Global Politics
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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…
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Reflecting upon the history of Sino-Australian trade, what do we know?
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By comparison with the Sino-Australian political downturn from 2016, the development of bilateral economic ties has generally improved across these years. To some extent, Sino-Australian economic cooperation can be regarded as the cornerstone of their bilateral relations. That said, it is interesting to ask what is the nexus between political relations and trade? Do poor…
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America and Japan Should Prepare for a Contingency with China over Taiwan
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Talk about China’s predatory behavior has echoed insistently in the halls of the White House. The Communist Party under President Xi Jinping is more aggressive and coercive, yet has a veneer of approachability and humility. It is a foreign policy projection that is as intriguing as it is unstable and dangerous. With continuing racial targeting…
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Crowdsourcing Fact-Checking Undermines Democracy
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Last month, Twitter unveiled Birdwatch, a fact-checking feature aimed at inoculating citizens against misinformation through a novel experiment in classic crowdsourcing. Twitter’s new initiative has a proactive and sparkling appeal, but there are prominent cracks in its foundation and ‘community-based’ approach to fact-checking. Birdwatch aims to crowdsource the fact-checking process, taking cues from the model…