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Qatar-Iran Relations and the Changing Landscape of the Middle East
Read more: Qatar-Iran Relations and the Changing Landscape of the Middle EastIranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Qatar was important for a number of reasons. It was the first visit to a Gulf country by Raisi, at a time when negotiations related to revival of the Iran Nuclear deal were going on, and days before Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine.
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Contribution of Quantum-like Modelling in Financial Market Modelling: Case of Quantum-like Common Knowledge
Read more: Contribution of Quantum-like Modelling in Financial Market Modelling: Case of Quantum-like Common KnowledgeThe article talks about the quantum-like model of probability updates in case of costly signaling phenomenon relevant for financial markets, or economic decision making in general.
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Towards De-exceptionalizing the Middle East: Navigating Between Theory and History
Read more: Towards De-exceptionalizing the Middle East: Navigating Between Theory and HistoryWhat is the history of a place? What happens when that history comes into contact with the forces of modernity? The answer to all these questions comprehensively lie in the increased exceptionalization of that place.
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Intra-party Democracy in China: The Saving Grace for Chinese Democratic Aspirations?
Read more: Intra-party Democracy in China: The Saving Grace for Chinese Democratic Aspirations?The article critically analyses the intra-party democracy that the Chinese Communist Party has introduced within itself. It attempts to explore the two-contradicting nature of the Chinese state: one-party system (organizational emperorship) vs. Democracy
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Coastal Erosion: A Regulatory and Political Phenomenon Today
Read more: Coastal Erosion: A Regulatory and Political Phenomenon TodayThe article describes coastal erosion today, prime facie a natural phenomenon, to be a result of organized regulatory oversights and flaws. The analysis is primarily administered through a commentary on current-day environmental clearance regulations for coastal structures and their accommodation of a plethora of vested interests.
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Threat Perception Posed By Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan On Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations
Read more: Threat Perception Posed By Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan On Pakistan-Afghanistan RelationsIn this article, the author tries to delve into the historical significance of TTP and how it is raising tensions for Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations.
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Punjab Assembly elections 2022 and the Punjabi Diaspora
Read more: Punjab Assembly elections 2022 and the Punjabi DiasporaThis article examines the role of Punjab’s overseas immigrants in state politics. It gives an overview of some of the promises which various parties have made relating to the diaspora.
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Quantum-like Modelling and Complex Adaptive Systems: Policy Implications
Read more: Quantum-like Modelling and Complex Adaptive Systems: Policy ImplicationsThe emerging quantum cognition paradigm has both philosophical and modelling implications for decision science and social sciences.
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What Happens To Employees When a Company Goes Bankrupt?
Read more: What Happens To Employees When a Company Goes Bankrupt?During bankruptcy, the employees are often seen as expendable. During the procedure, their savings and pensions are spent on survival (of the company). Can the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code change that?
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The Conflict between National Interest and Press Freedom in South Asia
Read more: The Conflict between National Interest and Press Freedom in South AsiaIn relation to a growing nationalist streak, the relevance of media diplomacy in harboring cooperation, especially in a region troubled with inter-state disagreements, could possess great value.
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Paradiplomacy in the Indian Context: The Opportunities and Challenges
Read more: Paradiplomacy in the Indian Context: The Opportunities and ChallengesThe recent UAE visit of Kerala Chief Minister, Pinari Vijayan highlights the growing importance of India’s states in foreign policy – due to a variety of factors – economic and non economic.

