Dr Jason Wahlang, is a Research Analyst, at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. His area of research includes peace and conflict, and foreign policy focusing on post-Soviet states particularly Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus. He has published in academic journals and web portals.
He has completed his MPhil from the Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University and his dissertation was on “The Role of Identity in the Rise of the Secessionist Movements in Russia: A Case Study on Chechnya 1991-2004”.
He has completed his PhD from the Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. His doctoral thesis focused on the “Politics of Memory and the ‘Armenian Genocide’’’. He received his Doctoral Degree in August 2022.
Before joining MP-IDSA, Dr Jason worked as a Research Intern at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi and Research Assistant at the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi.
The main focus of the 22nd Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Samarkand was on strengthening regional cooperation and trade connectivity in Eurasia.
The fluid geopolitical situation arising out of the Russian military intervention in Ukraine has added to the challenges of Turkmenistan’s leadership in implementing their stated neutrality-based foreign policy doctrine.
The crises in Bosnia have put the nation on red alert and could lead to a major conflict or civil war, if the issues are not resolved soon. Any political instability can fan ideas of disintegration and separation and take Bosnia back to the civil war era and ethnic conflicts, devastation and loss of life.
In order to maintain a semblance of balance in its ties with its two key strategic partners, Kazakhstan would perhaps have to leverage its geo-strategic importance for both Moscow and Beijing to navigate the new Arctic route.
While the international community has maintained a cautious stand vis-à-vis the Taliban, Tajikistan has decisively thrown its weight in support of the resistance movement against the Taliban and has made a clarion call for an inclusive government in Afghanistan.