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Foreign involvements in Syria: A barrier towards meaningful solution
Syrians have been passing five consecutive years under fierce conflict and there is yet no sign of peace. However, the failed meetings and the...
New Cold War in South Asia: How India Should Reconnoitre Its Foreign Policy Strategic Challenges?
During the Cold War, the world has been divided into two blocs i.e., capitalism and communism. The Cold War had been the outcome of...
Thucydides Trap in Asia: The Sino-Indian conflict
At the battle of Pylos (Seventh year of the Peloponnesian War, ), the Athenians won a major victory over Sparta. In consequence of their...
TAPI: Exploring the possibilities
Borders thronged with soldiers. War drills. Scything rhetoric and deranged shreds of unfounded accusations. This is how we can best explain the recent situation...
BRICS and the Doctrine of Energy Cooperation
Authors: Urmila Rao* and Manish Vaid One of the prime outcomes of the BRICS Summit 2016, (October 15-16, Goa, India) was setting up of...
Russia self-trapped in Abkhazia and South Ossetia?
Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the two Russia-backed breakaway regions of Georgia were recognized by Russia as independent states following the Russia-Georgia war of August,...
NATO and Russia in the Baltic and the North Pole
NATO strategic response to Ukraine's annexation by the Russian Federation in March 2014 is currently focused on the forward defense of the Baltic countries,...
Russia Set To Unveil Cultural, Orthodox Jewel On The Seine
A massive Russian "spiritual and cultural center," crowned by a golden-domed Orthodox cathedral, opens its gates in downtown Paris this week, thrusting Russian religious...
Oil- A Slippery Friend
I still recall seeing articles, reading news and perusing opinions clamoring with a ‘no deal’ jargon. Belonging to the same pessimistic guild I was...
The (Trans-Siberian train of) Heartland or (Mare Liberum of) Rimland? Mega structures for the next century
This year marks the centenary of the creation of the legendary Trans-Siberian railway of Russia. By an ironic twist of fate, this falls right...