Md. Muddassir Quamar

As India celebrates its 78th Independence Day, the world has undergone profound changes since its independence on 15 August 1947, and so has India's position on the global stage. From a Eurocentric world order...

The Middle East is one of the most dynamic defence markets in the world. Violent conflicts, external and internal security threats and tensions among regional states generate strong demands for defence procurement. The region...

The cycle of violence in the Middle East has reignited since the October 7, 2023 attack in Israel by Hamas and other militant organisations based in Gaza. The unpredictability, swiftness and scale of the...

  The Middle East is one of the most dynamic and significant regions in India’s extended neighbourhood. It is crucial for various geopolitical, geoeconomic and strategic reasons be it energy security, foreign trade and investments,...

  The Gulf region forms India’s ‘extended neighbourhood’ in the west and is significant for its energy security, counterterrorism, safety and welfare of Indian expatriates in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States, and for maritime...

  The Middle East and North Africa region is of critical importance not least for India but for the world for several factors. For one the region is one of the most critical sources of...

  For decades Egypt had remained on the margins of India’s engagements with the Middle East. A departure from the heydays of Nehru-Nasser friendship and non-aligned movement (NAM) when the North African nation was the...

Since the death of Mahsa Amini on 16 September 2022, Iran has witnessed widespread protests, mostly by young women, against strict dress code imposed on women in public by the Islamic Republic. The rule...

  Since achieving independence in 1947, India has come a long way from a post-colonial “Third World” country. As India celebrates 75 years of its independence, Indians can take pride in the monumental transformation the...

  The signing of the Abraham Accords between Israel and four Arab countries—United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco—was a historic development for a fractious Middle East. For the first time, a group of...

  On July 7, 2021, External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar made a surprise stopover in Tehran on his way to Moscow for an official three-day visit. During the detour in Tehran, the EAM met...

  The violent clash between Israel and Hamas during May 10-21, 2021 has brought back the prolonged Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the forefront of complex issues afflicting West Asia. The Arab Spring and its aftermath had...

India’s defense and security relations with the Gulf countries, especially Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have flourished in recent years. Bilateral cooperation in maritime securityand counter-terrorism, and military-to-military ties have strengthened...