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.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 04/16/2018 - 05:36
Paper No. 6365 Dated 16-Apr-2018
By Dr Subhash Kapila
United States and Russia are in a state of edgy military confrontation which has all the potential of a flare-up and military showdown. Inherent in this are serious implications for India and its foreign policy would be severely tested.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Fri, 06/30/2017 - 06:40
Paper No. 6273 Dated 30-June-2017
Guest Column By Ravi Sundaralingam
The 13 points demand made by Saudi Arabia and its allies against Qatar, their erstwhile cousins and co-sponsors of Wahabi/ Salafi -Jihadi extremism/ militancy, is weird as anything one can imagine.
We have grouped the Saudi demands into two categories to understand the mind-sets writing these demands.
Part 1 lists five that deal with Saudi views on Freedom, Society and National Sovereignty.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 06/12/2017 - 17:09
Paper No. 6268 Dated 12th June 2017
By Dr Subhash Kapila
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