The latest PISA assessment presents an unusually stark picture of educational performance. More than 760,000 15-year-old students across 91 participating countries and economies were assessed, producing evidence of broad declines in some
RISE OF ADOLF HITLER TO POWER Hitler’s rise to power traces to 1919, when he joined the German Workers’ Party that became the Nazi Party. With his oratorical skills and use of propaganda,
More
INTRODUCTION Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s election victory marks the beginning of another roller-coaster ride in U.S. foreign policy. The president-elect is poised to bring back the hallmarks of his first term:
More
INTRODUCTION In the future, managing overt but also informal support and more discrete contributions will be a challenge as nations carefully weigh up their internal and external equities and calibrate their level
More
Just before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China announced to much fanfare a “no limits friendship” with Russia, suggesting a future of close collaboration in trade, energy and, perhaps most importantly, security. Now,
More
INTRODUCTION Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet with several world leaders in the upcoming days, including China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian. They
More
INTRODUCTION Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar travelled to Islamabad for a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, Canada accuses six Indian diplomats of involvement in threats and attacks against Sikh separatists, and Bangladesh’s foreign secretary visits Washington. Indian External
More
INTRODUCTION It is well established that the US’s constant attempts to belittle Russia from the position of an equal partner in the global order to a “competitor” has forced Russia to establish
More
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said it is time to rekindle diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine. But both foreign and domestic responses to his proposal have been rather muted.
More
INTRODUCTION This article is primarily based on an article written by Rudra Chaudhuri, Ashley Tellis, and Andrew Weiss for their comments on an earlier version of their study. Thanks, as well, are
More
INTRODUCTION The two frigates are central to India’s ability to launch nuclear weapons from land, sea and air. India’s recent launch of its second nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine may have boosted
More