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‘NATOization’ Of The Arctic Theater: Implications Of Changing Nordic Strategy – Analysis
Eurasia Review, 10 April 2023 Finland’s accession to the Atlantic Alliance (NATO) is a significant game changer in European security architecture which has palpable implications for Arctic geopolitics and Nordic security. While Sweden’s application for NATO [...]
Beyond ‘Napoleonic Imperium’: Fallout Of The Ukraine War – OpEd
Eurasia Review, 23 February 2023 Even as the world is grappling with the horrendous effects of the year-long Ukraine war, Russia and the United States seem determined to keep the ball rolling—apparently in an unrelenting cold [...]
Muthanga: Tribal Land Struggles Amid Promises And Perfidies – OpEd
Eurasia Review, 20 February 2023 It’s been twenty years since the state of Kerala in South India witnessed an unprecedented tribal land struggle. It was on 19 February 2003 that the Adivasi (tribal) community in the [...]
Migration, Cultural Remittance, and the Social Landscape of Kerala
Migration, Cultural Remittance, and the Social Landscape of Kerala KM SEETHI Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies 2022 https://doi.org/10.1080/25765949.2023.2165010 The social landscape of Kerala—the southwest Indian state—has undergone significant changes in the last [...]
Human Mobility and Reverse Migration in Asia: Triggers and Travails
Vol. 14 No. 2 (2022): Journal of Polity and Society Human mobility is an inherent feature of all societies, triggered by several factors that co-exist with diverse conditions determining the choice of people regarding the destination [...]
Islamist Outfit Masquerading under ‘Republic’ Banned in India
Published in Global South Colloquy and Eurasia Review Living in a pluralist society with a bit of courage and confidence is anything but comforting today. A major reason is the role of self-styled ‘agencies’ with ascriptive [...]
Current Affairs
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Challenges to India’s Arctic policy amid great power rivalry
Published in Policy Circle, 26 June 2021 The Arctic geopolitics has recently witnessed growing big power involvement and rivalry. India’s policy response to the changing geopolitical realities has both challenges and limitations. The Arctic region is [...]
Russia, U.S. and the Churning Arctic Geopolitics
First Published in Eurasia Review, 18 June 2021The Arctic geopolitics has become one of the strategic policy planks of big powers. This has been reflected in the separate statements issued by the Russian President Vladimir Putin [...]
Italian Marines Case: From Setbacks to Settlement
Published in Eurasia Review, 13 June 2021. An earlier version had appeared in Sri Lanka Guardian and the South Asia Analysis GroupIn less than two days after the return of the 45-year-old Kerala expat, Becks Krishnan, [...]
Global South Colloquy
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Spiritual Humanism in India’s Worldview: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s Enduring Legacy
First Published in Global South Colloquy, 5 September 2020 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, one of the captivating figures of modern India, has a number of facets to his complex personality. His long career as teacher of philosophy [...]
Islam, Buddhism, and the ‘fault lines’ of history
Islam, Buddhism, and the ‘fault lines’ of historyOn truth’s path, wise is mad, insane is wise.In love’s way, self and other are the same.Having drunk the wine, my love, of being one with you, I find [...]
Imran Khan’s Next Innings: Bowling Alone?
K.M. SEETHI First Published in Global South Colloquy, 26 June 2020 Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has again a wrong ball in his hand which will surely hit headlines with fiddly pay-offs. The news that the [...]
Countercurrent
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2+2 Dialogue = Withering Away of India’s ‘Strategic Autonomy’?
K.M.SEETHI First Published in Countercurrents, 6 September 2018 The outcome of the 2+2 Dialogue between the Foreign and Defence Ministers of India and the United States held in New Delhi is on expected lines. It is [...]
The Bay of Bengal Community in times of Natural Disasters
The Bay of Bengal Community in times of Natural Disasters KM SEETHI First appeared in Countercurrents, 30 August 2018 4th BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit is being held in [...]
Kerala Flood Disaster: The Continuing Saga of Coastal States’ Insecurity
Kerala Flood Disaster: The Continuing Saga of Coastal States’ Insecurity K.M.SEETHI First Published in Countercurrents, 23 August 2018 The flood disaster that struck the entire state of Kerala following the unprecedented monsoon has raised many questions [...]