More: Diplomacy
Assessing Russia’s Relationship With Africa
Over the past two decades, Russia's efforts to regain its Soviet-era influence in Africa have achieved little success because "times have changed significantly, for...
Kashmir’s pain and the Fourth Geneva Convention: Is there room for peace?
The crux of the Kashmir problem is very simple (although often carefully elided in many essays on the subject): The Kashmiris want a voice...
Turkey’s Strategic Reset: Engagement instead of contention
‘The EU loves to portray itself as a pan-European project. However, it stubbornly rejects and systematically demonises the only two European countries that have...
The Ass and the Elephant: Russia and the American Presidency
Whether one truly believes in the old adage that the President of the United States is the ‘leader of the free world’...
The current North Korean issue
Pending the periodical transformation of the North American political system, the Korean issue is surfacing again. It is a complex issue which is crucial...
Can Diplomacy Help Navigate an Upcoming Worldwide ‘Valley of Disappointment’?
The current worldwide slowdown in productivity gains may reflect a combination of decreasing energy returns on energy investments in fossil fuels, and limitations on...
China-Africa partnership finds reciprocity
Despite concerns raised by few Western countries, such as Britain and the U.S., over the political, economic and military roles that China has been...
Russia and Israel improving relations: A geostrategic analysis
During the meeting held on June 7, 2016, the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu decided to start military cooperation...
Strange Bedfellows
Sadvi Prachi is the leader of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council). In Roorkee, where there has been a communal clash injuring 32...
Israel and the Russian Federation today
There are many signs which make us think of a new strategic relationship between Russia and Israel in the Middle East. In general terms,...