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Mike Pompeo’s trip to West Asia
February 4 , 2019 Dr Hirak Jyoti Das
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Between 8 and 15 January 2019, the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo undertook an eight country visit to Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman and an unplanned trip to Iraq. The trip to Kuwait was cancelled because of family emergency.

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Pompeo’s West Asian tour , US-West Asia engegements

Afghan Talks - Talking Peace without the People?
February 4 , 2019 Dr Yatharth Kachiar
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Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, tweeted at the end of six-day long peace talks with Taliban in Qatar that discussions have made “significant progress”. According to the media reports, the two sides have made substantial advancement on vital issues to end the 17-year old Afghan conflict.

Afghanistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Afghan peace process , US-Taliban talks

Review of Russia – Pakistan Defence Cooperation: Reflection of Emerging Geo-Political Realities
February 2 , 2019 Col Shubhankar Basu, SM, VSM
Article Views: 5260
In the last week of 2018, the new papers in India and Pakistan were flooded with the possibility of signing of a mega deal in defence cooperation between Russia and Pakistan involving SU-35 fighter air ...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Russia-Pakistan defence deals , Russia-Pakistan relations

Myanmar: Challenges before Aung San Suu Kyi in 2019
January 31 , 2019 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 3875
Myanmar’s quasi democratic government has completed over half of its constitutionally mandated term but has to yet make a major progress in a number of areas, especially those related to political and economic reforms.

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Myanmar in 2019 , Myanmar Peace Process

ISIS’s Infiltration into Balkans and its Changing Tactics
January 31 , 2019 Natalia Griva
Article Views: 12856
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a powerful group which is responsible for hundreds of terrorist attacks around the world and used to control large areas of Iraq and Syria in the size of the United Kingdom.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

Tags : ISIS in Balkans , ISIS terror

प्रधानमंत्री ओली के कार्यकाल में भारत-नेपाल संबंध
January 30 , 2019 C D Sahay Sushmita Bharti
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नेपाल में नए संविधान के तहत 2017 के अंत में देश भर में हुए चुनावों से देश में लोकतांत्रिक प्रशासन के नए युग का आरंभ हुआ। इन चुनावों में प्रधानमंत्री के पी ओली की अगुआई वाली नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी-यूनिफाइड मार्क्सिस्ट-लेनिनिस्ट (सीपीएन-यूएमएल) को प्रचंड जनादेश मिला।

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Hindi

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