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Is the QUAD Alliance Falling Short of Any Concrete Action?

by Rehan Rajput29 June 202129 July 2021 3 min read

India adds its voice to the call by member nations of the QUAD alliance, in keeping the Indo-Pacific region open, free and progressive. But where is a concrete action plan?

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India’s Reaction to the Israel-Palestine Conflict

by Amogh Oak & Lokmaanya Connect17 June 202117 June 2021 < 1 min read

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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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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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Iran and India

by Sugandh Priya Ojha, Mark Kinra, Jacob Zucker & Lokmaanya Podcasts10 November 202028 January 2021 < 1 min read

In this episode Mark Kinra, Jacob Zucker and Sugandh P Ojha discuss the historic and contemporary ties between India and Iran – two neighbouring ancient civilizations.

NeighbourhoodPoliticsSouth Asia & China

China’s Inconsistent Borders and Unidentified Intentions

by Mark Kinra23 July 202010 December 2020 6 min read

It is astonishing that despite living side-by-side since centuries, India and China have failed to demarcate their boundaries in the modern world.

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Discussion on PoK Needs to be Constructive, not Destructive

by S Raghavan21 July 202010 December 2020 4 min read

When it took a war to bring an element of clarity, can regaining PoK happen through negotiated settlement over a table, or will it demand a full scale war?

IndiaPolitics

Laser Defence: Exploring the Futuristic War and India-Israel co-operation – Part II

by Sugandh Priya Ojha & Jacob Zucker21 July 202010 December 2020 3 min read

It is certain that by cooperating on sharing resources, technology and expenses, the total cost involved can be reduced and the work rendered more efficient. However, a disadvantage is that multilateral collaboration on sensitive defence technologies is delicate at best.

NeighbourhoodPoliticsSouth Asia & China

In Sickness and In Health: Can the Coronavirus Pandemic Integrate South Asia?

by Gauri Noolkar-Oak20 July 202010 December 2020 4 min read

This rare display of solidarity by SAARC leaders, especially when SAARC has lost its teeth and holds no relevance for the common South Asian, makes a compelling statement. Optimists and those who believe in the possibility of an integrated South Asia are tempted to take this as a signal that there might be some hope for reviving SAARC after all.