Insights, a blog published by IMPRI.
When we think about the oceans, we usually imagine things we’ve grown up seeing —
navy ships moving across the water, borders drawn on maps, and countries protecting
their territory at sea.
Over the last two decades, ideas from feminist philosophy have slowly made their way into global politics. Governments worldwide now speak of Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP), and the United Nations promotes its Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda.
The Indo-France Audio-Visual Co production agreement was signed in 2010 between the Indian ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) and France's cultural and audio-visual ministries.
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The heart-wrenching pictures of the amusement park in Khan Younis capture a devastating
contrast, where vibrant echoes of children’s laughter are replaced by screams of horror, a grim depiction of how Israeli bombardment has left Palestine, particularly Gaza, in ruins.
This synopsis grows directly from the abstract’s central claim: global politics is shaped not
only by material power and institutions but also by belief systems, value frameworks, and
underlying assumptions about gender and agency. Rather than treating international relations
as a neutral technical arena, the study reads it as a space where convictions about whose lives
matter, what counts as “security,” and who is recognised as a legitimate political subject are
constantly reproduced and contested.
The Indian Ocean Region (IOR), consisting of landlocked countries as well as archipelagos, is an essential medium of international exchange. It facilitates 75% of global trade and 50% of daily oil consumption, generating 1 trillion US dollars (USD) in goods and services, with intra-Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) trade reaching USD 800 billion in 2023.