The impasse over missile defence, CFE and NATO expansion has led to a stalemate in talks to reduce tactical nuclear weapons.

• Joyce Sabina Lobo
• March 17, 2011
• IDSA Comments

With Turkey’s accession negotiations for EU membership going nowhere, Ankara is pursuing other diplomatic options.

• Rajorshi Roy
• March 07, 2011
• IDSA Comments

After Lisbon, the next step for NATO and Russia should be addressing issues relating to deployments of arsenals and arms control.

• Joyce Sabina Lobo
• January 13, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Russia is one country that India cannot afford to sideline, as it is the only trusted partner with whom India has mutual compatibility and a close political, military and economic partnership for decades.

• Pallavi Pal
• December 20, 2010
• IDSA Comments

India and Russia should look at a hi-tech partnership for the 21st century in new areas of the civilian economy.

• Smita Purushottam
• December 20, 2010
• IDSA Comments

With Russia hosting three major world sporting events in the next eight years, it is hoped that there would be a massive infusion of capital to boost the country’s infrastructure and upgrade the transport and tourism sectors.

• Rajorshi Roy
• December 15, 2010
• IDSA Comments

Sarkozy’s speech at ISRO was an interesting mix of issues relating to geostrategic significance, business, and collaboration in science and technology.

• Ajey Lele
• December 07, 2010
• IDSA Comments

A summit meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) took place in Lisbon on 19 November 2010.

• Arvind Gupta
• November 30, 2010
• IDSA Comments

The Deauville summit gave the leaders of France, Germany and Russia an opportunity to co-ordinate their positions on many issues.

• Amrita Shukla
• November 29, 2010
• IDSA Comments

The Skolkova initiative is part of Russia’s attempt to develop a robust national innovation system and a knowledge based economy.

• Rajorshi Roy
• November 26, 2010
• IDSA Comments

The question is not whether bilateral co-operation among member-states is a substitute for common European defence.

• Kalyani Unkule
• November 25, 2010
• IDSA Comments

The review shows a remarkable shift in the strategic thinking of UK from that of the Cold War frame to a more independent contemporary assessment with a focus on non-conventional threats.

• Poornima Subramaniam
• November 25, 2010
• IDSA Comments

The much awaited NATO Russian Summit meeting is taking place on November 19-20, 2010 in Lisbon. Will it signify a major thaw in East-West relations, or will existing differences thwart a major rapprochement between the United States, Europe and Russia which could herald a new era in international relations.

• Arvind Gupta
• November 08, 2010
• IDSA Comments

The clash between Russia and Japan over the Southern Kurils in the North Pacific highlight Russia’s emerging role in the Asia Pacific Region and its relations with China and Japan.

• Smita Purushottam
• November 03, 2010
• Special Feature

At their second Summit in Sochi on August 18, 2010, Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan agreed to reinforce their cooperation. The United States has supported the Russian initiative due to its own compulsions and the China factor. India needs to pursue a well considered “Eurasian Heartland” policy in the context of these developments.

• Smita Purushottam
• August 27, 2010
• Issue Brief

The Nord Stream Project will further strengthen Prime Minister Putin’s vision of positioning Russia as a major power in the world.

• Arvind Gupta
• April 12, 2010
• IDSA Comments

Russia has considerably enhanced its international position by leveraging Western weaknesses stemming from the unwinnable war in Afghanistan and the adverse impact of the financial crisis, as well as Western dependence in dealing with Iran and North Korea.

• Arvind Gupta
• February 11, 2010
• IDSA Comments

Pratibha Patil’s three-day visit to Tajikistan (September 6 to 8, 2009) was the first ever visit by an Indian President to the Central Asian region. She attended the National Day celebrations of Tajikistan as the Guest of Honour. President Patil held talks with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon on a wide range of issues, including efforts to tackle terrorism, bilateral relations, and developments in and around the region aimed at consolidating ties between the two countries in the political, economic and other spheres.

• Meena Singh Roy
• September 23, 2009
• IDSA Comments

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) held its ninth summit on June15 -16, 2009 in Yekaterinburg. The Heads of the SCO member states, observer states and guests of the host state - President of Afghanistan, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Secretary-General of the Eurasian Economic Community, and Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, participated in the meeting.

• Meena Singh Roy
• June 24, 2009
• IDSA Comments

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is attending a slew of Russian hosted high profile meetings including those of the SCO and BRIC in Yekaterinburg which would be viewed keenly by most international watchers. The SCO, keenly nurtured by Russia and China as an exclusive nucleus, had hitherto excluded those with observer status from its core deliberations. The forum became popular as an embryonic counterpoise to the United States after 2005 when it bluntly issued a quit notice to the US from Central Asia and decided to salvage an assortment of autocrats being ostracized by the West.

• P. Stobdan
• June 16, 2009
• IDSA Comments