Author - Sandhya Jain

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Rahul Gandhi’s asymmetric challenge to Modi

Sandhya Jain

July 13, 2024

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Narendra Modi became Prime Minister for the third time, but it is undeniable that Rahul Gandhi has risen in the political firmament.

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Raisi and Fico: Victims and Symbols of a new world order?

Sandhya Jain

May 31, 2024

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The mysterious death of Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, and other high officials on May 19, 2024, occurs at a defining moment in the first quarter of the twenty-first century.

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Putin’s futuristic cabinet

Sandhya Jain

May 16, 2024

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The cabinet reshuffle is marked by the promotion of a new generation of loyalists who have been given charge of the world’s largest natural resources producer as the President Putin prepares for a long war.

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Iran vs Israel

Sandhya Jain

April 11, 2024

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The Lebanese Al-Akhbar, affiliated with Hezbollah, has reported that Iran told Washington that it would refrain from retaliation if there is a ceasefire in Gaza and Israel does not attack the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

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Atheism in Nepal

Sandhya Jain

March 28, 2024

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8 minutes

A series of weak and short-lived central governments in Kathmandu have enfeebled the Constitution.

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Indian Ocean: The Centrality of Sea Power

Sandhya Jain

February 15, 2024

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The Indian Ocean Conference was attended by the President of Sri Lanka, Ministers from 16 countries including Maldives, officials from 16 countries and 6 multilateral organisations, and delegates from over 40 countries.

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New dispute over UNRWA in Gaza

Sandhya Jain

February 10, 2024

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The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has become a new dividing line in the US-led Western bloc.

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Red Sea conflict signals shift to New World Order

Sandhya Jain

January 16, 2024

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12 minutes

In the Middle East, the Houthis of Yemen, the world’s poorest nation, have blockaded the Red Sea to protest Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip and challenged US power in the region.

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Yemen blockade of Red Sea overturns regional chessboard

Sandhya Jain

December 26, 2023

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Yemen, an unexpected outlier in the current conflict in Gaza, has intervened in the war between a pygmy Hamas and mighty Israel, by shutting down the Suez Canal, throwing international shipping out of gear.

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Bangladesh caught between US-China rivalry

Sandhya Jain

December 4, 2023

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Bangladesh is caught in a cleft between Washington’s escalating rivalry with Beijing in South Asia.