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Engaging Egypt in a strategic vibe: India seeks to enhance partnership with Cairo
First published in Eurasia Review, 28 June 2023 Photo Credit: PMO IndiaIndia’s engagements with Egypt have attained a new significance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Cairo on 24-25 June. During the visit, Prime Minister [...]
Sweden’s Changing Military Strategy In The High North And Its Implications For the Arctic Geopolitics
First published in Eurasia Review, 23 June 2023 Sweden, an Arctic State with significant stakes in the geopolitics of the region, is set to revamp its defence strategy in the wake of the Ukraine war and [...]
Trailblazer of ‘Sociology of Movements’ – Alain Touraine Remembered
First published in Eurasia Review, 13 June 2023 Photo credit: West Observer Alain Touraine, a highly revered French sociologist who died on June 9, was widely recognized for his profound insights and scholarly contributions in the [...]
Seasons Fade Into Memories – OpEd
Eurasia Review, 5 June 2023 The current state of the world’s bio-ecosystem begs immediate attention and demands acknowledgement of a crisis that reverberates on a grand scale. The magnitude of the environmental crisis today is of [...]
China’s Forays Into Antarctic Region Amid Growing Western Concerns – Analysis
Eurasia Review, 17 May 2023 Concerns over China’s expanding activities in the Polar regions seem to have grown with the recent reports of the construction of its new Antarctic station near the Ross Sea. The resumption [...]
Seafarers in Distress: The ‘Heroic Idun’ Episode
The Wire, 7 May 2023 Amid international media reports of a US-bound Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker being seized by Iran with 24 Indian crew members onboard, there was a silver lining from Abuja. A Nigerian court freed 26 [...]
Current Affairs
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Sherni and the ‘Hunting Tale’
You would have gone to the forest 100 times, but could spot a tiger only once. But, be rest assured, the tiger would have spotted you 99 times. Published in GSC Dossier, 30 July 2021; and [...]
Unrest in South Africa – A Deeper Malaise
First published in GSC Dossier, 19 July 2021; also appears in Eurasia Review Even as the world observed the Nelson Mandela Day on Sunday, South Africa had not yet recovered from the unrest and large-scale violence [...]
World Population: Shifts and Turns Amid COVID-19
First Published in Eurasia Review, 11 July 2021 Is the global population poised for a structural shift in the coming decades? This could probably be a major theme of discussion among demographers and social policy [...]
Global South Colloquy
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Spectre of Jihadi violence in France
K.M. Seethi First Published in Global South Colloquy, 19 October 2020 The gruesome murder of a French school teacher in a Paris suburb on Friday is yet another pointer to the spirit of Jihadi Islam being [...]
Akkitham: An Exemplar of humanist-aesthetic
K.M. SEETHI First published in Global South Colloquy, 15 October 2020 When once for my fellowmen I shed a drop of tear, The hale of a thousand suns Arises in my soul When once for [...]
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, [...]
Countercurrent
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Strategic Turn-around in India-Russia Relations: South Asia Set to Witness Arms Build-up
Strategic Turn-around in India-Russia Relations K.M. SEETHI Published in Countercurrents, 13 October 2018 https://countercurrents.org/2018/10/13/strategic-turn-around-in-india-russia-relations-south-asia-set-to-witness-arms-build-up/ An abridged version appeared in Madras Courier, 11 October 2018 https://madrascourier.com/opinion/modis-push-for-a-multilateral-world/ The strategic turn-around in India-Russia relations is all too obvious with [...]
Trumponomics: Is Post-Fordism on Reverse Gear?
KM SEETHI Published in Countercurrents, 14 September 2018; also in William Bowels Info, 14 September 2018 https://countercurrents.org/2018/09/14/trumponomics-is-post-fordism-on-reverse-gear/ (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) US President Donald Trump has been speaking with hyperbole, over the [...]
Bolstering Nepal-China Connectivity: Kathmandu goes beyond a Zero-sum Game in South Asia
K.M.SEETHI First Published in Countercurrents, 9 September 2018. https://countercurrents.org/2018/09/09/bolstering-nepal-china-connectivity-kathmandu-goes-beyond-a-zero-sum-game-in-south-asia/ Nepal and China have made a significant step in bilateral relations by finalizing the text of the protocol to the proposed agreement that would help facilitate [...]