Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 10:49
Paper No. 6543 . Dated 20-Feb-2020
Dr Subhash Kapila
Noticeable since last year is the emergence of a new Islamic bloc of Pakistan-Turkey-Malaysia which ostensibly asserts to bring about a renaissance in the Islamic World but essentially comprises three Non-Arab Sunni Muslim nations attempting to challenge the Arab domination of the Islamic World led by Saudi Arabia as the ‘Custodian of the Holy Places of Islam’.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 01/06/2020 - 12:34
Paper No.6530 Dated 6-Jan-2020
Guest Column: By Dr. Rajesh Krishnamachari
The year has commenced ominously with increased US-Iran tensions triggered by the targeted killing of Qasem Soleimani, the long-term head of Iran’s Quds Force. In this note, we address three questions raised by this event:
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Wed, 11/20/2019 - 23:03
Paper No. 6513 Dated 20-Nov-2019
By Dr Subhash Kapila
The Middle East chess-board in 2019is marked by intense power rivalries between the regional powers and a rearrangement of chess pieces by the two Major Powers----United States and Russia—traditional rivals vying for influence in this volatile region of the world which has been in a state of strife since end of First World War 1919 when new nations were carved out of the old Ottoman Empire.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Thu, 07/11/2019 - 02:53
Paper No. 6560 Dated 10-July-2019
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Middle East 2019 geopolitical landscape presents unprecedented dilemmas challenging the very fundamentals of US policy formulations. United States can ill-afford to ignore the predominance of non-Arab regional powers and prop alternative regional powers devoid of critically significant basic attributes of power.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 10:43
Paper No. 6406 Dated 8-Mar-2019
By R M Panda
India has the second largest population of Muslims and yet it has been denied its rightful place in the OIC meetings so far. It was therefore a big diplomatic triumph for India when it was a invited to the OIC (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) meeting this year for the first time since its formation.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 02/25/2019 - 15:03
Paper No. 6500 Dated 25-Feb-2019
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia visited Pakistan and India - February 2019 with a further follow-up visit to China. Saudi Arabia’s underlying strategic objectives in clubbing these visits make an interesting analysis as the India visit stands out apart strategically in relation to Pakistan and China.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Wed, 09/26/2018 - 08:51
Paper No. 6430 Dated 26-Sept-2018
By Dr Subhash Kapila
In the closing months of 2018, the Middle East security environment presents the spectacle of an intense power struggle going on among the major regional powers like Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Israel besides the geopolitical and military involvement of the traditional external powers like the United States and China that compulsively get drawn into Middle East regional conflicts on opposing sides.
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