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Voice from America
The Iran Deal: Is it Hard to Resist?
Amit Gupta. · 27 Jul, 2015 · #4902 · Commentary
After much pain and negotiation, the P5+1 and Iran have reached a nuclear deal. Inevitably, the Republicans, along with a set of strange bedfellows consisting of Israel, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, and even some Democrats, are questioning ...
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Russia-Iran: Why is the S-300 Sale Significant?
Debalina Ghoshal. · 19 Jun, 2015 · #4891 · Commentary
In April 2015, soon after the negotiations in Lausanne, Russia decided to supply Iran with the sophisticated defence system, the S-300, a deal due since 2010. The deal had been struck in 2007 but owing to pressure from the West and thereafter, the ...
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Spotlight West Asia
US-GCC Summit: More Hype than Substance
Ranjit Gupta. · 01 Jun, 2015 · #4881 · Commentary
On 17 April, the White House announced US President Barack Obama’s invite to GCC monarchs for a summit on from 13-14 May to reassure the Saudi Arabia-led GCC bloc about the nuclear framework agreement with Iran and against the backdrop of the ...
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Spotlight West Asia
King Salman: The Boldest Ever Saudi Monarch?
Ranjit Gupta. · 05 May, 2015 · #4868 · Commentary
King Salman, at 79 years old, was widely believed to be in poorer health when he ascended the throne than any of his predecessors. He had been the Saudi minister of defence for six months and Crown Prince for two-and-a-half years – the shorte ...
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Spotlight West Asia
Yemen: Why the Current Strife will Continue
Ranjit Gupta. · 06 Apr, 2015 · #4860 · Commentary
Soon after its formal establishment in 1932, Saudi Arabia invaded Yemen and absorbed the Yemeni provinces of Asir and Najran, in 1934. Since then, Saudi Arabia has tried to influence internal political dynamics by using a ‘carrots and sticks& ...
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Iran Nuclear Deal: Lessons from North Korea
Vyjayanti Raghavan. · 06 Apr, 2015 · #4858 · Commentary
After over a decade-long and torturous negotiation, Iran and the US reached an agreement over the former’s nuclear program. There has been some light applause from the international community but that is all. Only US President Barack Obama ha ...
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The Strategist
State of Play: Non-Proliferation, Fissile Material Cut-Offs and Nuclear Transparency
Vijay Shankar. · 09 Mar, 2015 · #4849 · Commentary
Tools that promote a stable nuclear relationship between nations are characterised by a congruence of views on non-proliferation of weapon and vector technologies, fissile material control and strategic transparency; the last makes clear the strate ...
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Spotlight West Asia
Saudi Arabia and Evolving Regional Strategic Dynamics
Ranjit Gupta. · 02 Mar, 2015 · #4843 · Commentary
Saudi Arabia had, for the immediate short-term, seemingly successfully launched the process of transition to monarchs coming from the next generation; however, there has been dissent about the two younger generation appointments which has been kept ...
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IPCS Discussion
West Asia, Iran Nuclear Deal, and Islamic State: Review of IPCS Forecasts
Report. · 13 Feb, 2015 · #4832 · Commentary
On 9 February 2015, the IPCS, in collaboration with the India International Centre, reviewed and released three papers published as part of the Institute’s Forecast 2015 Series. The papers covered issues on West Asia (by Amb Ranjit Gupta), th ...
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IPCS Forecast: Towards a Nuclear Deal with Iran in 2015
Ruhee Neog. · 19 Jan, 2015 · #4815 · Commentary
2014 was a year of significant global political upheaval; one in which the US, first among equals, had to repeatedly prove its diplomatic mettle. Of these, the Iran-West rapprochement and negotiations for a political settlement on the Iranian nucle ...
