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Migrant Exploitation in GCC: Reminders from the Kuwait Tragedy
Despite some legal reforms, the majority of the construction labour force in the GCC remains vulnerable, often incurring significant debts and facing exploitation. Published in The Wire, 15 June 2024 The tragic fire in Kuwait, which [...]
Tourism Governance In Antarctica: An Elusive Dream Even After ATCM-46
Published in Eurasia Review, 4 June 2024 The 46th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM-46), held in Kochi (in the southern Indian state of Kerala) from May 20 to 30, 2024 and hosted by the Ministry of [...]
Treading Carefully: India’s Diplomatic Tightrope in the Neighbourhood
Published in The Geopolitics, May 2, 2024 India’s foreign policy often recedes amidst the fervour of general elections, yet glimpses of it emerge in the carefully crafted manifestos of political parties. However, the persistent gap between [...]
M Kunhaman: A Subaltern Intellectual and His Politics of Defiance
First published in Eurasia Review In the discourses of human development, the late M. Kunhaman, an esteemed economist and subaltern thinker, argued that human development is not just desirable but an indispensable prerequisite for safeguarding human [...]
Power Dynamics: Henry Kissinger’s Realpolitik in China Policy
First published in Eurasia Review Photo: Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger speaks at the Gala Dinner of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations in New York City on October 24, 2023 (Credit: XINHUA) Amidst [...]
The Besieged Gaza Amid Humanitarian Crisis
First published in Eurasia Review, 18 October 2023 More than two million people in Gaza have suffered the consequences of the ruthless attack by Hamas, including the killing of several foreign nationals on 7 October. Numerous [...]
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Ageing in times of COVID-19 global pandemic
Ageing in times of global pandemic And he knew, also, what the old man was thinking as his tears flowed, and he, Rieux, thought it too: that a loveless world is a dead world, and always [...]
Blasphemy Estate: The ‘Deep State’ and Deepening Fundamentalism in Pakistan
The ‘Deep State’ and Deepening Fundamentalism in Pakistan Published in Global South Colloquy, 15 September 2020; Countercurrents, 15 September 2020 The deep state in Pakistan is no more a mere conglomerate of civil bureaucracy, army, intelligence, [...]
Beyond the Galwan valley: In Search of a ‘New Normal’ in India-China Relations
K.M. SEETHI First published in Global South Colloquy, 18 June 2020 The Galwan valley encounter between India and China, which took an unanticipated but a significant number of casualties on both sides, is certainly a major [...]
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An IR Scholar with Practical Wisdom
An IR Scholar with Practical Wisdom – Prof K.R. Singh (1932-2018) Remembered KM SEETHI First Published in Countercurrents, 26 June 2018 There are not many International Relations (IR) scholars in India who can make a reasonable [...]
Kashmir in a dense cauldron of uncertainty
Kashmir in a dense cauldron of uncertainty K.M. SEETHI First Published in Countercurrents, 20 June 2018 Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) politics has once again entered a cycle of uncertainty following BJP’s decision to pull out of [...]
Unlocking the “Prisoners’ Dilemma” in Korean Peninsula
Unlocking the “Prisoners’ Dilemma” in Korean Peninsula Between the Rhetoric and Reality First Published by Countercurrents, 13 June 2018 K.M.SEETHI The much-awaited Trump-Kim summit finally took place, but ended up in an uncertain platform of [...]