Trends and Prospects for Cooperation with the Middle East
2016 ,
One week is too long a time in the Middle East and it is difficult, even dangerous, to be an optimist. The choice, therefore, is between the uncertain status quo...
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New Defence Procurement Procedure: A Stimulating Preview
2016 ,
In the first meeting of 2016 held on January 11, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) took some policy decisions that will eventually get incorporated, along with other policy and procedural...
Read MoreRe-engaging with Pakistan
2016 ,
The Foreign Secretary level talks between India and Pakistan scheduled to be held on January 15, 2016 got postponed due to circumstances arising from the terrorist attack at Pathankot. Both...
Read MoreIran sans Sanctions
2016 ,
The lifting of sanctions against Iran relating to its nuclear activities on 16 January marks an important turning point for Iran, the region, the United States, and the rest of...
Read MoreWill Diamer Bhasha Dam get a share in the CPEC Pie?
2016 ,
In early January 2016, Pakistan’s Minister for Planning and Development, Ahsan Iqbal, emphasised his government’s commitment towards the much anticipated, controversial and delayed Diamer Bhasha Dam (DBD) project. The likelihood...
Read MoreWhat does lower oil prices mean for India?
2016 ,
A decade ago, any political turmoil in the West Asian region would have an immediate impact on the oil market with a concurrent rise in prices. Now, despite growing tensions...
Read MoreWhy Africa?
2016 ,
To answer the question, Why Africa?, one should have lived in Africa. Like the vibrancy one could feel and absorb in China of the late eighties and nineties of the...
Read MoreFacebook’s Free Basics: A Digital Apartheid
2016 ,
One ‘narrow’ way of analyzing the Facebook craze: it is a medium which essentially caters for two sets of people; one, who are keen to know what is happening others’...
Read MoreThe Iran-Saudi Confrontation: Who will win in the end?
2016 ,
2016 has begun with a sudden escalation of tension between Iran, the leading Shia power, and its regional rival, Saudi Arabia, the leading Sunni power. Such escalation, unless addressed, can...
Read MoreNuclear India through a Western Eye
2016 ,
In the middle of December 2015, the US-based Center for Public Integrity came out with a series of four articles on different aspects of India’s nuclear programme. Of the four...
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