The ancient land of Yemen bore the name of ‘Arabia Felix’, roughly translated as Arabia the happy, in view of its salubrious climate, fertile land and plentiful water. This turned out to be ironic, because Yemen’s history through much of the time since then is a sad chronicle of endless wars and conflicts between ruling…Read More Here
A Great Deal of Instability by Ali Sarwar Naqvi
During President Obama’s recent visit to India, it was announced that the US and India had revived the hamstrung nuclear deal that was first conceived in Washington in July 2005, and enacted in the US Congress as law in the 123 Agreement of the Hyde Act in 2008, but had remained moribund since then. Thus,…Read More Here
Putin In India
President Putin much-heralded visit to India has now drawn to a close. Though it has injected a badly needed boost to a flagging bilateral relationship between India and Russia, the bubble of bonhomie and friendship that has been generated by the visit may not last too long. Just over a month later, President Obama is…Read More Here
Pakistan At The Hague
The third Nuclear Security Summit is taking place at The Hague. This summit is the third of its kind. The nuclear security summit process was born out of President Obama Prague speech of 2009 which envisaged a total of four summits, and under this format, the last one will be held in 2016, again in…Read More Here
Iran-P5 +1 Nuclear Deal and Its Strategic Implications
The recent diplomatic breakthrough between Iran and the P5+1 nations, over the contentious Iranian nuclear program and its suspected activities of building nuclear weapons, has the potential to change landscape of global strategic landscape with far reaching impact on the global non-proliferation regime. The current agreement is for a limited duration i.e. six months only….Read More Here
Indian Prime Minister At United Nations General Assembly Session
Indian Prime Minister Manmoohan Singh, in his speech at the United Nations, deliberated on the issues pertinent to the United Nations, the global development program and vision post 2015, issues of reform at the United Nations, nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament and regional South Asian issues as viewed from the Indian lens. This visit to the…Read More Here
