NEW DELHI: The presence of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval at the Saudi National Day celebrations in Delhi, was rare and unusual signalling. Such signalling isn’t done on a concerned country’s national day celebrations, which are often discreet, low key affairs. The unwritten rule of diplomacy is that the government nominates […]Read More
NEW DELHI: With west Asia and the Gulf in turmoil over the US mediated Israel-UAE deal to normalise ties and Iran feeling angry and betrayed, defence minister Rajnath Singh will be making a quiet and unannounced visit to Tehran on his way back from Russia. But before his Iran “transit visit”, Singh may meet his […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s outburst against Saudi Arabia is part domestic compulsion, part unwillingness to recognise global realities, Aparna Pande says on ‘Talking Point’, while Shuja Nawaz warns “Pakistan will lose if it swings like a pendulum between Saudi Arabia and China.” Pakistan’s Army Chief and ISI DG returned from Saudi Arabia this week without meeting […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Concerns about Iran and its nuclear weapons are not the main drivers of the UAE’s decision to sign a peace deal with Israel. According to Talmiz Ahmed, India’s former ambassador to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the latter is driven by visions of punching above its strategic weight in the region, but to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The historic peace deal between Israel and the UAE is no surprise to close watchers of West Asia politics. As Navdeep Suri, Distinguished Fellow at ORF and former envoy to the UAE points out to Ashwin Ahmad the two nations had finally come out of the closet on a relationship that had been […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As news of the UAE-Israel peace deal spread, an Indian diplomat remarked that it was akin to gays “coming out” (of the closet). Despite periodic condemnations of Israel perfidy, including and especially its colonisation of Palestinian land, Arab states have maintained a quiet, under-the-radar relationship with the Jewish state. That the UAE has […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Three tweets that made history: First Donald Trump’s announcing the “Huge breakthrough … historic peace agreement between our two great friends Israel and the UAE.” Within minutes Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted “Historic Day”, followed by a more restrained but detailed tweet from UAE President Sheikh Zayed bin Nahyan which went thus … […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The U.S. has toned down a draft resolution at the UN in its bid to extend the Iran arms import-export embargo. While that could garner more support in the 15-member UN Security Council (UNSC), it won’t overcome opposition by veto-wielders Russia and China. Geopolitical expert Dr Kamran Bukhari says the move is just […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Iran has extended the lease for India to run their strategic Chabahar port by another year, even as New Delhi awaits word from Tehran on the entity that will partner with IRCON International Limited (of the Indian Railways) to undertake the Chabahar-Zahedan rail link. Both the port and railway link are vital for […]Read More
In the aftermath of the tragedy, Lebanese political analyst Hassan-el-Zein who is based in Beirut speaks to Ashwin Ahmad about the challenges being faced by the country and what it needs to do to help get back on its feet Why was there such a large stock of ammonium nitrate in the docks? Was this problem raised earlier by […]Read More
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