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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]