Niranjan Jose

YDS • 23rd November 2022

Understanding the Dynamics of Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea

The Gulf of Guinea (GoG), a 4,000-mile-long area in West Africa that stretches from Guinea to Angola, is a marine route connecting Europe and America to West, Central, and Southern Africa. Aside from its strategic position, the GoG is to be rich in hydrocarbons, and numerous Western nations rely on it for a significant of their crude oil.

In 2020, the International Maritime Bureau's documented 195 occurrences of piracy and armed robbery at sea, seeing more instances of crime than any other defi

The Hindu • 15th March 2021

Explained: Crisis in the Central African Republic

The story so far

The security and humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) has rapidly deteriorated over the last several weeks. An alliance of rebel groups backing former President Francois Bozize has captured significant territories throughout the country. These forces are seeking to overturn the results of the December presidential elections, in which incumbent President Faustin-Archange Touadera was declared the winner. Mr. Bozize was not allowed on the ballot. The post-

Uttryck magazine • 29th November 2020

India, Australia and Indonesia in the Indo-Pacific: Time for Trilateral Cooperation – Uttryck

The growing political importance of the Indian and Pacific Oceans has given new momentum to the ‘Indo-Pacific’ as a geostrategic construct. Indonesia, India, and Australia all share important bilateral strategic relationships and have an alignment of interests and goals in the Indo-Pacific region. The main priorities of their respective foreign policies are upholding the international “rule-based” system, protecting the territorial integrity of nations, and guaranteeing open sea communication li

YDS • 27th September 2020

The way forward for India’s policy on Tibet

Tibet is one of the that modern day China is most sensitive about (the other two are Taiwan and Tiananmen). Chinese authorities have clamped down on Tibetan monasteries by forcefully evicting monks and demolishing monastic residences, most notably, the Buddhist Academy in Sichuan. In Tibet, even a simple act such as possessing the Dalai Lama’s photo is a crime. Anyone found with the Tibetan national flag can be charged with the highest crime of separatism. , along with the Uyghur Muslims, are on

Middle East Monitor • 24th August 2020

Iran's increasing reliance on China

The relationship between China and Iran has been in the spotlight recently. A huge, 25-year deal is reportedly being considered that would see $400 billion of Chinese investment in Iranian energy and transport infrastructure. The deal is the latest effort by Beijing to expand from a regional hegemon into a global power through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which aims to reshape regional economic topographies in its favour. Beijing has ostensibly undertaken to make such a massive investment

CHARCHA • 21st August 2020

Understanding China’s growing presence in Afghanistan.

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Afghanistan in 1950, the engagement between the countries remained limited largely to the economic domain. Beijing preferred to maintain a distance from political and security issues in Afghanistan and refused to recognize the pro-Soviet Communist regime in Kabul and remained officially inactive during the Taliban regime. Overall, up until 2001, the political and economic cooperation between Kabul and Beijing remained insignifican

King’s College London Geopolitical Risk Society • 10th August 2020

The Geopolitical Risk of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Geostrategic consequences and Impacts on stakeholders

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has endured over the past three decades, with no possible end in sight, despite various attempts at third-party mediation.

South Asia Journal • 29th June 2020

String of Pearls in the Indian Ocean: How is India countering China in the Maldives?

The term ‘String of Pearls’ was initially published in 2005, in a document titled ‘Energy Futures in Asia’ presented to the United States Secretary of Defense Donald H Rumsfeld by Booz Allen Hamilton. A phrase that has been undeniably exotic to characterize China’s efforts to develop its presence in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). The strategy of the ‘String of Pearls’ revolves around the construction of infrastructure networks in littoral countries from the South China Sea to the Middle East. Ac

Diplomatist • 18th May 2020

The Eastern Mediterranean Heats Up: Turkey’s Energy Confrontation with Cyprus

The discovery of rich gas reserves in the Eastern Mediterranean in the last decade has triggered a race to tap the region’s underwater resources and escalated tensions between Turkey and Cyprus, as well as against the EU and Athens, which is a traditional ally of the Greek Cypriots. In July 1974, Turkey attacked Cyprus following an Athens-powered Greek Cypriot coup. Turkish troops invaded the northern part of the isla

THE FLETCHER FORUM OF WORLD AFFAIRS • 30th March 2020

Beyond 2020: The Past and Next Fifty Years of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty —

2020 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty’s entry into power and the twenty-fifth anniversary of its indefinite extension. This year also marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the first and only use of nuclear weapons in a conflict. The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is the foundation of the global non-proliferation regime, but its internal irregularities are becoming increasingly problematic.

The upcoming 2020 review meeting will occ