What next for Afghanistan? Before we delve into how the future looks for Afganistan today, we must look at the events of history which brought Afghanistan in the state it is today. After the withdrawal of Soviet Troops in 1989, the country was thrown in state of civil war. From this civil war, emerged the
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China and India are the two most populous countries and fastest growing major economies in the world. Last month India-China marked 70 years of diplomatic relations on April 1, 2020. India was the first non-communist country in Asia to establish diplomatic ties with the People’s Republic of China on April 1, 1950. Despite the fact,
Read more →Chabahar is a seaport located on the Makran coast of Sistan and Baluchistan Province of Iran, next to the Gulf of Oman and at the mouth of Strait of Hormuz. It is the only Iranian port with direct access to the Indian Ocean. It is close to central Asian countries like Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan etc.
Read more →What is Non Aligned Movement? When the Cold War started in the mid-twentieth century, the two world powers – the Soviet Union and US – responded by organising their allies into rival military alliances. The US founded the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), and shorter-lived alliances. The Soviet Union founded the Warsaw Pact. Another response
Read more →The ‘Look East’ policy, started decades ago transformed into ‘Act East’ policy when the BJP led NDA government came into power in 2014. The policy projects India’s affirmation that India values the Eastern neighbours and wants to engage and act more with them for mutual development. “Look East Policy” of India was launched by the
Read more →Indo-Israel relationship: Partner in Distress Today, the Indo-Israel relationship continues to reach new heights with growing ties between Israel and India. The relationship has moved beyond defence cooperation and is also focussed on economic and high end technology cooperation as well as boosting people-to-people linkages through cinema and tourism. Relations between Jerusalem and New Delhi
Read more →United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of United Nations created following World War II. The body was given the responsibility of ensuring international peace and security. It pursues its objectives through the powers vested in the council which include establishing of peacekeeping operations and imposing international sanctions. It is
Read more →What is the Theory of String of Pearls? China’s continued economic development is dependent on secure routes for energy supplies and the movement of its trade through the Indian Ocean region. In order to mitigate this vulnerability, China has acquired a ‘blue-water’ navy and developed a number of military and civilian seaports in the Indian
Read more →India – Iran relations are more than a millennium old. Bilateral relations between the two countries are far reaching and multi-dimensional. Both have recognized they have a lot to offer to each other and have acted to expand cooperation in many key areas. The recent increasing bilateralism between Iran and India is based on the
Read more →India shares a unique relationship with Nepal as compared to all its other neighbours. Nepal is the only country other than Bhutan with whom India shares an open border of over 1850 Kms. Both countries share a unique relationship of friendship by virtue of free movement of people across the borders coupled with religious and
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