Polity

Iran’s Strategic Importance to India: Sociological and Geopolitical Perspectives

Parth Raman and Pegah Mostajeran Iran’s significance to India is deeply rooted in shared historical, cultural, and civilizational ties that date back centuries. From the time of the Mughal Empire to the modern era, Iran’s influence on India’s art, architecture, language, and literature has been profound. Persian served as the court language of the Mughals […]

Simp culture in indian politics

Simp Culture in Indian Politics: A Threat to Democracy and National Progress

Dr. Ashwani Kumar and Dr. Vikas Bhandari “When politics prioritizes simping over empowerment, it normalizes a culture of mastery, creating space for alien dominant personalities to rule.” In contemporary Indian politics, a troubling phenomenon has emerged: the rise of “simp culture.” The term “simp” originated and spread through pop culture media to refer to individuals,

Negative to positive secularism

Transition from the Negative Secularism to the Positive Secularism through The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976

Arvind “The polar ends of any substance are indeed unified by the very substance that they strive to be polar ends of” “Secularism” as a terminology has been marketed largely as a Western notion which grants- “Ideological communal liberty”. Nevertheless, the Indian understanding of Secularism has a sui generis nature which extends to both its

The Butterfly Effect: India’s Strategic Pivot From Canada to China 

Parth Raman International relationship only works on equations rather than treaties. As famously said, there are no permanent enemies nor friends in foreign policy.  The States has directly engaged in a cold war against Russia and China. Previously, the term ‘Cold War’ was used from 1945 to 1991. Maybe the USA is on the decline

S. Jaishankar

S. Jaishankar is alive!

Parth Raman The title of this opinion-based article has been taken by the influence of the blockbuster Bollywood movie “Tiger Zinda Hai” which means “Tiger is alive”! On the 15th of this month, S. Jaishankar (External Affairs Minister of India & Former Diplomat) is leading India’s delegation to the Council of Heads of Government called

Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region

Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region: Challenges and Prospects

Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region:
a significant level of political diversity characterizes Southeast Asia from the repressive military regime in Burma to the emerging democracies of Thailand and the Philippines. Within this vast expanse, human rights face both opportunities and significant challenges.

Clash of Civilization

Iran’s Direct Confrontation with Israel as a Clash of Civilizations

Parth Raman & Diya Sehgal Iran’s recent direct attack on Israel, termed “Bloody Borders”, marks a significant departure from past proxy conflicts, highlighting the escalating tensions in the Middle East. This bold move underscores Samuel P. Huntington’s theory of the Clash of Civilizations, wherein cultural differences supersede ideological or political divides in shaping global conflicts.

Sovereign Equality

The End of Sovereign Equality in Diplomacy?

The term sovereign equality means “the idea that all sovereign states are formally equal”, eventually it’s a fundamental tenet of International Law. Article 2:1 of the United Nations Charter states that; “The organisation is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its members”.

Freedom

What is Freedom? Basic Concept in Political Theory

Freedom is a concept that has been central to human thought and discourse for centuries. It is an idea that has inspired countless political and social movements, and has played a central role in shaping the world we live in today. However, despite its importance, the concept of freedom is often difficult to define, and

Elite Theory

Elite Theory: A Contemporary Alternative of Conflict Theory

Elite Theory Although the major elements of conflict theory were set out by Marx and Weber, a number of other theorists developed comparable ideas that have also had a significant impact on modern analysts. The most important are the elite theorists (namely Pareto, Mosca, and Michels), Thorstein Veblen, and Joseph Schumpeter. The most prominent elite

Concept of State and its Attributes

The modern nation-state, with a centralized structure and elaborate bureaucracy, is a relatively recent human innovation (Bottomore 1979) having been in existence for only about 6,000 years (Berberoglu 1990). Prior to the rise of the state, authority was determined by kinship relations or religious rituals with no specific group charged with decision-making responsibility (Bottomore 1979).

System Analysis: An Approach in Political Theory (2022)

System Analysis in Political Science Systems analysis was influenced by the Austrian Canadian biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy and the American sociologist Talcott Parsons. So, it is a variant of structural functionalism used in political science. It is a broad theory about how the various parts and levels of a political system interact with each other. The central or the