Building Peace in Yemen From the Ground Up How to End the Conflict (CSS General Knowledge) Many diplomats and observers now see Yemen’s three-year-old civil war as yet another crisis that has barreled out of control. The conflict began in September 2014 …
30 years of Iran Saudi Rivalry in Middle East- CSS General Knowledge Syria has fallen apart. Major cities in Iraq have fallen to al-Qa’eda. Egypt may have stabilised slightly after a counter-coup. But Lebanon is starting once again to fragment. …
Middle East Crisis-CSS General Knowledge The conundrum in the Middle East continues to conflagrate as the two bastions of the Muslim World in Iran and Saudi Arabia ratchet-up their rivalry. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has accused Saudi Arabia …
Changing Regional Dynamics and Pakistan’s Role-CSS Pakistan Affairs The media picked up on two things at the Arab-American Islamic summit held in May 2017. One that Pakistan was not mentioned even once. And the other was of course that Iran …
What Iran, Russia and US can do to stabilise Afghansitan- CSS General Knowledge THE Afghan military backed by 8400 US troops, is struggling to shore up its ranks after a devastating attack killed over 100 soldiers on a military base …
Iran and Saudi Arabia can get into proxy in Afghanistan: CSS Current Affairs Saudi Arabia and Iran’s ongoing proxy war in the Middle East is never far from the headlines. The two countries have sparked or exacerbated various conflicts throughout …
Iran-Saudi Tensions are more of Hegemonic and less of Sectarian basis Tensions between Saudi Arabia, the main Sunni power, and Shiite-dominated Iran have erupted into a full-blown diplomatic crisis, sparking widespread worries of regional instability. Traditionally, Saudi Arabia and Iran …
India’s $500 Million Bet on Iran A bid to OutFlank Pakistan India’s plan to spend $500 million on a new port complex on Iran’s Indian Ocean coast caps a decade-long quest to find a way to get sorely needed supplies …
New Delhi is concerned about the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project (CPEC), part of the new ‘Silk Road’, but it need not despair as India is an important part of the existing multi-polar Asia architecture. The signing of the Chabahar port …