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India’s Vantage Point on the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
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India’s Vantage Point on the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Throughout the history of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, we can see the active involvement of the EU and the US, tracing back to the Budapest Memorandum. Europe is faced with the challenge of securing energy for the winter as fuel prices also increase living costs. India and Russia have been allies through decades of change in […]

Review of Russia-Ukraine War | The West’s Superiority Complex and Russia’s Irredentism- Part 1
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Review of Russia-Ukraine War | The West’s Superiority Complex and Russia’s Irredentism- Part 1

Russia had objected to NATO’s expansion time and again, and issued clear indications of its increased assertiveness, such as the Medvedev Doctrine Under Putin’s leadership, Russia has been accused of harbouring irredentist goals such as furthering the idea of Triune Russian nation which stipulates three sub-nations – Belarus, Russia and Ukraine Kiev has been accused […]

Analysis | Russia’s Transition from the Soviet Union (SU) to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)
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Analysis | Russia’s Transition from the Soviet Union (SU) to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)

Under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, Russia re-emerged as an economic and military power in the Eurasian region by forming strategic alliances. Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) by merging the Custom Union and CES The goal of the EAEU is to achieve free movement of people, goods, capital and people similar to that […]

G7 target Russia over Global Food & Oil Crisis
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G7 target Russia over Global Food & Oil Crisis

G7 leaders on Sunday were joined by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky where the members condemned Russian President Putin for shaming Russia and its people. The statement comes a day ahead of Russia’s Victory Day Parade where it will celebrate its victory over Nazi Germany in the second world war. The G7 member-states committed to help Ukraine […]

Presidential Elections in France: Its reflection on Geopolitics and India
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Presidential Elections in France: Its reflection on Geopolitics and India

France is going for Presidential Election this Sunday with alienation and economic hardship as the main issues. The surging cost of living amid other fallouts from Russia’s war on Ukraine, security and immigration, climate change, rise in Islamic fundamentalism and terror are the other key issues. The incumbent President Emmanuel Macron (44) has been challenged […]

Will Russia invade Ukraine?
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Will Russia invade Ukraine?

Ukrainian officials believe that a Russian military buildup near its borders could signal plans by Moscow to invade. After Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, the Kremlin threw its weight behind a separatist insurgency that broke out in Ukraine’s east. Ukraine and the West accuse Russia of sending its troops and weapons to back the rebels, […]

‘Nein Danke’ – Vaccine Hesitancy in Europe
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‘Nein Danke’ – Vaccine Hesitancy in Europe

As Switzerland kicked off a mass Covid-19 vaccination drive, riot police formed lines around Zurich’s main train station. Their mission was to protect a new “vaccination village” in the station hall from angry protesters. Some protesters carried Trycheln, the giant cowbells that are a symbol of rural Switzerland, where vaccine hesitancy is high. Despite being […]