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  • Joined: August 6, 2023
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Turkey–India ties: Deteriorating for all the wrong reasons

I have often wondered what’s wrong with Türkiye. The symptoms of its principled anti-India stance are difficult to discern, even though there are plenty of examples and statements from its leaders—especially President Erdogan—that have sought to undermine India’s sovereignty, particularly in the context of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), which is an integral part of India. In a rush to prove their bonhomie with Pakistan, they conveniently forget history and the terror-breeding nature of that state. Frequently, Türkiye's own Islamic extremist outfits have been seen operating in India and have been openly called out.

Operation Sindoor: Marking a Strategic Turn and a Doctrinal Breakthrough

That Pakistan lives in its own delusionary world was evident once again when its Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hailed the ceasefire understanding with India a “historic victory" in his address to the nation. Describing Pakistan as the victim of an “unjustified war" allegedly waged by India and using the Pahalgam incident as a pretext, he portrayed the ceasefire not as a diplomatic understanding initiated by Islamabad, but as the result of Pakistan’s supposed military prowess.

How Climate Change Is Redrawing the Map of Global Diplomacy

In recent years, a new force has crept into the heart of international politics—not a rising power or a radical ideology, but the changing climate itself. From the Arctic’s melting ice to devastating floods in South Asia, environmental changes are now shaping diplomatic agendas and geopolitical rivalries across the globe.

Conceptualising Middle Powers in Geopolitics

The march of cultures across history has often been defined by the trajectories of ‘Great Powers’; kingdoms, nations, states, or empires whose were able to distinguish themselves from their contemporaries within the context of shared space by virtue of the combination of institutions and factors - economic, military, technological, political, geographic, socio-cultural, resource power, etc. - that enabled them to exert a major degree of influence and enforce their will over most other actors with competing interests.

Tourism in India: A Diplomatic Soft Power Tool and its Role in Sustainable Development in India

With this research paper, I hope to look into how tourism performs the role of  a soft power tool and how India has efficiently made use of it so far and what are the possible areas in which they can improve the tourism sector. By doing so, this would aid in providing a better understanding on the lasting impact on the foreign and economic policies. 

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