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America’s New Afghan Strategy – How Does It Look from Afghanistan, Iran, India?

by Mark Kinra & Lokmaanya Connect12 May 202113 June 2021 < 1 min read

US is looking to exit Afghanistan this year. How do Afghanistan, and the region’s leading powers, Iran and India, perceive it?

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Chalo Dilli: Still Valid?

by Vishnoo Jotshi19 March 202110 April 2021 5 min read

The first question that the farmers’ unions must answer is that is this “protest” still legitimate?

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Geopolitics of the Indian Ocean Region and the Rise of Minilaterals

by Balasubramanian C18 February 202118 March 2021 4 min read

The IOR plays a significant role in shaping the power dynamics of the region and globe as a whole.

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New US Govt must Revisit Iran Strategy

by Dr Ali Omidi5 February 202120 February 2021 3 min read

What Blinken is saying is simply Trump administration’s strategy in different words.

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Iran and Turkey

by Sugandh Priya Ojha, Jacob Zucker & Lokmaanya Podcasts27 January 202128 January 2021 < 1 min read

In this episode, Jacob Zucker and Sugandh P Ojha discuss the various convergences and divergences in Turkey and Iran’s relationship with respect to the Middle East and Central Asia.

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Reclaiming Gilgit-Baltistan, A Key Region Along the Emerging Asian Axis

by Shailendra Kumar6 January 202128 January 2021 4 min read

Quite simply if India doesn’t control Gilgit-Baltistan, someday, China will.

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In the Memory of Karima Baloch

by Mark Kinra & Lokmaanya Connect5 January 202126 January 2021 < 1 min read

In this conversation with geopolitical analyst Mark Kinra, Mr Hakeem Baloch, President, BNM-UK Zone, and Ms Kiran Nazish, Journalist and Founder-Director, CFWIJ, bring to light the various aspects, dreams and stories of Ms Karima Baloch, and the inspiration she serves to countless of Baloch women and freedom fighters.

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Iran and UAE

by Sugandh Priya Ojha, Mark Kinra, Jacob Zucker & Lokmaanya Podcasts20 December 202024 December 2020 < 1 min read

Mark Kinra, Jacob Zucker and Sugandh P Ojha discuss the natural rivalry between Iran and UAE induced by geography, the Abraham Accords signed by UAE and Israel, and Iran’s shifting of gears in response.

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France’s Friction with Islam – Laïcité, Macron and Destabilization

by Subrajoti Paul1 December 20201 December 2020 5 min read

The Charlie Hebdo attack and the subsequent beheading of History teacher Samuel Paty has created a global stir against extremist factions of Islam.

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Meeting Myanmar’s Growth with Caution

by Gauri Noolkar-Oak & Lokmaanya Podcasts30 November 202017 December 2020 < 1 min read

Gauri Noolkar-Oak discusses with Mr Amara Thiha, who leads the China Research Desk at Myanmar Institute of Peace and Security, the various ways in which Myanmar is exercising caution in its engagement with China.