Research & Analysis
Israel’s normalisation with UAE and Bahrain: A...
Discreet relations already existed between all three countries and the ceremony in the White House...
Comparing Erdogan’s outreach to India and China
Erdogan’s current stance vis a vis the Uighurs is unrecognisable to his previous position. The...
‘Neo-Ottomanism’ in Turkish foreign policy
Erdogan’s boisterous efforts to revivify Islamist Turkey, viewed in conjunction with his equally headstrong approach...
The maritime implications of growing China-Iran strategic...
Iran’s recent decision to drop India from the Chabahar-Zahidan railway line project has been the...
Middle East energy challenges and India
India can be much bolder in its engagement with the Middle East, and particularly the...
Strait talking: The China question extends from...
China’s supposed multi-billion dollar deal with Iran comes at a time of increasing alarm bells over Beijing’s...
Is India’s Chabahar calculus in trouble?
Recent developments bring to light two key costs for India as it seeks to pursue...
UAE navigates the post-COVID19 era: #WeAreAllResponsible
In some markets in the Middle East we are already living the ‘new normal’. With...
Pipelines to swords: How COVID-19 shifted focus...
Covid-19-related economic repercussions have rendered the unifying, cooperation-creating element of a common energy market in...
Medical diplomacy by India and Europe can...
As the US doubles down on its “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran, India and Europe...
Israel must bring its diverse communities together...
Much like in other countries, it took Israel — and Israelis — a while to...
COVID-19: China’s ‘Health Silk Road’ diplomacy in...
As the COVID19 pandemic flares up and countries grapple to respond, China has positioned itself...
Despite Coronavirus outbreak, India-Israel friendship continue to...
At a time when SARS-COV2 virus has taken the entire world under its blanket, halting...
India’s revamped interests defines Chabahar and its...
New Delhi now ought to prove its logistical capabilities in accomplishing the full potential of...
Russia and Israel: Towards a pragmatic partnership
In the first two months of 2020, the Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israel Prime...
Israel’s absorption of Bnei Menashe Jews from...
In the late 1970s, a few individuals from a small group located in North East...
Sense for sensibility: Maritime domain awareness through...
The 2008 Mumbai Terrorism act dented India’s image and brought its lackadaisical coastal security architecture...
“Triangle of sea power” in Gulf of...
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), Russian Navy and the Islamic Republic of Iran...
India’s middle east conundrum
Iran’s retaliation for the killing of its top commander Qasem Soleimani was quick. Two airbases...
Of shifting sand dunes in West Asia
In quoting Ella Leya from her brilliant debut on fiction, “The Orphan Sky”, a certain...
The evolution of India’s West Asian policy
In the past, India has managed a successful balancing act in a tripolar West Asia....
West Asia’s tech-talent balance
Even as West Asian economies make efforts to move away from overdependence on oil, they...