Deepak Kumar

In Central Asia, China and Russia are emphasizing upon raising levels of cooperation between themselves for mutual benefit over other competing players. In effect, they have split responsibilities in the...

• Deepak Kumar |
• 2022 |
• Monograph

While the end state of the Russia–Ukraine conflict is still afar, an analysis of the conflict and war fighting so far, shows that there are enough early lessons for the...

• Deepak Kumar |
• March 28, 2022 |
• Issue Brief

China’s growing military presence in Central Asia through military exercises, trainings, extending arms assistance and building military infrastructure, has an impact not only on the region but also its neighbours,...

• Deepak Kumar |
• February 03, 2022 |
• Issue Brief

Triggered by the recent hike in auto gas prices, the current crisis in Kazakhstan appears to be an expression of the long-term frustrations of common Kazakhs with the political system.

• Deepak Kumar |
• January 12, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

Neither Russia and China nor the Central Asian countries have a clear strategy on how to handle the rapidly changing canvas in Afghanistan. An ambivalent waiting game tied by slow...

• Deepak Kumar |
• September 08, 2021 |
• Issue Brief

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar, IDSA, Col. Deepak Kumar’s commentary ‘Regional Equations Amid US Withdrawal from Afghanistan’ has been published by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi, on August 06,...

Armenia and Azerbaijan have come to blows over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh after a quarter of a century. There are numerous geo-strategic interests at play in the conflict that will impact regional...

• Deepak Kumar |
• October 28, 2020 |
• IDSA Comments