... key participants, as well as global players. Such a balance has yet to be struck for Russia and Ukraine. Hostilities continue and a political settlement has not been reached... ... economy. The contours of the balance for global and regional players—the EU, the US, China, Japan, Iran and others are more clearly visible.
The European Union bears the most serious... ... convenient for the Americans to oust Russia from the world arms markets. China and India will remain major buyers, but competition for other markets will be more difficult...
... many US allies in the region – from Saudi Arabia to Israel – urging the White House to take more steps to stop the growing Iranian presence in the Middle East? Was it a flood of advice from self-proclaimed experts on Iran in Washington, who argued that ... ... 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 ...
... Strait off the coast of Fujairah. On June 13, this time near the Iranian coast, two more tankers flying the flags of the Marshall ... ... liquefied natural gas from Qatar, the world’s second-largest (after Russia) exporter of natural gas. Multiple predictions were made ... ... 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 ... ... effectively.
Ivan Timofeev:
Tanker Incidents: Who Blinks First?
India, China, and Russia could offer their patrolling services, since ...
... calculus 2.0. (At the time of penning this account, India had not tallied, its federal election results).... ... being feted with highest civilian honors, first from Russia and latest by the UAE, for coveted contribution ... ... diminish South Asian countries’ trade dependence upon China and to shrug-off the increasingly indomitable ... ... prospective Afghan political future and the fomenting US-Iran crisis in the Middle East. Furthermore, the new ... ... the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The Chinese refusal to allow Indian candidature of NSG membership ...
... considered to be fairly stable and predictable; in some segments, such as LNG supplies to India, the marketplace was effectively monopolized by Qatar.
Qatar
RIAC and Gateway House Report “Russia – India Energy Cooperation: Trade, Joint Projects, and New Areas”
Qatar... ... India’s LNG imports is so high that the country might actually come close to the leader China in the near future, especially given that New Delhi briefly exceeded Beijing’s... ... from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and the threat of new sanctions against Iran all undermine buyers’ confidence in the reliability of Gulf supplies and force...
