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Amb Ashok Sajjanhar
Ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar, a former Ambassador of India to Kazakhstan, Sweden and Latvia is the President of the Institute of Global Studies, New Delhi and a Distinguished Fellow at Ananta Aspen Centre.

Ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar, a former Ambassador of India to Kazakhstan, Sweden and Latvia is the President of the Institute of Global Studies, New Delhi and a Distinguished Fellow at Ananta Aspen Centre.

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India-US Ties in Trump 2.0: On a ‘’Trusted Partnership’’ Trajectory
February 07, 2025 Amb Ashok Sajjanhar
Introduction India-US relations have been in a sweet spot since the last twenty-five years starting with the visit of US President Bill Clinton to India in March, 2000. There has been a bipartisan consensus in both India and the US regard...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, US, Article, India, US, Trump, MAGA
Engaging Central Asia
July 08, 2022 Amb Ashok Sajjanhar
The five countries of Central Asia viz Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have been largely peaceful and stable since they attained independence on the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991. There have been a few abe...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Commentary, India, China, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Tajikistan
Russia-Ukraine Crisis and its Impact on Central Asia
April 19, 2022 Amb Ashok Sajjanhar
Central Asia is Russia’s sphere of Influence, and Moscow is also the security provider in the region. In addition, Central Asian economies are highly dependent on remittances from the Russian Federation. Central Asia has been heavily impacted by th...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, UNGA resolution, Russia, Ukraine, Economic Slowdown, Remittances, Food Security, Podcast, Energy Exports, Labour Migrants, Western Sanctions
China-Central Asia Relations
May 17, 2021 Amb Ashok Sajjanhar
Since the Soviet disintegration, Chinese activities in Central Asia grew leaps and bounds. China has penetrated deep into economic and strategic spheres of these countries with its ambitious Belt and Road projects. However, with the increasing Chines...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, China, China, Russia, Central Asia, BRI, Debt Trap, Oil and Gas, Military Exercises, Sinophobia, Podcast, Railways and roads
Can Biden Bring Peace to Afghanistan?
February 16, 2021 Amb Ashok Sajjanhar
The Joseph Biden administration declared on 23rd January, 2021, within a few days of coming to power that it will reassess the agreement reached by Donald Trump with the Taliban in February 2020. It stated that the US proposed to review whether the m...

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies, US, Afghanistan, Article, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Trump, Taliban, Al Qaeda, Peace Deal, Ghani government, Biden
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