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In South Asia’s naval realm, new U.S.-India framework risks disturbing that balance by having advanced technology flows and blue water operational dependencies The announcement on October 31, 2025, of a new ten-year Defense Framework between the United States and India at Kuala Lumpur ...
India’s leadership is employing a “development-oriented” approach in Central Asia, one that includes a clear cultural-civilizational component. Political and expert communities in India and the Central Asian states have long found themselves in ...
... the broad contours of the emerging international system and regional perceptions of ongoing global processes, including in South Asia . The question, then, is what sets the 25 th SCO summit in Tianjin apart. The answer seems to lie in how the summit ... ... brought together heads of state and government of Eurasia’s leading countries. This was further amplified by tensions in U.S.–India relations, as Washington threatened to impose additional tariffs on a range of Indian goods, which were set to take effect ...
... counter–balance it. India and Russia have a common interest in maintaining their respective strategic autonomy and contributing to the emergence of a polycentric or multipolar world. Both India and Russia occupy important geo–political location. India in South Asia astride the Indian Ocean and on the cross–junction of important trade and communications routes that link important regions inhabited by vast multitudes of humanity, and Russia in the huge Eurasian land mass from Europe to the Far East and ...
... catalyst for India to pursue a strategic roadmap that bolsters its military prowess and elevates its stature as an emerging great power. The Quad has significant implications for the security dynamics of the IOR. By fueling military asymmetries in the South Asian context, the Quad is placing a greater role to India in regional affairs, and helping it pursue expansive ambitions in the maritime domain. Thus, the Quad directly exacerbates Pakistan’s threat perception. Any efforts to exert dominance particularly in the Western Indian Ocean shall constitute as ...
... a critical factor in shaping Russia–Pakistan relations. Historically, Russia has maintained close ties with India, particularly in the defense sector. However, as global dynamics shift, Russia has shown a willingness to diversify its relations in South Asia. While maintaining its strategic partnership with India, Russia recognizes the importance of engaging with Pakistan as a key regional player. The India–Pakistan rivalry adds a layer of complexity to Russia's diplomatic balancing act. At the same time, both Russia and Pakistan are keen to ensure that ...
... the CSTO, the EAEU, the CIS and the SCO) is fully consistent with the strategic culture of South Asian elites — participation in every possible format without strict commitments. Of the above-mentioned platforms, only the SCO is directly related to South Asia, with India and Pakistan among its members since 2017. New Delhi and Islamabad take an active part in working on regional security issues and their bilateral disputes have not yet paralyzed this format. However, an important condition for the SCO’s further ...
The strategic environment of South Asia is already volatile and India’s ever-enhancing use of AI for military purposes erodes the strategic stability in the region and undermines deterrence policies between India and Pakistan. “Technology, through automation and artificial intelligence, is definitely one of ...
... decide if its goal in the region is to occupy the strategic vacuum that the US left, like in Afghanistan, or to balance US re-insertion into South Asia, especially in the Indo-Pacific context. — Russia also needs to work out its stance towards the Indian Ocean and South Asia maritime security. Here it can join China in its or become an autonomous stability actor itself. — Russia should also develop a larger grand strategy in the region. As for now, it only focuses on sectoral issues, but other great powers have ...
... vital interests. Looking North is now more imperative than ever before. Reference: 1 . Discussion of the authors on this theme with Amb Jayant Prasad, former Director-General, IDSA. 2 . The two energy projects – the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, and the Central Asia South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade Project (CASA-1000) which is expected to bring Tajik and Kyrgyz hydropower to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and evolve into the Central Asia-South Asia Regional Energy Market (CASAREM), once the planned Central ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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