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  • Big Picture: India and the US-Maldives Defence Agreement
    Dr. Sripathi Narayanan.    ·   23 Sep, 2020    ·    #5726    ·    Commentary    
    On 10 September 2020, Washington and Malé signed the “Framework for U.S. Department of Defense-Maldives Ministry of Defence Defense and Security Relationship.” This agreement ostensibly intends to deepen bilateral efforts towards maintaining ...
  • UAE-Israel Abraham Accord: The Iran Context
    Majid Izadpanahi.    ·   03 Sep, 2020    ·    #5719    ·    Commentary    
    On 13 August 2020, US President Donald Trump announced the signing of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-Israel deal, also known as the Abraham Accord. The UAE is the third Arab state (after Egypt and Jordan), and the first Arab state in the Persian ...
  • The Abraham Accord and UAE-Israel Relations: Winners and Losers
    Muneer Ahmed.    ·   03 Sep, 2020    ·    #5718    ·    Commentary    
    On 13 August 2020, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel signed the watershed Abraham Accord—the peace agreement to formalise bilateral diplomatic relations. It marks a major turn of events in West Asia. Washington announced the deal with op ...
  • The India-Nepal Dispute: What, and Why Now?
    Yash Vardhan Singh.    ·   10 Jul, 2020    ·    #5703    ·    Commentary    
    The India-Nepal territorial dispute around the Kalpani-Limpaidhura-Lipulekh trijunction area stems only in part from the ambiguity around the original boundary settlement. The present flare up is a result of a combination of factors: India’s str ...
  • Afghanistan: Concerns Regarding Political Prospects and Washington-Kabul Relations
    Fawad Poya and Bushra Tariq.    ·   29 Jun, 2020    ·    #5701    ·    Commentary    
    Developments in the run up to and post the signing of the February 2020 US-Taliban agreement have generated considerable concern regarding the political future of Afghanistan as well as regarding the prospects of the US-Afghanistan partnership, e ...
  • Does COVID-19 Enable the Acceleration of Negative Global Trends?
    Yash Vardhan Singh.    ·   11 May, 2020    ·    #5686    ·    Commentary    
    The uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic mimics the fog that engulfs any military conflict. As countries, leaders, and citizens work to deal with the crisis, what pre-existing trends are likely to gain traction? What characteristics of the pan ...
  • Pakistan’s Afghanistan Policy and a Troubled Peace Process
    Dr Shalini Chawla.    ·   05 May, 2020    ·    #5684    ·    Commentary    
    While the world is engrossed in intensifying the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Afghanistan’s peace process is finding it difficult to draw the necessary time and attention from the international community. The Taliban rejected the Afghan g ...
  • Tracing Strategy in China's Dual-Use Space-Based Systems
    Saman Ayesha Kidwai.    ·   20 Mar, 2020    ·    #5663    ·    Commentary    
    For over a decade, Beijing has followed an asymmetric path to developing its space-based capabilities, targeting the US’s overwhelming dependence on space-based systems. This has much to do with the fact that the US used space primarily for mili ...
  • Tracing Strategy in China’s Militarisation of Space
    Saman Ayesha Kidwai.    ·   27 Feb, 2020    ·    #5652    ·    Commentary    
    The pace of China’s advancements in its space-based capabilities has been rising since the break in Sino-US relations in the post-Cold War era. However, instead of trying to match the US toe-to-toe as the erstwhile Soviet Union had done, China s ...
  • Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka: Beyond the Presidential Elections
    Dr. Sripathi Narayanan.    ·   21 Nov, 2019    ·    #5632    ·    Commentary    
    The result of the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election was on expected lines because of the nature of the captive vote-bank of the frontrunners, Sajith Premadasa, and the winner and now President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The campaign and the poll, in ...
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