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Critical Review of the Basis of China’s Objections to the UNCLOS Tribunal as an Attempt to Delegitimise the 2016 South China Sea Dispute Verdict
Read more: Critical Review of the Basis of China’s Objections to the UNCLOS Tribunal as an Attempt to Delegitimise the 2016 South China Sea Dispute VerdictThis article aims to examine the UNCLOS’s effectiveness and relevance, with a specific emphasis on the case of the South China Sea and the UNCLOS Arbitral Tribunal’s 2016 ruling on the issue. The article contends that, while China’s disregard for the ruling and the Philippines’ subsequent undervaluation of it harms the UNCLOS’s reputation as international…
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Your Destination is on the Left
Read more: Your Destination is on the LeftElecting a left-wing candidate for the first time in over two hundred years, the recently concluded presidential election in Columbia which saw former guerrilla member and mayor of Bogota, Gustavo Petro, emerge victorious is a monumental moment. Riding on anti-incumbency sentiments against the traditional centre-right parties, Petro has some radical reforms such as agricultural tariffs,…
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THE PLIGHT OF THE POOR IN NARELA: A LOOK AT FOOD, HOUSING, AND HEALTHCARE
Read more: THE PLIGHT OF THE POOR IN NARELA: A LOOK AT FOOD, HOUSING, AND HEALTHCAREWhile the government schemes and provisions to uplift the urban poor have been highly appreciated, especially during the pandemic, its infrequent and uneven benefits are testimony to the fact that there is much more that still needs to be done.
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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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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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A Choppy Road Ahead: How the Pandemic is Reinventing India’s Urban Mobility Crisis
Read more: A Choppy Road Ahead: How the Pandemic is Reinventing India’s Urban Mobility CrisisIndia has always had its issues with urban mobility. However, the financial, behavioral and commercial trends triggered by the pandemic threaten to complicate these issues in an unprecedented manner. In the first of a series of essays on urban mobility in India, Sudarshan and Mukundan trace some of these complications to unravel the biggest challenges…
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The Third World’s Modern Origins
Read more: The Third World’s Modern OriginsThe genesis of the ‘Third World’ categorization lies in the nature of modernity exported by the First World. Asish Singh explains this with the example of eighteenth-century famines in India.
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Girl Groups and Gender Gaps: The Globalization of Gender Stereotypes Through K-Pop
Read more: Girl Groups and Gender Gaps: The Globalization of Gender Stereotypes Through K-PopThe meteoric rise of K-Pop stars as celebrity diplomats has exported various aspects of South Korean society to the rest of the world. This article explores how some of the nation’s more damaging characteristics, such as its highly unequal gender perceptions are being amplified by the growth of the K-Pop industry.
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Analyzing the South Korean Cultural Wave
Read more: Analyzing the South Korean Cultural WaveWith the rise of K-pop, K-dramas and Korean Cinema, this article seeks to analyze Hallyu, or the South Korean Cultural Wave as a soft power tactic by the country to rebrand itself as a rising eastern power in the world stage. It looks at the role this wave plays in political diplomacy, especially with countries…
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HOLY REALISATIONS
Read more: HOLY REALISATIONSReligion as we used to know has ceased to exist. Today, temples have gained enough power to influence key economic decisions in our country. The rise of the temple economy has thrown a dark shadow over the rest of our economy- why and how has this happened? And what are the consequences of this intermingling?
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Understanding Chinese surveillance: Comparing Realist and Constructivist Perspectives
Read more: Understanding Chinese surveillance: Comparing Realist and Constructivist PerspectivesWhat do China’s domestic efforts in mass surveillance and use of data-dependent technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) mean for the world? And what role have social and political developments played in the development of the Chinese surveillance state? This essay will evaluate China’s surveillance system, the Chinese government’s pursuit of AI supremacy and its impact…
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Arcane Algorithms
Read more: Arcane AlgorithmsThis article talks about the use of algorithms by social media platforms and the ways in which they, oftentimes without the user’s knowledge, collect personally identifiable data to generate specific content for them. The article also touches upon the impact of the same on children and adolescents and the future of behavioural science to mitigate…
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