Peaceful change in a Turbulent World by T.V. Paul Abstract This public conversation between Professor T.V. Paul from McGill University in Canada and Professor Kai He from Toda Peace Institute focuses on one of the most important questions in world politics: Is peaceful change still possible in an increasingly turbulent international system at a time […]
Status Recognition and Great Power Conflicts Today: The US, China, and Russia by T.V. Paul Abstract October 17, 2025 — The violent conflict in Ukraine triggered by Russia, China’s drift away from a “peaceful rise” strategy, and America’s near abandonment of liberal leadership have created deep uncertainty. T. V. Paul’s new book project asks: Under […]
Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS) – What happens to world order when great powers fear decline? by T.V. Paul Abstract Today, we are launching DIAS in Dialogue – a new video conversation series where leading researchers and thinkers explore the ideas shaping research, society, and the world around us. In the first episode, DIAS […]
Test Of a Rising Power by T.V. Paul Abstract US President Donald Trump’s recent decision to impose a 50 per cent tariff on Indian goods and to reestablish strategic parity between India and Pakistan poses significant challenges to Indian foreign policy. The situation is reminiscent of the aftermath of the nuclear tests in 1998. These […]
Manmohan Singh’s visionary policies gave India recognition as ‘Rising Power’ by T.V. Paul Abstract Despite their political differences, the current Indian establishment should recognise his contributions appropriately, in particular, in bringing India to the forefront of the international system as a rising power and giving hope for the rise of it as a legitimate major […]
India’s National Elections 2024: Deciphering Foreign Policy Implications by T.V. Paul Abstract As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears likely to return to power in April-May 2024 for a third consecutive term in the country’s consequential national elections, Canadians will be watching how voters in India – the world’s largest democracy – decide not only […]
The rising power paradigm and India’s 2024 general elections by T.V. Paul Abstract India, the world’s largest democracy, is holding its national elections over a six-week period starting 19 April. The elections to the 543-member lower house of the parliament (Lok Sabha) with an electorate, numbering 968 million eligible voters, assumes critical importance as India […]
By T.V. Paul and Amitav Acharya Abstract As two past presidents of ISA who originally came from the Global South, and who maintain substantial teaching and research links there, we have witnessed the association’s progress in inclusivity. The intellectual perspective on ‘Global IR’ that Acharya has promoted is increasingly accepted as an approach of significance […]
Michael Brecher: Pioneering scholar of Indian foreign policy Abstract Brecher, who retired as a distinguished professor at McGill University’s political science department last year after a nearly seven-decade-long stellar career, passed away at the age of 96 on January 16. He had made enormous scholarly contributions on topics such as Indian and Israeli foreign policies, […]
(De-)Globalization and International Order by Markus Kornprobst & T.V. Paul Abstract What will become of liberal order as “deglobalizing” pressures continue to mount? And what happens to globalization as liberal order comes under increasing pressure? Indicators of economic interdependence show signs of plateauing. Even as NATO and Russia square off against one another, the alliance faces significant internal challenges. From decreasing […]
