Writer: Nina Renata Pop Editor: Shachi Gokhale “I will not be the president of China who loses Taiwan. If you force my hand, there will be war”, Xi Jinping allegedly told Biden at the 2022 G20 summit. This warning came after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, which sparked strong military intimidation attempts from China, including missiles fired across the island. In April 2023, the US once again challenged China by hosting Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-Wen on a v

Author: Pratham Maheshwari Editor: Antara Basu In 1959, the Dalai Lama and his followers fled Tibet following an invasion by China and were welcomed by the then-Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Since then, many Tibetans have come to India attaining a count of 150,000 in 2011 . However, a recent survey conducted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in India, in association with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) found that only 72,312 Tibetans

Author: Margault Lepeytre Editors: Siddharth G. Khare and Soline Germond Several global issues such as Covid-19, the conflict in Ukraine, and even the food shortage that annually kills 9 million people, each in their own right highlight how the international order is being contested, notably by the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation. These events clearly indicate the presence of a ' power transition ' at work: the dominant great power is being replaced by a

Author: Victoria Aarons Editors: Ruth Lucas and Prachi Saraf Xi Jinping is a significant threat to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and this might ultimately lead to its downfall. Xi Jinping’s leadership of China’s authoritarian regime is the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) most significant threat, due to the lack of succession planning, silencing of the opposition and suffocation of the economy. The regime’s obsession with control reached new heights at the CCP’s 20th Nati