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Is India-Turkey rapprochement in the offing?
Omair Anas In a less-publicized event in Turkey’s latest diplomatic resetting, Indian and Turkish diplomats met after a…

India-Turkey: Bound together by Sufi connection
Omair Anas While visiting Turkey’s spiritual sites, one would be surprised to encounter the omnipresence of a book…

Rabindranath Tagore: Common ground for India and Turkey
Omair Anas Long before Sept. 18, 2003, when a street in Ankara was named after Rabindranath Tagore, the…

Turkey in Gandhi’s anti-colonial struggle
Omair Anas Bernard Houghton, a British colonial-era civil servant, was known for being critical of British imperialism while…

Ambassador Anil Trigunayat: India-West Asia relations are now in a strategic phase.
Hammadurrahaman (Research Assistant) CIWAD India talked to former Ambassador of India and a keen observer of West Asian…

Sudan conflict jeopardizes regional stability
TALMIZ AHMAD Sudan has, since last month, been witnessing a serious military confrontation between two of its own…

Geoeconomics and tectonic shifts in West Asia
Doval’s Riyadh visit and I2U2’s steady progress demonstrate a nimble, pragmatic and business-like foreign policy. Navdeep Suri Former…

America’s new moves on the West Asian checkerboard are complicated by geopolitical realities
PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR The plan is not official, yet. But there seems to be some buzz around…

Deconstructing the Sudan conflict
Authored by Samir Bhattacharya, senior research associate, Vivekananda International Foundation and doctoral scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Sudan is…

Syria’s homecoming: On Arab League’s decision to readmit Syria
The Arab League’s decision to readmit Syria, after over a decade of isolation, signals a growing desire of…