Posted on February 16, 2016. Tags: Asia, Asia Economics, China, Cold War, Great Power Politics, India, Non-alignment policy, Post- Cold War, United States
Introduction At the time of India’s independence in 1947 the world had just witnessed the end of the Second World War and was slowly being engulfed in a new power struggle with the Cold War. The brewing trend of the time was that of alliance forming with either of the blocs led by the United States (US) […]
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Posted in China, Conflict, India, Political Security, Security Issues, US, World
Posted on March 12, 2015. Tags: European Defense Spending, John Mearsheimer, NATO, NATO-Russia Founding Act, Poland in NATO, Post- Cold War, Putin, Russia, U.S. Troops in Europe, Ukraine
Eastern and Central European states lined up at the NATO application window after the collapse of the Soviet Union. And can anyone blame them after the events of the 20th century? They were, after all, victimized by the Molotov-Ribbentrop treaty, the German Invasion, and then the subsequent Soviet “liberation” and forty- five year occupation. Yet […]
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Posted in Europe, Political Security, Security Issues, World