Articles by Ninan Koshy

Considering the fact that the 2005 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty conference was a failure, the 2010 conference can at least claim to have partially rehabilitated the non-proliferation mechanism of the treaty, however weak it may be, thus averting a collapse. But the overall lack of progress was so clear that the conference could at best only claim that it caught up with the positions of 1995 and 2000. It provided few specific guidelines, let alone timelines, to evaluate progress in 2015. There is a similar frustration about the lack of any time frame for nuclear disarmament by the Nuclear Weapon States, in spite of their declaration of commitment, which has become so routine and repetitive to instil any confidence.

The paradigm of the war on terror has erroneously and deliberately subsumed all forms of local, national and violent movements under the category of "global terrorism".

The US, the European Union, Israel and some Arab leaders are making every effort to prop up Fatah to combat Hamas. As a result, Palestine has been divided into two "mini-states" - the Hamas-controlled Gaza strip and the Fatah-controlled West Bank.

On December 26, 2003 the representatives of the US and Indian governments signed an agreement, which provides that neither country will surrender persons of the other country to any international tribunal without that country's express consent. The signing of this impunity agreement had more to do with a 'strategic partnership' with the US than India's own objections to the ICC.

Globalisation has a profound impact on political institutions and discourse nationally and internationally. In the process of changing the nature of the state and the interstate system, a new political order is being fashioned.