Political Pandora

According to the Forum ERF Policy Portal, scholars have questioned whether the standard Mercator projection was a political tool that contributed to the scramble for Africa by various Western powers. By making the continent look small and ‘conquerable’, it could have played a role in the colonisation of Africa. The late 19th and 20th centuries saw the peak of colonialism where Western powers competed fiercely for colonies in Africa, Asia and the Americas.

An inflection point exists with India's suspension of the IWT that echoes beyond the immediate Indo-Pakistani dyad. It brings an urgent inquiry into whether international law allows suspension of treaty obligations based on persistent non-state violence.

The image of families clawing through rubble while awaiting aid—aid that never arrived—is not merely a tragic snapshot of natural disaster. It is the image of a political failure: the state’s inability—and unwillingness—to care for its people.

Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion bid to acquire U.S. Steel Corporation has taken a new turn with the CFIUS approving a deadline extension.

“Restaurants have a separate entry so their customers do not see us. They make an arrangement from the back gate of the restaurant itself, t

China's "panda diplomacy" has long been a fundamental tenet of its international policy; a unique blend of soft power and culture.