Banksy in Marseille

A new mural depicting a lighthouse by world-famous street artist Banksy has appeared on a wall in the southern French city of Marseille, with AFP confirming its location on Friday. The anonymous artist known as Banksy revealed the new work on Instagram on Thursday but its location had not been disclosed. The words “I want […]

Weekly delusion

Feeling oppressed and nauseous while heading to work? Read the morning paper and you’ll find yourself in a mixed state of agony and amusement. As baffling as it sounds, you’ll come across news updates that will not only leave you questioning your sanity but will also have you asking yourself: “Do these people really know […]

Digital border and human security

For millennia, fluid physical frontiers and traditional concepts of territorial security defined the nature and scope of sociopolitical settings. However, as societies evolved and became increasingly interdependent and integrated, the relevance of physical boundaries came under increasing scrutiny, particularly after the formalisation of the nation-state system and sovereignty in the Westphalian Treaty in the mid-17th […]

India — indiscretion or prudence

Hans Morgenthau’s Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace is a book on political science published in 1948. The author has outlined six principles of political realism in this book. It is interesting to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s actions and Indian state behaviour against Pakistan in view of these principles. The six […]

From Standoff to Setback: Modi’s Policies and India’s Diplomatic Challenges

Post Pak-India clashes scenario has once again established the fact that non resolution of Kashmir, water and terrorism issues would continue to hinder peace in the South Asian Region. Besides reestablishing Pakistan’s conventional deterrence Pak-India standoff helped in revival of the Kashmir issue on the international stage, which served as a blow to India’s diplomatic standing. Narendra Modi’s wrong policies have not […]