... no political will around to put together a regional collective security system, one should at least think about a regional crisis management mechanism involving Iran and key neighboring Arab starts. Concerned overseas powers – like Russia, China, India, and EU – could assist in building this mechanism working with their respective regional partners. We should regard the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani as a wakeup call, not as a trumpet of the approaching Armageddon.
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India and Latin America are embracing new strategic choices and diversifying into new strategic options towards recasting and transforming their once-staid mutual relationship
For a nation that has routinely punched below its weight in global affairs,...
The Indian authorities striving to reduce the country’s dependence on tools developed aboard
India has a solid and well-deserved reputation as one of the leaders in the global IT industry. This makes it all the more surprising that, until recently, Indian ...
... transforming the current negative dynamics both in the Gulf and in the Middle East in general. As the saying goes, every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution.
Let us rewind history 15 years and move southwest of the Strait of Hormuz to the Indian Ocean around the Horn of Africa. It is here, in the Gulf of Aden, that Somalian pirates regularly captured dozens of foreign ships a year in the early 21st century. This criminal business grew steadily and finally became a major obstacle for the ...
... risky to consider the bedevilling issues stemming from Chinese imperviousness to strident Indian criticism over the sovereignty contravening China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) component within the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The Chinese refusal to allow Indian candidature of NSG membership decoupled from that of Pakistan, that is viewed and regarded as deeply and qualitatively odious, by the latter, and the nature and tenor of Chinese investments across South Asia, which has India spooked on dimensions ...
Interview with Dattesh Parulekar, Assistant Professor, Centre for Latin American & International Studies, Goa University
How do Indian experts see the role of BRICS in world politics and what do they think about current relations between Russia and India?
Dattesh Parulekar
, Assistant Professor, Centre for Latin American & International Studies, Goa University and Vice President,...
... now traditional sessions held with BRICS countries. In addition, a meeting was also held between the heads of state of Russia, India and China (in the RIC format). Objectively, this format could be the most efficient, since interaction between Eurasia’s ... ... between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, who only had time to exchange opinions on the “Kerch Strait incident.” Trump’s refusal to meet with the President of the Russian Federation means a further loss of confidence between the two countries.
On the ...
The United States is committed to depriving Russia of its access to the Indian market and is prepared to toughen the sanctions regime to achieve this if such actions are needed
Before the United States introduced sanctions against the Russian defence sector, military-technical cooperation between Moscow and New Delhi had ...
On the potential impact of American sanctions on the Russia – India Arms Trade
The first part of this article has demonstrated that India and Russian enjoy a close military relationship. India makes use of Russian material in all the branches of its armed forces. The material used ranges from munition to vehicles ...
On the potential impact of American sanctions on the Russia – India Arms Trade
The Russian Federation is the second largest supplier of weapons globally. In 2016, 21% of global arms sales were Russian. Between 2000 and 2016 Russia accounted for on average
25% of global exports
. During that period 30% of exports ...
