Pooja Kapoor

Dr. Pooja Kapoor is an Associate Professor at Bennett University, India. Her research spans International Relations, Gender and Women Studies, Human Rights, Legal Constitutional History, and Indian Government and Politics.

October 1, 2026

Aviation/Editor's Choice/Human Rights

Flydubai Cockpit Attack: What Happened at 33,000 Feet?

Passengers aboard a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv intervened in the cockpit after the aircraft began losing altitude and one pilot was allegedly stabbed by the other, according to testimonies reported by

Diplomacy/Geopolitics

Brazil’s Election Is Really a Referendum on Its Supreme Court

Brazil’s presidential election comes amid a crisis of confidence in the Supreme Federal Court, after allegations involving Justice Alexandre de Moraes and financier Daniel Vorcaro have intensified political polarisation. With Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro competing amid public dissatisfaction, the result

October 1, 2026

Trump Hails Indian Pilot as Hero After Flydubai Cockpit Attack

United States/World

US President Donald Trump has praised Indian flydubai captain Smit Machchhar as a “hero” after the pilot resisted a knife attack by his co-pilot

Venezuela’s Uneasy Survival

Columns/Geopolitics

Venezuela’s post-Maduro reality is defined by a stark imbalance of power. The Rodríguez government has avoided direct confrontation with Washington while negotiating access to

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BRICS+ Expansion and the Quest for Multipolarity

September 11, 2026

Columns/Geopolitics

On September 12–13, 2026, India will take centre stage as host of the 18th BRICS Summit, bringing together an increasingly consequential gathering of the Global South. The small five-member group that India

Sindoor Strike: India’s Counterterror Pivot

May 16, 2025

Columns/Geopolitics

In the aftermath of the brutal, horrific, and religiously motivated murders of 26 defenceless civilians in Pahalgam by The Resistance Front (TRF), a division of the Pakistan-based Laskar-e-Taiba (LeT), a UN-designated terrorist

Caught in the Crossfire: Prospects of New Trade Corridor Amidst the Israel-Hamas War

November 18, 2023

Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

On October 7, 2023, Hamas (a U.S.-designated FTO) headed an astounding attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip by air, sea, and land. The incident occurred 50 years after the Egypt-Syria surprise