In the present form, Prime Minister Abadi looks set to emerge as the largest block but the chances of his coalition getting the required majority are slim.

• Agarwal, Rajeev
• May 08, 2018
• IDSA Comments

King Abdullah II’s forthcoming visit to India represents an opportunity to catapult the relationship to the next higher level in strategic, security, political, energy, trade, investment and economic cooperation.

• Ashok Sajjanhar
• February 26, 2018
• IDSA Comments

Notwithstanding differences on some issues, chiefly, Afghanistan and India’s UNSC aspirations, India and Iran have decided to focus their energies on areas of concurrence such as connectivity and economic cooperation.

• Ashok Sajjanhar
• February 20, 2018
• IDSA Comments

Indian assistance to the Palestinians could not be routed through Israel without political controversy both at home and abroad, and India cannot help the Palestinians constructively without coordinating with Jordan.

• P. R. Kumaraswamy
• February 12, 2018
• IDSA Comments

Turkey's resolve to dislodge the Democratic Union Party (PYD) from Afrin, a Kurdish enclave in northern Syria adjacent to the Turkish border, will be seriously tested by the US and Russian opposition to military action against the Kurds.

• Md. Muddassir Quamar
• January 22, 2018
• IDSA Comments

Jerusalem is a theological, geographical, historical, archaeological, political and emotional issue with contested claims and overlapping legacies.

• P. R. Kumaraswamy
• December 15, 2017
• Issue Brief

Crown Prince Salman has been using oil as a tool to further his political ambitions both domestically and internationally, and Saudi Aramco acts as a nucleus around which his ambitions revolve.

• Chithra Purushothaman
• November 16, 2017
• IDSA Comments

On October 12, 2017, Fatah and Hamas, the two dominant factions in Palestinian politics, signed a reconciliation agreement in Cairo to end their decade-long conflict.

• Md. Muddassir Quamar
• November 03, 2017
• IDSA Comments

Trump’s new policy statement on Iran has enveloped the UNSC-approved Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in a shroud of uncertainty that could lead to further instability in conflict-ridden West Asia.

• S. Samuel C. Rajiv
• October 24, 2017
• IDSA Comments

The nostalgia among a section of the AKP to recreate the Ottoman past through economic and geopolitical integration has been the driving force behind Turkey’s recent assertive postures in regional matters including the Qatar crisis.

• Md. Muddassir Quamar
• September 26, 2017
• IDSA Comments

While the GCC crisis seems to be de-escalating, there is no end in sight as yet.

• K. P. Fabian
• July 26, 2017
• IDSA Comments

Israel’s Labour party has been going through turmoil since losing monopoly over power in 1977 and is unable to regain its erstwhile pre-eminence and even relevance.

• P. R. Kumaraswamy
• July 24, 2017
• IDSA Comments

It was a great opportunity for Israel not to be seen through the prism of the Arab-Israeli conflict, but as a technological superpower able to attract the attention of rising global powers such as India.

• Efraim Inbar
• July 10, 2017
• IDSA Comments

Modi is merely responding to the changing Middle Eastern situation. A few hours of stay in Ramallah will not gain him any political dividends in the region or in India.

• P. R. Kumaraswamy
• July 03, 2017
• IDSA Comments

The GCC is witnessing a massive diplomatic crisis because of Riyadh’s assertiveness, on the one hand, and Doha’s resistance to a Saudi-dominated regional order, on the other.

• Prasanta Kumar Pradhan
• June 27, 2017
• IDSA Comments

It is unrealistic and naïve to expect Qatar to surrender. And it is not beyond diplomacy to work out a face-saving formula

• K. P. Fabian
• June 27, 2017
• IDSA Comments

The real test for Bin-Salman would be to manage the three-pronged challenge of keeping royal unity intact, expediting economic reforms and ensuring regional stability.

• Md. Muddassir Quamar
• June 23, 2017
• IDSA Comments

Qatar is the largest supplier of LNG to India, accounting for over 65 per cent of India’s global import and 15 per cent of Qatar’s export of LNG.

• Ashok Sajjanhar
• June 22, 2017
• IDSA Comments

It is unlikely that Qatar will agree to align its foreign policy with that of Riyadh and to rein in Al Jazeera.

• K. P. Fabian
• June 13, 2017
• IDSA Comments

The decision to target Qatar clearly indicates that the region is now divided into two camps and that the Arab Gulf countries are in no mood to accept neutral players.

• Md. Muddassir Quamar
• June 08, 2017
• IDSA Comments