... opportunity not only to offer its expertise in fighting the “three evils” to partner countries but also to respond to Indian accusations of sponsoring terrorist groups.
Julia Melnikova, Natalia Viakhireva, Gleb Gryzlov:
The Issue of Connectivity in India-Russia Relations — From Eurasia to the Arctic
In practice, this means that SCO summit declarations must give voice to both India and Pakistan. For example, the Tianjin declaration simultaneously condemns cross-border terrorism and the terrorist attack on 22 April in Pahalgam, a town in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir. Both points may be interpreted, among other things, as a ...
... globally resurgent Russia. Unmoored from the certainties of Cold War geopolitics, Russian objectives are not reducible to a structural logic: strategic hedging explains Moscow's simultaneous attempt to safeguard the special and privileged relationship with India while carving out space for meaningful ties with Pakistan. Russia's engagement with Islamabad stems from dual objectives to blunt the effects of India's drift into the US orbit and to preserve and strengthen pathways for influence in Afghanistan.
In the current scenario for instance, despite India’s intentions ...
... infrastructure, trade and energy projects that span from Moscow to Islamabad.
Moreover, the BRICS grouping, which brings together Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Ethiopia, Iran, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, offers another avenue for Russia–Pakistan cooperation. While India is a member of BRICS, Russia and Pakistan can still find common ground within this framework to address global economic challenges, call for a more equitable world order and collaborate on issues like sustainable development and climate change.
...
... Gulf-Black Sea and North-South transport corridor will strengthen Iran's position as a hub connecting India with Europe and Russia. These routes may increase their relevance as an alternative route against the backdrop of the ongoing escalation along ... ... become the dominant provider of its security and will not seek additional support from the EU and Iran.
Thirdly, strengthening India's position in the South Caucasus will help to level out the regional power balance. Today, the presence of non-regional actors, such as Israel and Pakistan, on the side of Azerbaijan, which have confrontational or competitive relations with Iran, cement power imbalances. Therefore,...
... of matters that remain more sensitive and divisive.
First published in in
VIF's Journal, National Security, Vol. 5 Issue 3
(July-September 2022).
This is a new and expanded version of the article. For an earlier version see, Kortunov, Andrey. “India-Pakistan and Russia-Ukraine: What If We Compare the Two?” Modern Diplomacy, October 30, 2021.
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2021/10/30/india-pakistan-and-russia-ukraine-what-if-we-compare-the-two/
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... production and securing Pakistan-China military interoperability. Pakistan also has very strong tech competences in IT and other advanced areas, which makes a cooperation with China an obvious option.
Fraying of India-Russia Relations
Andrey Kortunov:
India — Pakistan and Russia — Ukraine: What if We Compare the Two?
We should agree with Russia’s overall analysis on India-Russia
relations
. A lot of Indians too see Russia as an old, important, and beneficial friend.
But far from all. Some Indians evaluate, that if ...
... relations in the two pairs is somewhat different: hostilities between India and Pakistan arose almost immediately in the wake of the two countries gaining independence, whereas the tensions between Russia and Ukraine manifested themselves gradually. Unlike India and Pakistan, Russia and Ukraine were able to avoid slipping into a large-scale military face-off, although Kiev believes today Russia to be an “aggressor country”. At the same time, though, both India and Pakistan are nuclear-weapon states, meaning that neither ...
... their withdrawal.
The NATO withdrawal creates significant hurdles for regional stability and a power vacuum in Central Asia. There are several players, both internal and external, who are seeking to fill the void left by the Americans and their allies. Pakistan, India, Iran, Turkey, China and Russia seem poised to play the next “
great game
” in the so-called “
graveyard of empires
”. Some of these states have a vested interest in the stability of Afghanistan to ensure regional security and foster economic interests as well as mitigate ...
... effort to not only strengthen regional cooperation but also utilise SCO summit meetings to cement bilateral engagements with SCO member states.
Nevertheless, the challenges that need to be navigated, including the new equation of growing Russia-China-Pakistan triangular convergence of interests, remain on the horizon. This has seen even Russia — India’s traditional partner — adopt a more nuanced position on New Delhi’s key strategic concerns.
With the stakes being high, deft diplomacy in an increasingly uncertain and unpredictable yet opportunistic world would be called upon to preserve ...
The Indian authorities striving to reduce the country’s dependence on tools developed ... ... which, for obvious reasons, was not conducive to strengthening cyber protection. Since Pakistan and China were traditionally considered to be India’s principal adversaries... ... secret services continue to conduct cyber ops that threaten India’s national security.
Russia is one of the few great powers that has interests in the region and does not...
