[IR] Explained-USA exit from Afghanistan.
As the United States prepares to end its longest war, here is a timeline of the US’s war in Afghanistan […]
[IR] IRAN deal and the IAEA
Even as the chicken-and-egg game is being played between the U.S. and Iran on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as to whether Iranian compliance comes first or the lifting of sanctions by the U.S., the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is back on the stage to rescue the [...]
[IR] Indo-China LAC disengagement @Pangong Lake.
India’s negotiators ought to be commended for their efforts in ensuring a successful border disengagement at Pangong. […]
[IR] Brahmos and Manila Deal
Earlier this month, India and the Philippines signed the “Implementing Arrangement” for “procurement of defense material and equipment procurement”. This agreement lays the groundwork for sales of defence systems such as the highly anticipated export of the BrahMos cruise missile, through the government-to-government route. […]
IR-India’s options in the Myanmar muddle.
NEW DELHI : In October last year, India’s foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and Army chief Manoj Mukund Naravane teamed up for a visit to a crucial neighbour—Myanmar—that raised eyebrows due to its rarity. The uncommonness of the visit underlined the state of politics in Myanmar—where the military and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and her [...]
IR – How And Why India Is Resisting RCEP ?
Indian Prime Ministerand Chinese Presidentmight have had a successful Sino-Indian summit at Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu during 11-12 October. […]
IR-China, Rare Earth and Geopolitical Backfire.
China is planning to ban exports of technology for refining rare earth minerals. Such a move, if taken, is likely to backfire even more spectacularly than its previous attempts to weaponize the trade in rare earths itself. […]
FP & IR – From Panchsheel to Panch-Shield !!!
China’s propensity to nibble away at territories of its sovereign neighbours is too well-known by now to bear repetition. […]
Geopolitics – Will India ever get an international pipeline?
What is the scope of an international gas pipeline to India? Is it bright or is it dim? […]
Geopolitics-India’s policy choices in Afghanistan- “My Enemy’s Enemy: India In Afghanistan From The Soviet Invasion To The US Withdrawal”
In 1878, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, the viceroy of India, was convinced that the Afghan amir Sher Ali Khan was getting too close to the Russians. A team of British diplomats sent to meet Khan was turned away at the Khyber Pass. The result was the Second Anglo-Afghan War and the signing [...]