Section of ternational studies has been devoted to International Politics in order to enable better understanding of the global and regional politics. Papers are invited from established and young scholars on any of the following themes. However, given the vast domain of the international politics, any relevant theme could be considered provided it broadly falls into the framework of this section.

    

1. Emerging (dis)order in the post-Cold War and 9/11 Era

2. Emergence of unilateralism in the US’s foreign policy under Donald Trump

3. Brexit and its implications on the EU

4. Threat of Climate Change and Role of major powers

5. From Kyoto Protocol (1997) to Paris agreement (2016) on climate change

6. US withdrawal from the Paris agreement and its implications

7. Globalization, WTO and free trade

8. Humanitarian Intervention, Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and Sanctions

9. West Asia in the post 9/11 and in the post Arab Spring

10. Emergence of Islamists in the wake of the Arab Spring in the Arab World

11. Egyptian revolution and counter revolution

12. Islam and the democratization of the West Asian region

13. NATO Intervention in Libya and overthrow of Muammar Al-Gaddafi

14. Syrian uprising and civil war and role of regional and extra-regional actors

15. Revival of the idea of caliphate and the Emergence of the ISIS

16. Arab Spring fallout on Yemen, Saudi Intervention to counter growing influence of Iran

17. Humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen and Syria and consequent refugee problem

18. Turkish response to the Arab Spring

19. Turkish response to the Syrian civil war

20. Saudi’s response to the Arab Spring

21. Emergence of the Muhammad bin Salman as the crown prince and its implications on domestic and foreign policy

22. Iranian response to the Arab spring and Syrian civil war

23. US response to the Arab spring

24. US’s foreign policy towards the West Asia under Trump

25. US withdrawal from the Iran’s nuclear agreement and regional implications

26. Marginalisation of the Palestinian cause in the post Arab Spring

27. Growing assertion of Russia under Putin in the international politics

28. Russia and Syrian civil war

29. Revival of cold war

30. Colour revolutions in Central Asia and Caucus region

31. Ukraine crisis from 2013 onward and its implications on international order

32. Annexation of Crimea by Russia in March 2014

33. Afghanistan – a battle ground for proxy war of regional and extra-regional powers

34. Challenges before Pakistan and Imran Khan

35. Indo-Pakistan relations under Modi and Imran Khan

36. Emergence of China as a rising power and its implications on the world order

37. China’s one belt one road (OBOR) policy

38. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

39. China as a factor in Indo-Pak relations

40. China’s Encirclement policy of India (String of Pearls)

41. India’s relations with West Asian

42. India’s relations with Gulf countries, particularly with Saudi Arabia and the UAE under Modi and MBS (Muahmmad bin Salaman) and MBZ (Muhammad bin Zayed)

43. India’s relations with Central Asian countries

44. Growing bonhomie between India and Afghanistan

45. Shadow of Taliban revivalism and its implications on the region

46. Indo-Nepal relation under Modi

47. Indo-Bangladesh relations in contemporary time