BENGALURU: India and Iran have always been good friends but there is greater potential now to expand upon our ties, said Iranian Defence Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami. In an exclusive interview with StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin Gokhale the minister emphasized that post the lifting of the UN arms embargo Iran and India were in […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “The digital landscape is growing very, very fast. Like the traditional domains we are used to protecting—borders, skies and seas—protecting this landscape takes a lot of effort. Just like protecting the body you need to deal with viruses. Countries need to understand where the threat is, they need to understand how serious the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: For Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS), the honeymoon with Donald Trump has ended. Is it now the nightmare of Joe Biden? It could be. Biden’s focus on human rights has resulted in a promise by Washington to declassify and release a US intelligence report which probes the Kingdom’s role in the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Ahead of Joe Biden’s swearing-in as America’s 46th president, he was sent unwelcome reminders by two long time adversaries, Iran and North Korea. Both reminders were in the context of nuclear weapons with Tehran showcasing an underground missile base, while North Korea was more brash, promising expansion of its nuclear weapons program. Their […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On Tuesday, six oil and gas rich kingdoms of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC—Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar) will gather in Riyadh for a key summit that could see the lifting of the three-year long blockade of Qatar. The timing is interesting as it will coincide with the U.S. electoral […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The collapse of the alliance between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party and Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party has forced Israel to its fourth election in less than two years. Never friends at the best of times, the two men formed a coalition of necessity to fight the country’s pandemic that is […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India has been pushing for the use of the Iranian port of Chabahar port, being developed with its assistance, to the five ‘stans’ of Central Asia for long. Now, Uzbekistan has become the first one to seek a trilateral meeting on Chabahar. The first trilateral working group meeting between India, Iran and Uzbekistan […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “India doesn’t have to get its knickers in a twist,” over Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks to the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) think tank, says Nandan Unnikrishnan, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation. “Judge them by the statement they’ve made through actions post Galwan. They’re supplying everything we’ve asked them for” he […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s latest round of Gulf diplomacy is being driven by three high-profile visits: Gen. M.M. Naravane will be the first army chief to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday. Later this month, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be in Qatar and Kuwait, while his deputy V. Muraleedharan will hold discussions […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The Indian government has chosen to reveal little about the first ever visit by an Indian Army chief to Saudi Arabia. Gen. Manoj Naravane’s visit to Riyadh beginning Sunday (December 13) is significant. The two countries exchanged defence attaches way back in the 1990s, yet it took them three decades to agree on […]Read More
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