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Modi’s Iran Sojourn: One of the most Important Visits Abroad
May 21 , 2016 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Views: 3728
Everyone in India understands the importance of the Gulf region. With 7.5 million Indian expatriates, $30 billion annual remittances and majority supply of India’s energy needs it’s a crucial region for...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : GCC , Gulf region , India’s foreign policy , Modi’s Iran

Winning Assam will help BJP in making further gains in North-East
May 20 , 2016 Nitin A Gokhale
Views: 4232
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a marginal player in the Assam political scenario until its spectacular showing in the 2014 general elections for the Lok Sabha, has truly breached the north-eastern fi...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Assam , BJP , North East

Why PM Modi's Iran visit is important
May 20 , 2016 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 4001
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Iran on May 22-23 has manifest bilateral and regional importance. It is a much delayed visit and until recently it seemed that it could well have got postponed to...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Gulf region , India - Iran Bilateral Relation , Pakistan

आईएसआईएस (दाएश) के खिलाफ जंग: आखिर क्या होगा कारगर
May 20 , 2016 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Views: 4041
दाएश के सामने आने के दो साल बाद भी दुनिया उस खिलाफत की महत्वाकांक्षाओं का खमियाजा भुगत रही है, जिसे अबू बक्र अल बगदादी ने उत्तरी इराक एवं सीरिया में स्थापित किया। कथित खिलाफत की ताकत भू-क्षेत्र पर उसके ...

Terrorism

Tags : Hindi

China’s Road & Belt Initiative: Indian Perspective
May 19 , 2016 Jayadeva Ranade
Views: 6210
China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’, which was first proposed in September 2013 and combines the twin initiatives of the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, is a grand concept that env...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China’s Road & Belt Initiative , OBOR , Silk Road

The Patriarch and the Pope
May 18 , 2016 Amb Prabhat P Shukla
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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All-Russia and Pope Francis met in Havana on 12 February 2016 – the first-ever meeting between the heads of the two Churches. The Russian Orthodox is part of the Eastern C...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Jews , North Africa , Russia , West Asia

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