Disinformation, CBW and COVID Concerns: Exploring the New Age Scourge
The growing trend of disinformation operations is weakening the trust in international community general and multilateral institutions in particular. The policy of biological weapons disinformation is being pursued by all the major powers, and quite interestingly, the victim of it is also from all the major global political groupings.
"How Russia turned America’s helping hand to Ukraine into a vast lie"
Information is the world’s lifeblood. It pulsates in torrents of facts and images. We are swamped with it.
India's Approach to Addressing Water Disputes with Pakistan: Exploring Options for Renegotiating the Indus Water Treaty
Pakistan must be prepared to renegotiate the treaty to accommodate new challenges especially mainstreaming climate change in IWT for its own benefit.
India's Ad-hoc Hydro-Diplomacy on the Brahmaputra
A dramatic title aimed at western influenced security scholars, 'Is China aiming to weaponize water'- in an English daily based in Geneva on 31st January, has once again triggered apprehensions in India of unilateral water diversion in the Brahmaputra River by China.
EJIS: "Disinformation in international politics"
Abstract: Concerns over disinformation have intensified in recent years. Policymakers, pundits, and observers worry that countries like Russia are spreading false narratives and disseminating rumours in order to shape international opinion and, by extension, government policies to their liking.
Quest for Environmental Justice: India’s Option
On the eve of Human Rights Day, President Draupadi Murmu expressively spoke about the dignity and rights of nature. In Montreal, the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) tried to iron out a fair and just global biodiversity governance system.
SHR: "Disinformation in International Relations: How Important Is It?"
ABSTRACT: This article explores the relevance of disinformation in international relations. It discusses the nature of information manipulation, ways to counter disinformation, and possibilities for international organizations, including the OSCE, to initiate confidence-building measures.
"Russia’s “dirty bomb” disinformation, annotated": Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
In late October, after eight months of war, the Russian government claimed that Ukraine was preparing to use a "dirty bomb" and blame it on Russia. There was never any evidence for this claim. But Russia's ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nbenzia, nevertheless sent a letter (reproduced below) demanding that the Security Council hold a meeting to discuss the "dirty bomb" issue.