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Read more about the article The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War (New York: Dutton, 2024)

The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War (New York: Dutton, 2024)

The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War is a comprehensive guide that seeks to understand the major global shifts in contemporary times. It provides an analysis of the state of international politics and acts as a guide to navigate the intricacies of the current geopolitical landscape. With an understanding of the role, motives, and aspirations of the key actors involved, the book offers a detailed, nuanced, and in-depth commentary on the current world order and where it is headed.  The book’s author, Jim Sciutto is CNN’s Chief National Security Correspondent, who also served as Chief of Staff to US Ambassador Gary Locke in China from 2011 to 2013. The analysis in the book is drawn from interviews with the USA’s senior policymakers and military figures. The book incorporates extensive use of the primary data drawn from those interviews.In his book, Jim Scuitto discusses the ‘flash points’, which

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The Missing Tejas

In the world governed by the nation-state system, Air power is considered to be an eminent symbol of national pride. The ability of a nation-state to develop air power by indigenous means signifies technological superiority of a state. In this context, India has ardently been promoting the self-construed narrative of indigenous defence production. The aim of this narrative propagation is two-fold: firstly, to promote Indian defence exports, and secondly, to immunise India from excessive dependence on foreign defence imports. However, the narrative seems to be falling upon its own foundations, reflected in the absence of Tejas in the Republic Day Parade of 2026. The Republic Day Parade is a national symbol for the glorification of the defence and military capabilities of any state. Indian Republic Day Parade

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The Most Consequential Midterm Elections of the US

The US midterm elections will be held in November 2026, which can prove to be one of the most consequential midterms in the US history. The outcome of these midterms will influence the US economic strategies, domestic policies, as well as the global markets and geopolitical alliances. Being held amid escalating international tensions and deep domestic divisions, the result of these midterms will, therefore, carry considerable impacts extending far beyond Washington. In the electoral process of the US, midterm elections are carried out near the midpoint of the four-year presidential term. During midterms, all 435 seats of the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate seats are up for election. Thus, the results of these elections determine who gets to control the Congress. Since Congress influences everything, from legislation, spending, and oversight

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