Md. Muddassir Quamar

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Md. Muddassir Quamar’s Chapter ‘Saudi Arabia: Navigating a Perilous Regional and International Politics’ has been published in a Volume titled ‘Political Faultlines in the Middle East’, edited by Prof. Kingshuk Chatterjee, University of Kolkata, and published by Knowledge World Publishers.

The Chapter discusses the Saudi foreign policy priorities and challenges in a changing regional and global geopolitics.

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• Published: 8 December, 2020

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Md. Muddassir Quamar’s Commentary ‘India-Bahrain Ties Set to Strengthen’ has been published by the All India Radio (AIR) World Service, an External Services Division of AIR, on November 28, 2020.

The Commentary analyses India-Bahrain relations in the light of the recent visit of the External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar to the island nation.

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• Published: 28 November, 2020

Turkish global power aspirations are hindered by a lack of regional influence. Ankara wishes to enhance strategic depth in the neighborhood. Deviating from a soft power approach, President Erdogan has increasingly adopted a confrontational foreign policy.

• Published: November 06, 2020
• IDSA Comments

November 2020
Volume: 44
Issue: 6
Commentaries

• Published: November 2020
• Strategic Analysis

The normalisation of relations between the UAE and Israel is a historic development and a step forward in the rapprochement between the Arab Gulf and Israel.

• Published: August 21, 2020
• IDSA Comments

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Md. Muddassir Quamar’s article ‘Deepening India-UAE Strategic Ties’ has been published by the All India Radio (AIR) World Service, an External Services Division of AIR, on August 20, 2020.

The India-UAE bilateral cooperation has witnessed unprecedented growth in recent years in a wide range of areas including trade, commerce, investments as well as defence, security, science & technology and education, writes Dr. Quamar.

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• Published: 20 August, 2020

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Md. Muddassir Quamar's opinion piece on the proposed Iran-China strategic agreement, titled 'Are China and Iran Consolidating their ‘Strategic’ Partnership?'has been published by Raksha Anirveda on July 18, 2020.

Though the news of China and Iran entering into US$400 billion agreement and Iran going ahead with Chabahar-Zahedan railway project are unrelated, the timing was uncanny and left many wondering whether China and Iran are entering a new phase of ‘strategic’ partnership at the expense of India, writes Dr. Quamar.

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• Published: 21 July, 2020

Under President Erdo?an, Ankara has become more ambitious and is using every opportunity to intervene in regional politics.

• Published: June 22, 2020
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Associate Fellow, MP-IDSA, Dr. Md. Muddassir Quamar’s co-authored chapter on ‘Saudi Arabia and the Millennium Development Goals’ has been published in the volume titled ‘Economics of G20: A World Scientific Reference’, edited by John Whalley and Manmohan Agarwal, and published by World Scientific Publishing, Singapore.

Even before the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had achieved significant success in meeting most of the targets. Except in the area of gender equality and women’s empowerment, the Saudi government has been quite successful in its achievements on the seven other MDGs. Despite the lag on issues regarding women, the authorities have managed to achieve significant progress in several of the other MDGs, such as poverty eradication, reduction of malnourishment, provision of universal primary education, and reductions in child and maternal mortality, writes Dr. Quamar.

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• Published: 1 May, 2020

The political divisions and economic challenges facing the country have complicated the government’s response to the pandemic, putting the population at risk and threatening to undermine the popularity of President Erdogan.

• Published: April 14, 2020
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