Indian Defence Allocation Trends: Causes and Responses
Low Defence budgets are a misstep in the larger context of the Chinese incursions on the tense border and their persistent poking in the nation’s territory.…
NIICE · 10 February 2023
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Invasion of Taiwan and its Implications for China
The invasion could trigger an arms race in the region forcing countries to increase their defense spending and pursue nuclear ambitions to deter China, while Japan…
NIICE · 5 February 2023
Nuland’s Pro-Democracy Delegation to South Asia
With Beijing increasing its presence and influence in almost every South Asian country and the Indian Ocean region, the China-India and US-China rivalries are likely to…
NIICE · 3 February 2023
Afghanistan’s Economic Outlook under the Taliban
Since the Taliban came to power, the health services have been pathetic and Afghan people have struggled to find economic opportunities to sustain their life where…
NIICE · 24 January 2023
Will G20 Presidency reshape India-China Relations?
While India and China have made efforts to manage these differences through diplomatic channels, tensions between India and China have increased in recent years, and the…
NIICE · 17 January 2023
Multilateralism for Multi-Pronged Opportunities to the Philippine Navy
The Philippine Navy has no choice but to ride itself with multilateral defense, thus pragmatic foreign policy and defense cooperation can offset the lack of material…
NIICE · 16 January 2023
Expanding Horizon of IR Discourse: An Exposition on Queer IR Theory
The representation of individuals within the LGBTQIA+ community is essential not only in deconstructing normative dichotomies within IR, but also to give further representation to these…
NIICE · 15 January 2023
Unilateralism in US Foreign Policy and Global Response
A consensus exists about how 9/11 and, subsequently, George W. Bush’s proclamation of the war on terrorism profoundly made the unilateral option more pronounced than ever…
NIICE · 14 January 2023
Black Lives Matter Movement and the ‘Problem of Problems’ of the 21st Century
The video of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer caused a flood of emotions that has pushed people all around the globe to take…
NIICE · 12 January 2023
Synergetic Thinking for the Absence of Multilateralism in South Asia
It should be a priority for South Asian nations to bridge the growing asymmetries by working on long-term synergies from informal networks such as the South…
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera · 12 January 2023