International Relations in India & Beyond
On the 29th of June 2021 United Service Institution (USI) and ICWA had organized a webinar on the topic, UN Peace Operations: Hostage-Taking of Peacekeepers. The session was graced by an array of well-informed speakers...
Israel’s deadly Gaza offensive has many eyes trained on the Lebanese border for a Hezbollah reaction, but observers argue the Iran-backed movement is unlikely to risk an all-out conflict. Incidents at the border in...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A recently leaked audio recording featuring Iran’s foreign minister lamenting the dominance of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in setting Iranian policies provides new evidence of the way Iranian hardliners exclude all others...
The recent Riyadh’s development has created a lot of uncertainty in their relationship with Ankara. The gradual informal boycott of Turkish goods by Saudi Arabia signifies the growing rivalry between these Islamic powers, which...
Ten years into Syria’s conflict, President Bashar al-Assad has survived the bloody insurgency which started out with peaceful protests in March 2011. He holds sway over many parts of the country, helped by Russia’s...
The news of the US is willing for talk with Iran to revive the Iran Nuclear deal is one of the most significant development for peace and security of the region and the world....
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Turkey’s relations with Germany have always been privileged, but Angela Merkel took that relationship even further by treating Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a protégé in the international arena. Their relationship strengthened in...
The resurgence of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria is predominantly composed of Saddam Hussein’s militants, not new recruits. Former Iraqi officers who were led by Hussein allegedly continue to dominate the...
Clashes have erupted in Armenia and Azerbaijan over two and a half decades-long conflict in Nagorno Karabakh in late September. Hundreds have been killed and thousands displaced in recent fighting since Baku and Yerevan...
The Nigerian military announced on Friday 25th September that 18 people were killed after an ambush on a government convoy in the north-east of the country. According to the sources, 10 police officers, four...
