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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BULLETIN

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📆 January 2026

Cyber Warfare – The ‘AI Arms Control’ Failure

The ‘Dollar’ Challenge – BRICS Digital Bridge

The Space Race – Artemis vs. ILRS

The ‘Global South’ vs. ‘Global North’ (Carbon Tax)

The Arctic – The ‘Ice Silk Road’ Opens

West Asia – The ‘Red Sea’ New Normal

JANUARY 2026 ROUND-UP: The Global Chessboard

📆 February 2026

REGLOBALIZATION: A New Phenomenon and Strategic Opportunity for India

UN80 Initiative: Opportunities and Challenges for India

EU’s SAFE COUNTRIES AND SAFE THIRD COUNTRY REFORMS: Implications for asylum and returns

New START's Expiration: Global Implications, Major Power Positions, and India's Strategic Bind

FEBRUARY 2026: ROUND-UP- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

The Russian–Ukraine War: Four Years On – A Comprehensive Overview

📆 March 2026

MARCH 2026: ROUND-UP INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Gulf Polarization and the Evolving Regional Security Architecture in West Asia

UNCLOS, Naval Warfare, and Freedom of Navigation: Strait of Hormuz Crisis 2026

"Unraveling The Democratic Era?": V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) Democracy Report 2026

The Crisis of Multilateralism and the rise of Minilateralism!

International financial architecture (IFA) reform: Progress and possibilities.

📆 April 2026

APRIL 2026: ROUND-UP: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

"One Europe, One Market Roadmap: Opportunities, Risks, and Europe’s Future in the Global Economy"

Sahel Insurgency 2012–2026: Jihadist expansion and the New Great Power Struggle in Africa

The Fossil Fuel Treaty and the Road to a Just, Sustainable Energy Transition

GENDER EQUALITY STRATEGY: MID-DECADE COURSE CORRECTION

China’s New Supply-Chain Security Doctrine: The Rise of Strategic Geoeconomics

📆 May 2026

MAY 2026: ROUND-UP: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BULLETIN

THE UN80 INITIATIVE: CAN ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM MAKE THE UNITED NATIONS MORE EFFECTIVE?

THE TRUMP–XI SUMMIT: HOW DO RIVAL POWERS MANAGE COMPETITION WITHOUT BREAKING DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS?

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AND CIVILIAN PROTECTION: HOW CAN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS HOLD STATES ACCOUNTABLE?

NO MONEY FOR TERROR: WHY DISRUPTING TERRORIST FINANCING REQUIRES INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

THE FAILURE OF THE NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE TO REACH CONSENSUS: WHY NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT NEGOTIATIONS STALL

📆 June 2026

JUNE 2026: ROUND-UP: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BULLETIN

IRAN’S NUCLEAR CRISIS: CAN MILITARY CONFLICT DESTROY THE CREDIBILITY OF INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS?

CRITICAL MINERALS AND GLOBAL POWER: WHO CONTROLS THE SUPPLY CHAINS OF THE GREEN TRANSITION?

CLIMATE FINANCE AND THE NORTH–SOUTH DIVIDE: WHY GLOBAL CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS STALL

EUROPE’S GEOPOLITICAL TRANSFORMATION: HOW UKRAINE’S ACCESSION IS RESHAPING THE EUROPEAN SECURITY ORDER

THE G7 AND THE RISE OF A MULTIPOLAR ORDER: WHO SETS THE RULES OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE?

📆 July 2026

JULY 2026: ROUND-UP: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BULLETIN

ASEAN CENTRALITY UNDER PRESSURE: CAN SOUTHEAST ASIA PRESERVE ITS STRATEGIC AUTONOMY?

REFORMING THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL: WHY IS GLOBAL REPRESENTATION STILL UNEQUAL?

DRONES, AUTONOMOUS WARFARE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: WHO IS ACCOUNTABLE WHEN MACHINES FIGHT?

THE WTO REFORM CRISIS: CAN MULTILATERAL TRADE SURVIVE GREAT-POWER COMPETITION?

WHEN AID RETREATS: HOW GLOBAL FUNDING CUTS AFFECT WOMEN IN CONFLICT ZONES

📆 August 2026

AUGUST 2026: ROUND-UP: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BULLETIN

USMCA REVIEW: WHEN FREE TRADE BECOMES ECONOMIC SECURITY POLICY

REINVENTING UN PEACE OPERATIONS: CAN THE UNITED NATIONS ADAPT TO NEW CONFLICTS?

TECHNOLOGY AS A WEAPON OF GREAT-POWER COMPETITION: THE US–CHINA STRUGGLE

THE ROHINGYA CRISIS: SOVEREIGNTY, REFUGEE PROTECTION AND INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY

GLOBALISATION WITHOUT GUARANTEED INTERDEPENDENCE: WHO BENEFITS FROM THE NEW TRADE ORDER?

📆 September 2026

SEPTEMBER 2026: ROUND-UP: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BULLETIN

THE GLOBAL SOUTH’S NEW ECONOMIC AGENDA: DEBT JUSTICE, DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AND GLOBAL POWER

THE ARCTIC AS A NEW GEOPOLITICAL FRONTIER: RESOURCES, ROUTES AND STRATEGIC COMPETITION

SANCTIONS AS FOREIGN POLICY: THE EU’S RUSSIA MEASURES AND THE LIMITS OF ECONOMIC COERCION

THE EROSION OF DEMOCRACY IN NICARAGUA: SOVEREIGNTY, REPRESSION AND INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY

THE GLOBAL RETREAT ON GENDER EQUALITY: FEMINIST INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND THE POLITICS OF POWER