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Revitalization of INSTC and Prospects of the Greater Eurasian Connectivity
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF

The geostrategic significance of Central Asia is very much important from India’s foreign policy and domestic policy points of view. Central Asia shares a border with China in the East, Caspian in the West, Russia in the North, and Iran and...

December 30, 2022 Download
Tags: Central Asia, Central Asia, Chabahar Port, China, INSTC, Iran, North-South Transport Corridor, Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy
Turkey’s Role as a Regional Actor in Central Asia: An Assessment
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, 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...

March 29, 2022 Download
Tags: Azerbaijan, Central Asia, Drones, energy, Gas pipeline, Georgia, Karabakh War, Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan, Trans -Caspian, Turkey, Turkic States, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, International Relations and Diplomacy
India-Central Asia: Defence and Security Cooperation
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, 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...

February 28, 2022 Download
Tags: Afghanistan, Central Asia, Defence Expo, Defence production, Delhi declaration, India-Central Asia Dialogue, India-Central Asia Summit, Kazakhstan, Kazind, Khanjar, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Taliban, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, International Relations and Diplomacy
India-Tajikistan Relations: The Security Factor
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, 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...

March 3, 2019 Download
Tags: Central Asia, India, India-Tajikistan Relations, India’s Central Asia policy, Tajikistan, International Relations and Diplomacy
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