restricting companies...

COVID-19: How the world fought in 2020

COVID-19 has exposed the fissures caused by capitalism. It has uncovered the ecological, epidemiological, and economic vulnerabilities imposed by capitalism...

The decline in terrorism in Pakistan in 2019

In comparison to 2018, terror attacks have declined by 13 per cent and the death toll due to terrorist attacks have dropped by 40 per cent. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

Consequences of being grey-listed are significant for the reprimanded countries. First, economic sanctions and difficulties in availing loans from World...

ISIS post Baghdadi: Will there be another Caliphate in 2020?

CWA Brief, February 2020 The world is in a state of transition- in all forms of counter-terrorism measures improving with each day, while the terrorist...

Climate Change: The Economy of the Indian Ocean Region in 2020

CWA Brief, February 2020 Given the rise in the number of estimated environmental hazardous that the world will face in the years to come, correspondingly,...

Climate Change: The New Refugees Paradox in South and East Asia in 2020

CWA Brief, February 2020 Climate change is a threat multiplier and in it, the issue of forced displacement and humanitarian crises beg solidarity...

Addressing Climate Change: Calamities, Risks and Protests in 2020

CWA Brief, February 2020  The COP 25 was another failed attempt in 2019 but the talks are likely to continue in 2020 with deadlocks over CBDR...

India-Pakistan Relation: Will it get worse in 2020?

CWA Brief, February 2020 Four trends will determine the course of India-Pakistan relations in 2020: Pakistan’s increasing peace overtures and...

Israel and the Middle East: The New Alliance Plans in 2020

CWA Brief, February 2020 The political parties in Israel have a similar stance on the issue of Palestinians and are likely to accept Trump's Peace...

The US in the Middle East: Flux or Status Quo in 2020?

CWA Brief, February 2020  In analysing the trends in American foreign policy in the Middle East, one witness both continuations and differences,...

Middle East: The Return of Russia in 2020

CWA Brief, February 2020 With Russia-Middle East ties growing in strength, there is no reason why it shouldn’t move on to relatively newer grounds...

Sudan and Algeria: Road to Democracy in 2020

CWA Brief, February 2020  Fragile settlement and tattered economy for Sudan, the settlement that has been reached is fragile and the country’s...

Syria: ISIS Decline, US Retreat and the Return of Russia in 2020

CWA Brief, February 2020 Two phenomena are of great importance. First, the round-up of US activities – beginning from 2011 the sanctioning of...

The Pangs of BREXIT: UK's Tough Transition in 2020

CWA Brief, February 2020 The Brexit entails the rejection of what the EU stands for: the freedom of unrestricted mobility of capital, labour, services...

The Belt and Road Initiative: A New Global Connectivity Map in 2020

CWA Brief, February 2020 Belt and Road Initiative is working on accelerating countries' dependency on China’s economy. China by portraying...

The US-China Trade Dispute: Towards further disruptions in 2020

CWA Brief, February 2020 Multiple rounds of negotiations between the US and China were observed in the past year, many of which came very close to a...

The US under Donald Trump: The Fall of an Empire in 2020

CWA Brief, February 2020 The shift in the US policy isn’t Trump’s making but can be attributed to the rise of new powers such as China and...

Last year (2019) was incredible for China, witnessing the country’s 70th anniversary since its founding, the nationwide commercialization of 5G and...

Iran, Iraq and the US: Who wants what?

Old problems to persist with no solutions in the near term

Five issues will remain as core problems for Myanmar in 2020; most of these, except for elections and the ICJ verdict will continue to remain the same.

The Middle East in 2019: Domestic Protests, Bilateral Conflicts and Regional Tensions

North Africa in 2019: A year of protests, with some positive results

Hong Kong in 2019: China's New Achilles Heel

The US in 2019: Trump rollsout a template for a global American retreat

Europe in 2019: Hard Brexit for the UK, Systemic Struggle for the EU

The impact of the Brexit on EU has been two-fold: First, along with with UK, the rest of the European countries have also indicated strains while following...

Climate Change in 2019: Active Civil Society, Hesitant State

Climate change is no more a phenomenon of the future, it is a reality. The first decade of the 21st century experienced the effects in a way that reiterates...

Climate Change: Four Actors, No Action

The 2019 summit could not bring the four set of actors – zealots, bystanders, enhancers and Non-State together. Their differences undermine a concerted...

India clearly drew close to Russia and China with the informal summit between the three countries, signaling that Trump might have overplayed his hand...

For Russia, it was big power projection

There haven't been any significant takeaways for Russia over its hard-hitting sanctions and newer associations. However, it wouldn't be wrong to...

For China, it was trade and a temporary truce

Part of the truce between the US and China was the easing of tariffs on Huawei. This meant that Huawei would be allowed to use US-made products in their...

For Japan, it was commerce and climate change

There has been a lot that Japan has laid on the table, apart from just being the host they have determined for themselves an agenda and plan that they...

For the US, it was trade, tariff and talks

The United States and China agreed on 29 June to restart trade talks and that Washington would hold off on imposing new tariffs on Chinese exports. The...

Higher than the Himalayas: Pakistan and China

As of January 2019, CPEC included 9 completed early yield projects and 13 projects under construction, with a total investment of US$19 billion. It drove Pakistan’s...