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Why India is close to Armenia and Pakistan to Azerbaijan

Aditi Bhaduri On November 12, India shipped the first Akash Air defense system battery to Armenia. The Akash, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organization is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) that can hit targets to a range of 25km. Armenia had placed an order to procure 15 Akash missile systems worth around Rs 6,000 crore in 2022. Geopolitics Interestingly, this comes almost on the heels of Armenia's...

Is the India-Pakistani Rivalry spilling over into the South Caucuses?

Aditi Bhaduri Azerbaijanis recently celebrated the fourth anniversary of their victory in the war against the Karabakh (Garabagh) region. Four years ago, on this day, the Azerbaijani forces retook the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh from the Armenians, the ethnic inhabitants of the region. The event, not coincidentally, was also well celebrated in Pakistan. Pakistani Prime Minister's Coordinator on Climate Change Romi...

Kazan Summit firmed up BRICS as a block shaping multilateralism

Aditi Bhaduri The 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia this year has been the most watched event in the world. Themed "Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security", it came against the background of Russia's intensifying war in Ukraine, and unprecedented sanctions imposed on it by the West amidst its diplomatic and political isolation. This is the largest diplomatic event hosted by Russia since ...

Jaishankar 's participation in Islamabad SCO summit went beyond symbolism

Aditi Bhaduri External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar 's visit to Islamabad to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit of heads of governments, chaired by Pakistan, can now be said to have been successful - and successful at several levels. First, traveling to Islamabad is hugely symbolic as it is the first such visit by an EAM in nine years, amid downgraded diplomatic relations between the two countries.&nb...

Has PM Modi's Kyiv visit placed India in peace broker's seat in Russia-Ukraine conflict?

Aditi Bhaduri Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a historical visit to Kyiv on 23rd August in what is believed to be a balancing act. India shares a special and privileged strategic partnership with Russia, depending on it for much of its weapons procurement, and now more recently on heavily discounted Russian crude oil. India has so far not condemned Russia's "special military operations" in Ukraine; and has refused to...

"Iran uses Strategic Patience and proxies in its conflict with Israel"

Aditi Bhaduri The Middle East is on edge again, this time over the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in the heart of Tehran, in a compound under the supervision of Iran’s elite Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). While Israel has not officially claimed responsibility for the assassination, Iran has, of course, pointed fingers at Tel Aviv. Israel is bracing itself for an Iranian strike. Much back-channel diplomacy is ...

"Iran uses Strategic Patience and proxies in its conflict with Israel"

Aditi Bhaduri The Middle East is on edge again, this time over the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in the heart of Tehran, in a compound under the supervision of Iran’s elite Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). While Israel has not officially claimed responsibility for the assassination, Iran has, of course, pointed fingers at Tel Aviv. Israel is bracing itself for an Iranian strike. Much back-channel diplomacy is ...

Haniyeh's assassination may well be the end of Hamas

Aditi Bhaduri The recent assassination of the Hamas leader has sent shockwaves around the world. It was not simply the assassination of a high-profile leader, but it occurred in Tehran - where Haniyeh had been living in a guesthouse provided by Iran's elite Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). This proved a breach of security in Iran. While Israel has not confirmed its role in Haniyeh's assassination, both Hamas and Ira...

Why Haniyeh's assassination may well be the end of Hamas

Aditi Bhaduri The recent assassination of the Hamas leader has sent shockwaves around the world. It was not simply the assassination of a high-profile leader, but it occurred in Tehran - where Haniyeh had been living in a guesthouse provided by Iran's elite Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). This proved a breach of security in Iran. While Israel has not confirmed its role in Haniyeh's assassination, both Hamas and Ira...

Reformist Pezeshkian's rule in Iran signals well for Iranian women and ties with India

Aditi Bhaduri He came to power in a run-off after no one candidate emerged in the initial round. And he has surprised the world. The election of ‘reformist’ Massoud Pezeshkian as President of Iran has a message and a loud one at that: The people of Iran want change and a more liberal Iran. This is, perhaps, not surprising. The short-lived administration of the late President Ibrahim Raisi was marked by a brutal c...

All may not be well with SCO, but India needs to stay put

Aditi Bhaduri Is India rethinking its engagement with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation? On his reelection for a historic third consecutive term, prime Minister Narendra Modi skipped the SCO summit in Astana, the Kazakh capital. The official reason was that the first parliament of the Modi 3.0 was in session. However, it is widely believed that the skip was to avoid meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping. Last...

PM Modi's visit firmed up India's role in Russia's mineral-rich Far East

Aditi Bhaduri The recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Moscow has been huge in symbolism and only a few agreements have resulted from it. The most significant one is on the Program of India-Russia cooperation in trade, economic, and investment spheres in the Russian Far East for the period from 2024 to 2029 as well as of cooperation principles in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. Don&rsquo...

Why is Muslim Tajikistan imposing ban on hijab, kids' participation in Eid

Aditi Bhaduri On 20th June media in Tajikistan reported that President Emomali Rahmon signed legislation "On Regulating Celebrations and Ceremonies ", and "On Accountability for the Education and upbringing of the Child". These are about the protection of national cultural values, on prevention of superstition and fanaticism, and extravagance in holding ceremonies and rituals, for increasing spirituality of the Ta...

"More India, China become global, more will be their mutual understanding quotient"

Aditi Bhaduri Prof. Swaran Singh teaches International Relations and Disarmament at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and is President of the Asia Scholars' Association. In this interview with Aditi Bhaduri, he talks about India-China relations and the probable trajectory of these relations under Modi 3.0. Excerpts from the conversation: On the eve of elections PM Modi had struck a reconciliatory stance on...

Hamas agreed to a ceasefire; alas! after 34K are dead in Gaza

Aditi Bhaduri On Monday, May 6, Hamas announced its acceptance of a ceasefire plan mediated in Cairo. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh intimated about this to leaders in Qatar, Iran, and Turkiye, who have endorsed the decision. Egypt and Qatar are said to have mediated the plan. The plan, however, has been rejected by Israel, which said that the draft agreed to by Hamas was not the original one agreed upon. Though Israel c...

Why is Azerbaijan not focused on cultivating good relations with India?

Aditi Bhaduri Recently, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev asked India to stay away from supplying defence equipment to arch-rival Armenia. Citing concerns over Azerbaijan’s national security, Aliyev said, “It is a matter of our national security. We cannot sit and wait, seeing how France, India, and Greece are weaponising Armenia against us and doing it openly, ...

Why deepening India-Uzbekistan ties are good for the region

Aditi Bhaduri India-Uzbekistan defense relations have received a major boost with the Inauguration of an IT Laboratory at the Uzbek Academy of Armed Forces by Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande. The laboratory is a state-of-the-art IT facility that includes two lecture halls, a cutting-edge cyber security lab, a hardware programming lab, an object-oriented programming lab, a web programming lab, a server room, a multimedia room, and a virtua...

Why we may not see any further escalation in the Iran-Israel stand-off

Aditi Bhaduri Now that Israel has struck Iran in tit-for-tat attacks, the ball is in Tehran's court and there is reason to believe that Iran may not make any further strikes on Israel. After Iran's unprecedented strikes on Israel on 14-15 April, the world had been waiting with bated breath as Israel vowed to avenge this direct attack. Yet, when the attack did come on Thursday night morning it seemed more a message than an att...

Was Iran being pushed to the wall for too long?

Aditi Bhaduri Late on April 13 Israel time, the Israeli military announced that Iran had launched an extensive attack of drone aircraft toward Israel. Iranian state media confirmed that a strike was being conducted, calling it a drone operation launched by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) - an elite force of the Iranian military. A statement by the IRGC on the night of 13-14 April said that it was attacking Israeli t...

Moscow terror attacks spotlight the role of Tajik nationals in ISIS

Aditi Bhaduri The recent Crocus City Hall terrorist attack near Moscow has turned the spotlight on the tiny Central Asian country of Tajikistan. All the four attackers arrested so far turned out to be ethnic Tajiks and and the Islamic State-Khorasan owned the attack. President Vladimir Putin, however, pointed the finger at Ukraine and said the attackers had traveled towards the Ukraine border after committing the attacks and a "...

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