A Russian-Indian LEMOA Could Lead to Logistics Pacts with Other Littoral States

A Russian-Indian LEMOA Could Lead to Logistics Pacts with Other Littoral States

The Russian and Indian navies are carrying out exercises in the Bay of Bengal, which come on the heels of the ones that they just concluded on the mainland between their countries’ respective armies. Russian-Indian relations areundergoing a renaissance at the moment after the late Ambassador Alexander Kadakin paved the way for his successor Nikolai…

Peace in Afghanistan Will Not be Possible Until Kabul Acknowledges the Durand Line

Peace in Afghanistan Will Not be Possible Until Kabul Acknowledges the Durand Line

While contemporary disputes between Afghanistan and Pakistan continue to permeate the consciousness of regional observers as well as international peace keepers, the reality is that it is an 1893 colonial era agreement that continues to prevent a genuine sense of trust and transparency from being achieved between Kabul and Islamabad. While the modern disputes between…

The Russia-Pakistan Railway Could Complement or Even Replace the North South Transport Corridor (NSTC)

The Russia-Pakistan Railway Could Complement or Even Replace the North South Transport Corridor (NSTC)

The establishment of a financial consortium and joint working group between the railway administrations of Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan could one day lead to the creation of a Russia-Pakistan (RuPak) railway via Central Asia that would complement the Indo-Iranian North-South Transport Corridor (NSTC) to Russia but also potentially replace it in the event…

The UAE will Help India “Multi-Align” Against China in Africa

The UAE will Help India “Multi-Align” Against China in Africa

The announcement that the UAE and India signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly invest in Africa will see Dubai greatly assisting New Delhi in its grand strategy of “multi-aligning” against China there, though Russia could play a stabilizing role by “balancing” many of the various actors engaged in this modern-day “Scramble for Africa”. “Scramble…

Trump Practically Apologized to Pakistan and Begged for Its Help in Afghanistan

Trump Practically Apologized to Pakistan and Begged for Its Help in Afghanistan

Trump wrote a letter to the Pakistani Prime Minister asking him for assistance in facilitating peace talks with the Taliban. The news came as a surprise considering that it’s happening just weeks after Trump disrespected Pakistan on Twitter by claiming that it uses the US for aid while supposedly being insincere in its stated anti-terrorist…

Iran Just Fell Victim to Blowback from the US-Indian Hybrid War on CPEC

Iran Just Fell Victim to Blowback from the US-Indian Hybrid War on CPEC

The suicide bombing that just took place in Iran’s southeastern port of Chabahar was more than likely caused by blowback from the joint US-Indian Hybrid War on CPEC, in which case Tehran would do well to reconsider its strategic partnership with New Delhi and ask itself whether it’s worth facilitating the country’s entrance into Central…