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Dar Al-Reaya in Saudi Arabia, women detention center

The House for Disobedient Women: Saudi Arabia’s ‘Dar Al-Reaya’

Dar Al-Reaya - They are not just prisons or safe havens; they are places where the politics of guardianship, gender, and obedience have always come together

Persian Woman in Iran: Modernity, Revolution, and the Politics of Gendered Power

Does ‘Peace’ Mean Just Absence of War : The Nobel Peace Prize debate Goes Beyond Trump

The Nobel Peace Prize argument
The nobel peace prize and the definition of war

WHY WEST IS CALLED THE WEST

The West vs East narrative
meaning of the west
Gandhi's ram rajya

Gandhi’s Ram Rajya: A Moral Republic Beyond Power and Piety

When Gandhi talked about Ram Rajya, he wasn't talking about a made-up golden age or a society based on religious rules. Instead, Gandhi came up with a fundamentally moral view of politics
Right wing politics and hatred and fear

Manufacturing the ‘Enemy’: How India’s Right Wing Thrives

In contemporary India, the survival of the political right is no longer anchored in governance, delivery, or even ideological coherence; it is anchored in the continuous production of an enemy.
political science and human decision

The Unpredictable Variable: Why Human Agency Defies Political Science

Political science and international relations, like other branches of the social sciences, form a field of inquiry that is not only inseparable from complex social dynamics but is also deeply entangled with the thoughts, impulses, and decisions of individuals who do not always think or act in predictable, rational ways.

The Louvre Heist : Let’s Read History through the Stolen Jewels

Just imagine a view, a crisp Sunday morning in Paris, October 19, 2025. The sunlight enters through the grand windows of the Louvre, casting golden beams on the marble floors.

Islamic Feminism: Are they not feminist enough?

The notion of “Islamic Feminism” invokes the basic confrontation among religion and feminism. While religion is typically deemed as dogmatic and disadvantageous to women largely due to the historical domination of patriarchal interpretation of religious texts.
How right wing nationalism functions

Let’s Understand Why Right Wing Nationalism is not Plural

One must first ask: Is calling right-wing nationalism unable to accept diversity and inclusion just a theoretical idea or an ethical argument made by its critics?
post secular world of Habermas and India's case study of secularism

Why We Should Move From Secularism to a Post-Secular World: Habermas and India’s Test Case

For much of the twentieth century, it was widely believed that the march of modernity—industrial growth, scientific progress, and democratic governance would steadily push religion out of public life.

The Ever Evolving Saga of Sir Creek

Fisherfolk from the coastlines of Kutch (in India) and Sindh (in Pakistan) often find themselves broiled in the geopolitics of their geography. Their livelihoods are
Communism and Islamism in Tajikistan

Communism vs. Islamic Extremism: The Ideological Collision Brewing in Tajikistan

The Republic of Tajikistan is slowly traversing a significant tectonic shift. It strategically sits at the conduit

No More Rule of Law, It is ‘Rule By Law’ : Is Pakistan Sliding into Constitutional Authoritarianism ?

veggie burger politics in Europe

The “Veggie Burger” War: Who Gets to Define Europe’s Cultural Future

Quantum physics and international politics and stats behaviour

Quantum Model of Deterrence : Explaining the Behaviour of States Through Quantum Physics

As a Student or Practitioner of International Relations, one must
star wars and cold war

Star Wars and the Final Chapter of the Cold War: Reagan, Russia, and the Treaties That Tried to Tame the Bomb.

The Cold War had dragged on for decades, and tensions were on the rise as the 1980s approached. The U.S. and the

The Political Conscience of Sports is a Manufactured and a Cautiously Selective Propaganda

General Asim Munir is getting powerful in PaKISTAN

General Asim Munir: The Politician Who Says He Isn’t One

Olive groves politics in palestine and israel

How Olive Groves Matter Deeply in the Israel–Palestine Conflict?

drone capabilities rising in the defence sectors of south east asian nations suddenly

Why Drone Capabilities Are Rising Sporadically Across Southeast Asia

The last few years have witnessed the growth of military drones, with a growth subjected to US$12.94 million in 2023 and expected growth
why nepal people are protesting

From Stability to Electricity: What Else Do Nepal’s People Want?

Operation Catapult : Why did Churchill attack his own ally, France, during WW2

This article tells the story of World War II, a global conflict that shook nations to their core. The year was 1940, and France, one of Britain’s closest allies, had just fallen to Nazi Germany.

Cyprus: 51 Years of Displacement or Liberation….?

Blue Water Navies: The World’s Ocean-Going Powers, and Where India Stands

Is Japan Facing a Leadership Crisis?

A Chance Of Lost Hope Amidst the Changing World For Nepal

Trump ego and India US relations

Trump’s ego is not a Foreign Policy: India’s “American Engagement” to “American Confrontation”

South East Asia and the Art of Hedging

Geopolitics of Corridor and Crossroads in the South Caucasus

Constructivist Perspectives on Norms and Symbolic Framing in the Israel-Gaza Conflict

A Tribute to Professor Joseph Nye: Reshaping International Relations Theory

How the Mekong River Basin became a Stage for Power Rivalry?

A look back on the steadfast political development in South Korea since April 2025

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