The world we now know is vastly different from the one we all lived in until 2019. We have all seen plenty of newsreels and read many articles about the dreaded covid-19 virus taking over every country and changing almost every norm in society. Instead of dwelling on the past and analyzing the various statistics […]

AFGHANISTAN: A FAREWELL TO ARMS?

Part-1: The Cold-WarBefore we dive into the depths of the conflict in Afghanistan today, it is vital to understand what led to the Taliban taking over an entire nation.Let us begin at the end of World War 2. The globe stood divided between two of the earth’s mightiest superpowers- The United States of America and […]

A Brief History of Israel – A Prelude to the Election

Israel has been a land of conflict for as long as we can remember. An interesting factoid is the country faced resistance in less than 24 hours of declaring independence in 1948. Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq invaded the country, forcing Israel to defend the sovereignty it had regained in its ancestral homeland. The country is now and has been a functioning democracy, with an election that might change several policies as we know them!

History of the United Nations

There was an idea, Post the destruction wreaked by the Second World War, to bring together a group of countries tasked with preventing future wars, to foster world peace, and to act as a centre for harmonizing the relations between countries. The United Nations was the child of this idea – one that has endured […]

The path to Kosovo’s recognition

Kosovo is a landlocked country that has been under server political conflict and has been fighting for its recognition since the 90s. Serbia, to this date claims kosovo to be a part of its territory and is blocking kosovo from joining the Eu

ASPIRATIONS

Reforming the United Nations Security Council has been one of the most debated agendas at the U.N. since the 1990s. The most severe recent push for UNSC reform occurred around the U.N. World Summit of 2005. That failed campaign revealed reliable blocs within the General Assembly—divisions that are active today. The first bloc is the […]

Pride

What is Pride? How did the movement start? In simple terms, “Pride” is the promotion of self-affirmation, dignity, equality and increased visibility of the LGBTQ+ community as a social group. Pride is a counter to the social stigma and shame that community faces and provides the outlook that energizes most LGBTQ+ rights movements. The Pride […]

Cyclone Amphan

Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan was a Category 5 tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in East India (in the states of Odisha and West Bengal) and Bangladesh in May 2020. It is the costliest cyclone recorded in the North Indian Ocean, surpassing the record held by Cyclone Nargis (2008). It has killed over 90 people, […]

THE STATE OF EU

Reorganizing Europe’s frontiers After the World War I, the League of Nations came into a peace treaty agreement known as the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, at the palace of Versailles in France. This treaty dictated the redistribution of the defeated European Nations. Significant land was seized from Germany and Austria-Hungary and given to the […]

Losing An Indian Gem

“Duniya ki sabse badi se badi samasya ka samadhan hota sirf sanwaad se hi hai, yuddh kisi bhi samasya ka samadhan nahi hai” “The solution of all problems in the world, albeit the scale, is through dialogue. War is not the solution” Indeed a true believer of her words, she was a messiah of peace. […]