Global Politics
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Safeguarding Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
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“Afghan women are America’s (and the world’s) staunchest allies in creating a stronger, more secure Afghanistan”, wrote a recent CNN commentary. Yet, America seems to be abandoning them amidst its urgency to exit the country. While it cannot be refuted that the spate of events may not portend well for women, what is more discouraging…
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The G7 Summit is vital, but not yet enough
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Being held in-person for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19, the most recent G7 summit is highly praised thanks to its comprehensive agenda which covers most of pressing issues for Western countries. Indeed, this summit is vital for the Group of Seven and the West in general to reform their plagued system. Nonetheless,…
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The Politics of Place – Why Proximity Makes Progressives
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Across cultures and times, areas of higher population density have been associated with more culturally progressive attitudes. Consider also that a good estimate of the strength of support for Left-leaning parties throughout a democratic country can be made using only a satellite photograph of the nation at night-– with brighter areas, indicating greater population density,…
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The Revenant of a Thawing Arctic: What’s in it for Russia
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Considering the uncertain times, we are in, climate change and the actualities of an equivocal future are circling the Arctic region at a faster pace than any other place in the world. Irreversible changes like escalating sea levels, climate feedback loops, geopolitical shifts, ecological alterations, new prospects for resource mining, and a myriad of other…
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Despite Netanyahu’s Ouster, the Israeli Right Is Here to Stay. Does This Mean the End of the Two-State Solution?
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The recent flare-up of violence throughout Israel, Gaza and the West Bank coincides with yet another tense period in Israeli politics. After acting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a new government, the torch was passed to centrist Yair Lapid, who has successfully managed to cobble together a loose anti-Netanyahu coalition made up…
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A Democracy in Crisis: A critique of India’s Judiciary and State Machinery’s response to the Indian Labour Migrant Crisis
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Introduction India is a democracy in crisis. The last decade has seen a steady decline in the democratic institutions in India. This decline has coincided with constant efforts to undermine the rights of citizens through policy decisions, despite overwhelming opposition by interest groups and civil society, and has been exacerbated by a populist majoritarian government…
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Decoding Techno-Nationalist Tendencies in India-China Relations
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Techno-nationalism has been rising with an increase in political as well as technological fragmentation of countries in the post-globalization era. This has become the norm in the new era, which has been transitioning from techno-globalization to techno-nationalism. High-end or frontier technologies like artificial intelligence, 5G technology, and big data have become an integral link for…
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What Bipartisanship Can Be
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The legacy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt looms large in Joe Biden’s White House. Biden invoked the New Deal repeatedly during his presidential campaign and has even hosted talks with historians analyzing the impact of F.D.R.’s reforms. On face, the two resemble each other: both were moderates elected president amidst unprecedented crises succeeding historically unpopular Republicans and eyeing…
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A Positive Reading of Sovereignty is Key to Europe’s Future
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The past year has highlighted the importance of possessing a stable supply chain of essential healthcare supplements in most countries as nations scrambled to purchase the necessary face masks, hand sanitizers, or even more complex medical machinery on a global market where everyone else was vying for the same goods. Similarly, discussions around procurement of…
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Is China’s Constitution a Dead Letter?
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While Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials met for their annual two sessions, discussing the upcoming economic Five-Year Plan, international coverage routinely described the National People’s Congress (NPC) as a “rubber stamp” parliament. The characterization of a parliament with no substantive role fits broadly with the notion that legal processes in China are but a performative…