Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

Contributions

Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan Border Clash: An Analysis

September 23, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

Background On September 14, border guards from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan exchanged fire at a disputed border section. The violent confrontation escalated and lasted for two days, with drones, tanks, aircraft, and exchange of rocket fire. ...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Commentary, SCO, Central Asia, nationalism, CSTO, Drones, border clash, enclaves, collar revolution

Kazakhstan at the Spotlight of a Constructive Dialogue between different Religions and Cultures: President Tokayev

September 21, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

Republic of Kazakhstan hosted the Seventh Congress of the Leaders of the World and Traditional Religions on 14-15 September 2022. Former President Nursultan Nazarbayev formulated this initiative to promote dialogue and discussion among different reli...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Article, Kazakhstan, Women, Education, Religious Congress, Pope Francis, Inter-religious, Intercultural, Inter-civilizational, Faith, Society, post Pandemic

Organization of Turkic States: An Instrument of Turkey’s Central Asia Policy

August 29, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

Background In recent years, Turkey has emerged as an important regional player in Central Asia. The primary objective of Ankara’s Central Asia policy is to gain strategic dominance in the region. Turkish language and culture are a shared ...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Article, Turkey, Pan-Turkic Ideology, Middle Corridor, Turkic Council, Nagorno-Karabakh war, Bayraktar TB2 drones

The Regional Integration in Central Asia

August 05, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

Introduction Since its beginning in 2018, the Consultative Meetings of Central Asian leaders have contributed positively to Central Asia’s regional integration process. The idea was presented by the Uzbek President Shawkat Mirziyoyev with...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Article, Protests, Afghanistan, Russia-Ukraine conflict, Consultative Meeting, regional integration, Intra-regional Trade, Treaty of Friendship

Sino-Kazakh Trans Boundary Water Dispute: An assessment

June 29, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

Introduction There are 24 trans-boundary rivers between China and Kazakhstan, and all of their mainstreams flow to form a clear upstream-downstream relationship. In this water-scarcity zone, the trans-boundary flow of water is limited. Ther...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Article, China, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Ili river, Irtysh river, Balkhash Lake, Zaysan Lake, Hydro hegemon, UN Convention on Water, BRI.

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VIF Papers

Great Game Revisited: China's Grand Eurasian Strategy through the Prism of 'One Belt One Road'

July 05, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

… despite multiple flaws, China's expanding participation in Central Asia is a long-term phenomenon and a watershed moment in the post-Soviet history and economic development of these countries… China is the only country capable of mobilising mas...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, OBOR, post-Soviet Central Asia, China & Central Asia, China’s economic overdrive, China’s development loans, Central Asian States’ fiscal bondage, loan diplomacy in Euresia

VIF Roundtable on India-Central Asia Relations | Summary of Discussions

April 13, 2020 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

India-Central Asia relations gained momentum in the recent past with Prime Minister Modi’s visit to the five Central Asian Republics in 2015 and India’s permanent membership to Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in 2017. During Prime Ministe...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Central Asia, India-Central Asia relations, SCO Summits, Prime Minister Modi's Visit

Book Published / Book Reviews

The Spectre of Afghanistan: Security in Central Asia by Kirill Nourzhanov and Amin Saikal; London, I.B.TAURIS Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 2021, pp. 249.

June 20, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan are three Central Asian countries that share geographical boundaries and cross-border ethnic linkages with Afghanistan. As a result, the developments in Afghanistan have directly impacted these countries. Alth...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Uzbekistan, United States, NATO, Book Reviews, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Central Asian countries

Buddha in Gandhara by Sunita Dwivedi; Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, 2020, 295pp.

July 08, 2021 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

‘Buddha in Gandhara’ is the fourth book by Sunita Dwivedi. She is a Silk Road traveller and has a keen interest in uncovering Buddhist heritage across India Subcontinent. This book presents an account of the ancient Buddhist cities of Gandhara�...

Tags: Historical and Civilisational Studies, Kashmir, Book Reviews, Philosophy, Buddhist, Gandhara, Buddha, Greco-Roman, Buddhas Dhamma

The Rise and Fall of Khoqand: Central Asia in the Global Age, 1709-1876. By Scott C. Levi, Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017. 2017, 258pp.

June 03, 2020 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

Until recently, a few books have been published on the history of Central Asian Khanates of Khiva, Bukhara, and Kokand. In his book, Levi C. Scott, a professor of Central Asian history at Ohio State University, focuses on the historical significance ...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Book Reviews, Central Asian history, Ferghana Valley, Crimean War, Russian forces, Khanate of Kokand

VIF Briefs

Turkey’s Role as a Regional Actor in Central Asia: An Assessment

March 29, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

Central Asia’s geostrategic location at the crossroads of East and West has shaped substantial geopolitical rivalries in the region. Even though the region is within Russia’s sphere of influence, China has made significant advances in Central Asi...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, energy, Azerbaijan, Gas pipeline, Drones, Turkic States, Georgia, Trans -Caspian, Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan, Karabakh War

India-Central Asia: Defence and Security Cooperation

February 28, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

Central Asia has emerged as an important geopolitical space after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991. Its geostrategic location at the crossroads of East and West, South, Central, and West Asia has often resulted in the spread of challeng...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Defence production, Taliban, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, India-Central Asia Dialogue, Delhi declaration, Khanjar, Kazind, Defence Expo, India-Central Asia Summit

India-Tajikistan Relations: The Security Factor

March 03, 2019 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

India and Tajikistan share great historical and cultural relations. Tajikistan was a part of Kushana and Persian Empires which had close cultural linkages with the Indian subcontinent. During the Islamic rule in India, Persian language and Sufism fro...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, India, India-Tajikistan Relations, Tajikistan, India’s Central Asia policy

Event Reports

VIF-IPIS Webinar on Bilateral, Regional and International Issues

August 03, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

In order to assess the dynamics of India-Iran relations, the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) Iran, in collaboration with the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a webinar on Bilateral, Regional and Internatio...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Seminars, bilateral, Regional, International Issues

Interaction with HE Mr. Ali Chegeni, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to India on “Indo-Iranian Relations and A perspective on Regional Security and Connectivity”

June 24, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

Following the official visit of Dr. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran to New Delhi on June 8-9, 2022, Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted an interaction (in hybrid format) with HE Mr. Ali Chegeni...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Interaction, Iran, Chabahar, Islamic Republic, cultural and historical ties

Interaction with H.E. Mr. Denis Evgenyevich Alipov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to India

June 13, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted an Interaction with H.E. Mr. Denis Evgenyevich Alipov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to India on June 9, 2022 following a hybrid format. The participants who were physically present for the dis...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Russia, Interaction, US, War, Ukraine, Russian Federation

Interaction with H.E. Marta Ayvazyan, Advisor to the Minister of the Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia

May 13, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted a meeting with H.E. Marta Ayvazyan, Advisor to the Minister of the Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia. This discussion included Amb Kanwal Sibal, Amb Ashok Sajjanhar, Amb Anil Trigunayat, ...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Economic, Eurasian Economic Union, Armenia, Collective Security Treaty, civilisational, cultural, socio-political

Interaction with Dr. Eldor Aripov, Director, Institute of Strategic and Regional Studies (ISRS), Tashkent, Uzbekistan

May 12, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted Dr. Eldor Aripov, Director, Institute of Strategic and Regional Studies (ISRS), Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Dr. Aripov was accompanied by H.E. Mr. Dilshod Akhatov, Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan t...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Interaction, INSTC, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Energy Security, Regional Security, Chabahar, Tashkent, ISRS, India-Uzbekistan Relations

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