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Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize Case Explained: Military Spending, Gaza Ceasefire and U.S. Dominance Shift

Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize Case Explained: Military Spending, Gaza Ceasefire and U.S. Dominance Shift

No, not for the Israel-Hamas peace deal, which might yet unravel, but for systematically undermining, from within, the greatest imperial power the world has ever known.

US President Donald Trump has been campaigning for a Nobel Peace Prize for some time now, claim have ended seven wars, and now, the eighth one in Gaza. Instead of seeing the plain logic in giving the award to a man who has changed the name of the Department of Defence to the Department of War, the Nobel Committee has given it to a democratic campaigner in Venezuela.

Post-Maoism and the State: The Future of Governance in Affected Regions

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Niranjan Sahoo India’s Fifth Schedule areas became the hotbed of Maoist insurgencies due to administrative neglect, exacerbating discontent and a lack of representation of tribal groups in local bodies. Effective governance is crucial to address these issues and mitigate the…

Shallow Pockets in Cities : The Political Economy Of Services, Taxes, and Climate Policy

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With increased urbanisation and intensification of climate risks, Indian cities face an unprecedented challenge: how to finance the massive infrastructure investments needed to build climate-resilient futures.

COP Under Strain: Lessons for Managing the Global Commons in a Divided World

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Opinions on the success of the Climate Conference of the Parties (COP30) range from extreme disappointment to good progress, with the truth lying somewhere in between. But COP30 provides an opportunity learn about the rapidly changing geopolitical world. 

Strategic Realignment: How China’s Growth is Redefining Japan’s Foreign Policy

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A storm is brewing around a race for leadership in Asia, with China rising further as a global force, at the Centre of it. The immediate trigger was Japan’s “iron lady” Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent statement in Parliament that China’s military invasion of Taiwan would be an “existential crisis” to Japan. This is possible as any invasion of Taiwan could disturb the Indo-Pacific sea lanes of communications that now converge on Taiwan. Japan, in the 1930s, assiduously protected these trade routes.

Strategic Autonomy in Action: Decoding the Impact of the Modi-Putin Summit

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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to India next week (December 4-5) at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the annual summit – which was institutionalised over two decades ago – is timely as well as futuristic. It is a given that this time-tested and trusted special and privileged strategic partnership has been a ‘constant’ (as stated by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar) amidst the global chaos, unilateralism and polarisation.

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