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Israel’s normalisation with UAE and Bahrain: A prognosis for the region

Israel’s normalisation with UAE and Bahrain: A...

01 October, 2020 | By
  • Prasanna Aditya

Discreet relations already existed between all three countries and the ceremony in the White House...

Comparing Erdogan’s outreach to India and China

Comparing Erdogan’s outreach to India and China

09 September, 2020 | By
  • Prasanna Aditya

Erdogan’s current stance vis a vis the Uighurs is unrecognisable to his previous position. The...

‘Neo-Ottomanism’ in Turkish foreign policy

‘Neo-Ottomanism’ in Turkish foreign policy

31 August, 2020

Erdogan’s boisterous efforts to revivify Islamist Turkey, viewed in conjunction with his equally headstrong approach...

The maritime implications of growing China-Iran strategic ties

The maritime implications of growing China-Iran strategic...

30 July, 2020 | By
  • Abhijit Singh

Iran’s recent decision to drop India from the Chabahar-Zahidan railway line project has been the...

Middle East energy challenges and India

Middle East energy challenges and India

23 July, 2020 | By
  • Robin M. Mills

India can be much bolder in its engagement with the Middle East, and particularly the...

Strait talking: The China question extends from Malacca to Hormuz

Strait talking: The China question extends from...

21 July, 2020 | By
  • Kabir Taneja

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?

Is India’s Chabahar calculus in trouble?

21 July, 2020 | By
  • Kriti M. Shah

Recent developments bring to light two key costs for India as it seeks to pursue...

UAE navigates the post-COVID19 era: #WeAreAllResponsible

UAE navigates the post-COVID19 era: #WeAreAllResponsible

01 July, 2020 | By
  • Mai El-Kinawi

In some markets in the Middle East we are already living the ‘new normal’. With...

Pipelines to swords: How COVID-19 shifted focus from energy cooperation to securitisation in the Eastern Mediterranean

Pipelines to swords: How COVID-19 shifted focus...

06 June, 2020 | By
  • Stefan Wolfrum

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 restrain Iranian hardliners

Medical diplomacy by India and Europe can...

13 May, 2020 | By
  • Kashish Parpiani

As the US doubles down on its “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran, India and Europe...

Israel must bring its diverse communities together in Covid19 fight

Israel must bring its diverse communities together...

26 April, 2020 | By
  • Lidia Averbukh

Much like in other countries, it took Israel — and Israelis — a while to...

COVID-19: China’s ‘Health Silk Road’ diplomacy in Iran and Turkey

COVID-19: China’s ‘Health Silk Road’ diplomacy in...

13 April, 2020

As the COVID19 pandemic flares up and countries grapple to respond, China has positioned itself...

Despite Coronavirus outbreak, India-Israel friendship continue to shine

Despite Coronavirus outbreak, India-Israel friendship continue to...

06 April, 2020

At a time when SARS-COV2 virus has taken the entire world under its blanket, halting...

India’s revamped interests defines Chabahar and its relations with Iran

India’s revamped interests defines Chabahar and its...

07 March, 2020 | By
  • Veeresh Kanduri

New Delhi now ought to prove its logistical capabilities in accomplishing the full potential of...

Russia and Israel: Towards a pragmatic partnership

Russia and Israel: Towards a pragmatic partnership

05 March, 2020 | By
  • Pritish Gupta

In the first two months of 2020, the Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israel Prime...

Israel’s absorption of Bnei Menashe Jews from India

Israel’s absorption of Bnei Menashe Jews from...

30 January, 2020

In the late 1970s, a few individuals from a small group located in North East...

Sense for sensibility: Maritime domain awareness through the information fusion centre – Indian Ocean Region

Sense for sensibility: Maritime domain awareness through...

28 January, 2020 | By
  • Gayathri Iyer

The 2008 Mumbai Terrorism act dented India’s image and brought its lackadaisical coastal security architecture...

“Triangle of sea power” in Gulf of Oman poses a challenge to US-led Indo-Pacific Order

“Triangle of sea power” in Gulf of...

23 January, 2020 | By
  • Veeresh Kanduri

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), Russian Navy and the Islamic Republic of Iran...

India’s middle east conundrum

India’s middle east conundrum

08 January, 2020 | By
  • Harsh V. Pant

Iran’s retaliation for the killing of its top commander Qasem Soleimani was quick. Two airbases...

Of shifting sand dunes in West Asia

Of shifting sand dunes in West Asia

18 November, 2019 | By
  • Avijit Goel

In quoting Ella Leya from her brilliant debut on fiction, “The Orphan Sky”, a certain...

The evolution of India’s West Asian policy

The evolution of India’s West Asian policy

21 October, 2019 | By
  • Meher Wadhawan

In the past, India has managed a successful balancing act in a tripolar West Asia....

West Asia’s tech-talent balance

West Asia’s tech-talent balance

13 August, 2019 | By
  • Ehtesham Shahid

Even as West Asian economies make efforts to move away from overdependence on oil, they...

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