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Drones over the Line of Control? – Anxieties abound in South Asia
First Published in Eurasia Review, 30 June 2021Amid repeated detection of drones—Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)—in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and hours following a drone attack on the Indian Air Force (IAF) base at [...]
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, [...]
Lakshadweep: Redlines of Identity, Security and Governance
First Published in Eurasia Review, 7 June 2021. Full version appeared in Global South Colloquy, 7 June 2021 Even as the issues pertaining to Lakshadweep have been brewing for months and attempts are underway [...]
Simmering Discontent in Lakshadweep: Narratives and Reality
First published in Eurasia Review on 1 June 2021. An extended version has appeared in Global South Colloquy, 1 June 2021.“One cannot but find the emerging situation in Lakshadweep Archipelago very bizarre, unheard in the life-world [...]
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Many Voices, Still Many Worlds
Writing on the feats and flaws of modern science way back in 1951, humanist writer and literary genius M. Govindan (1919-1989) brought in the story of al-Hameed—a landlord in Hyderabad who, over years, lost interest in [...]
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, [...]
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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 [...]
India, Iran and the strategic Implications of the US pull out from the JCPOA
India, Iran and the strategic Implications of the US pull out from the JCPOA KM SEETHI Countercurrents, 3 June 2018/Global Research 4 June 2018 The decision of the Trump administration to pull out of the Joint Comprehensive [...]
The ‘Trump Card’ In Korean Peninsula In Times of Uneasy Peace
The ‘Trump Card’ In Korean Peninsula In Times of Uneasy Peace K.M.SEETHI Countercurrents, 24 May 2018 The US President Donald Trump has done it again. He has withdrawn from his commitment to a planned summit with [...]