Adarsh Badri

Realism in International Relations

By: Adarsh Badri September 11, 2021September 11, 2021

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The theory of realism has had a significant influence on the study of international politics, as it appears in practice. Realism is shaped by power politics.

Liberalism in International Relations

By: Adarsh Badri September 1, 2021September 1, 2021

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Liberalism argues that the concentration of unaccountable power is a fundamental threat to individual civic liberty, therefore must be restrained.

Pegasus and The Rise of Illiberal Democracies

The Pegasus project shows us the governments that rule us could soon be capable of knowing everything about us, while we know nothing about them.

Identity Politics and Its Discontents

Fukuyama’s book, Identity published in 2018 addresses the growing threat of identity politics to the liberal democracy in contemporary world politics.

The Israel-Palestine Conflict: A Brief History

By: Adarsh Badri May 16, 2021July 30, 2021

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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict dates back to the end of the nineteenth century, with the birth of major nationalist movements among the Jews and the Arabs.

Learning to Live With The Virus

The coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 pandemic has sickened as many as 145 million people around the world. It is raging in several countries like never before.

NFT: what is it? how does it work?

In the early march of 2021, Mike Winkelmann – the digital artist known as Beeple – sold an NFT for a whopping $69 million. Yes, you heard it right.

Myanmar Coup: what is happening and why?

In one of the bloodiest days of protests since the coup d’état that began in early February, Myanmar security forces gunned down more than 114 civilians on March 27, 2021.

What is Blockchain Technology?

Blockchain is a decentralized, distributed public digital ledger consisting of records called blocks – linked to one another using cryptography.

The Rise of Big Tech and Data Privacy

In the age of information, all the clicks we’ve left behind — and would leave behind in future — are being (will be) used to analyze us, rate us, package us, and sell it back to us.

Change the World Without Taking Power?

John Holloway, a Marxist philosopher, in his “Change the World Without Taking Power” provides an important critique of the present-day revolutions.

Where There is No Caste: Utopia

Isabel Wilkerson, in her bestselling book “Caste: The Lies That Divide Us,” introduces caste as a guiding framework to analyse racial hierarchy in the US.

Can We Separate Art From the Artist?

The historic #MeToo movement, which gained momentum in 2017, has thrown a spotlight into the men-of-art and their unlicensed abuse of power.

We Don’t Need No Thought Control

‘We Don’t Need No Education’ — a catchy phrase in Pink Floyd’s 1979 release of ‘The Wall’ became an instant hit reaching a worldwide audience.

Indian Police and the Custodial Deaths

The Police system in India is in a dangerous state of disrepair with skyrocketing cases of human rights violations, encounter killings and institutional murders.

The Rise and Fall of the LTTE in Sri Lanka

By: Adarsh Badri June 25, 2020July 30, 2021

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In this article, I would like to address the political character of the Sri Lankan state that had enabled the crisis to unfold, and also highlight the structural and temporal factors.