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The US Is Now India’s #1 Trade Partner, Jeopardizing Russia’s Pipeline Plans

June 21, 2019 Opinion

Russia’s “Return to South Asia” was supposed to see it build the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline as a means of promoting peaceful multipolar regional integration, but the US is about to jeopard…

US Is About to Sanction the World if They Don’t Stop Purchasing Russian Weapons

May 24, 2019 Opinion

The CAATSA (Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act) sanctions concept of economically punishing countries that continue to purchase Russian and Chinese arms is about to become much mor…

US Sanctions Got India to Ditch Iran, Will They Get It to Ditch Russia Too?

April 25, 2019 Opinion

The announcement by India’s Oil Minister that his country will replace US-sanctioned Iranian oil imports with those from “major oil-producing countries” despite the dramatic Bollywood show that New De…

Trump, Erdogan Seek Reset of US-Turkey Ties

April 23, 2019 Opinion

Even as the countdown has begun before the first batch of Russian-made S-400 missiles will arrive in Turkey — expected in coming ten weeks from now — a crisis situation envelops the Turkish-American r…

Putin’s Visit to India and the Joint Russian-Indian Statement

October 13, 2018 Opinion

At the very beginning of September, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin paid a visit to New Delhi to hold talks with India’s prime minister Narendra Modi. The outcome of this meeting looks extremely rem…

Here’s Why India Might Secure an Anti-Iranian Sanctions Waiver from the US

October 9, 2018 Opinion

The US doesn’t want to do anything that could risk Narendra Modi’s reelection next year such as inadvertently contributing to the explosive growth of petrol prices in his country, so it’s possible tha…

Pakistan After the US — Indian 2+2 Talks

October 9, 2018 Opinion

The US — Indian negotiations held in New Delhi on September 6 this year with the participation of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Defence (in the so-called 2+2 format) represent one of the most …

President Putin’s Visit to India Will be a Moment of Reckoning for Both Countries

October 3, 2018 Opinion

The Russian leader’s upcoming trip to India places the prerogative for deciding the future course of their strategic partnership squarely in his host’s lap. President Putin will visit India later this…