Lessons for India from the Ukraine standoff The Statesman 21 Dec 2021 In Feb-Mar 2014, Russia invaded Ukraine and occupied Crimea. This led to western condemnation and imposition of sanctions. Historically, Crimea had been a part of Russia since 1783, when it was occupied after defeating Ottoman forces. It remained a part of Russia till 1954 when it was […]
Why Indo-Russian relations continue to remain strong despite divergent geopolitical and strategic drift First Post 09 Dec 2021 The recently concluded Indo-Russian summit was more than just an annual dialogue between Modi and Putin. It also included the inaugural 2+ 2 meeting, which is the working horse in determining the future direction of Indo-Russian relations. The summit had all […]
Military cooperation and Indo-Russian summit Amar Ujala 09 Dec 2021 हाल ही में संपन्न हुई भारत-रूस की शिखर बैठक से, जिसमें वैश्विक घटनाओं पर विचार-विमर्श के अलावा 2+2 संवाद की भी शुरुआत हुई, रक्षा क्षेत्र में द्विपक्षीय सहयोग में और वृद्धि ही होगी। शिखर बैठक में अलग-अलग क्षेत्रों से संबंधित 99 बिंदुओं पर साझा सहमति बनी, तो अंतरिक्ष से […]
Illegal regimes face global backlash The Excelsior 07 Dec 2021 The UN Credentials Committee (UNCC) met last week and deferred its decision on who would represent Afghanistan and Myanmar in the UN. There were rival claims for this seat by representatives of previous democratic governments and the current incumbents. The decision by the UNCC implies that both countries will […]
How Vladimir Putin’s visit will bring India and Russia closer despite New Delhi’s deepening ties with US First Post 30 Nov 2021 Addressing the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations in Moscow in Jul this year, Indian External Affairs minister, S Jaishankar, stated, ‘relations between Russia and India have been amongst the steadiest of the major relationships […]
Xi-Biden summit flops The Excelsior 22 Nov 2021 The over-hyped Xi-Biden summit held last week ended up as ‘much ado about nothing.’ The nearly three-and-a-half-hour summit was mainly both sides projecting their views with no joint statement being released, though this had already been hinted by the White House, prior to the meeting. However, the fact that the two […]
How India’s NSA-level meet will help crack the Afghan riddle, expose Pakistan’s duplicity First Post 09 Nov 2021 The Indian NSA, Ajit Doval, will be chairing a Regional Security Dialogue of his counterparts on Afghanistan on 10th Nov. This is the third meeting in the series, the first after the Taliban takeover. The two earlier meetings were held in […]
The world is looking at India The Excelsior 28 Oct 2021 Till a few decades ago, India was considered a land of snake charmers and elephants. The world considered India synonymous to poverty. The change began in the early nineties when Narasimha Rao with Manmohan Singh as his finance minister, opened the Indian economy. India in 1991 was compelled […]
Learning from the Armenia- Azerbaijan conflict Scholar Warrior Autumn 2021 Introduction The 44 days Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, launched by Azerbaijan, concluded under a Russian brokered ceasefire on 10 Nov 2020. The end result was degrading for Armenia. It lost control over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. In addition, Armenia was forced to guarantee a safe corridor to Azerbaijan for its […]
Why India just can’t walk out of the S 400 deal First Post 12 Oct 2021 Every time there are Indo-US talks the topic which raises its ugly head is the Indian decision to procure the S 400 Triumf air defence missile systems from Russia and possible US sanctions. A standard question, raised to US representative, in every press […]