India's engagement with Central Asia has increased in the last decade. India has emerged as one of the leading countries in the world - both economically and strategically. As a part of its strategic cooperation, the five Central Asian coun...
In the wake of Iraq’s fifth parliamentary elections which are scheduled for the coming week on October 10th, the political dynamics of the country have come a long way since the U.S. invasion of 2003. Since the toppling of Saddam Hussein an...
In the mid of 2019, the publication by Wall Street Journal proclaimed that China and Cambodia have signed a secret military agreement. Since then, there has been a lot of speculation about Cambodia's relationship with China and its future p...
When one looks at China-Iran relations, one can easily conclude that their relations very well fits the famous proverb 'my enemy's enemy is my friend'. China-Iran relation is a classical case of balancing. Despite the lack of commonalities ...
South China Sea occupies a strategic foothold in the global maritime order for several reasons such as being the flagbearer of naval modernity, sea trade and resource extraction. The region witnesses a dynamic interplay of maritime national...
On Saturday, 27th March 2021 China and Iran signed a key agreement which is being reported as a ‘strategic cooperation pact’. As part of the deal, Beijing has agreed to invest over $400 billion in fields such as banking, telecommunications,...
US President Joe Biden acknowledged the fact that climate change is real in his inauguration speech on 20th January, he announced that the national and foreign policy would be climate-centric and recognized the need to fight the climate cat...
Chinese foreign policy has become clearer in recent times. Aggressive interventionist policies towards Taiwan, the South China Sea and Indian territorial and maritime region are clear indications of how Beijing wants to pan out its military...
On 4th November 2019, the US, Japan, and Australia jointly announced the Blue Dot Network (BDN) at the Indo-Pacific Business Forum in Thailand during the 35th ASEAN Summit. This initiative seeks to employ a multi-stakeholder approach to pro...
In September 15, 2020, Israel has signed Abraham Accords with the UAE and Bahrain which aims at normalising the relations between the three nations. These include security and scientific cooperation, direct flights, commercial activities, t...
On the 23rd of September 2013, the Lebanese port authorities confiscated 2750 Tonnes of illegal ammonium Nitrate, a strictly regulated compound used for fertilizers and explosives; from a Russian cargo ship sailing under a Moldovan flag. Th...
For China securing its energy supply lines and deploying its for operational purposes and anti-piracy missions in Indian Ocean region(IOR) has been a recurrent phenomenon. It has also started to explore possibility of undertaking surveillan...
