Jatin Kumar

The political deadlock in Israel is set to continue, with Netanyahu failing to garner adequate support and Yair Lapid facing the deadline of June 2, 2021 to cobble together the necessary support to form a coalition government.

• Published: May 28, 2021
• IDSA Comments

Disagreements on cabinet positions continue to hamper the formation of a new Lebanese government, even as the country is going through socio-economic turmoil, compounded by the pandemic and the Beirut port blast.

• Published: December 14, 2020
• IDSA Comments

Research analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jatin Kumar’s article on Israel and the Gulf Countries ‘, titled ‘इजराइल व् खाड़ी देशो के बीच बदलते सम्बन्ध’ has been published in the October 2020 issue of ‘Seema Sanghosh Magazine’.

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• Published: 21 October, 2020

Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Mr. Jatin Kumar’s commentary on Lebanon, titled ‘Turmoil in Lebanon’ has been published by the Middle East Institute, New Delhi, on May 12, 2020.

The commentary analyses the economic situation in Lebanon and advocates a two-pronged solution to the problem – immediate structural reforms in the political system and curbing the problem of corruption.

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• Published: 12 May, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis would severely impact the four countries at the social, political, economic and humanitarian levels, as these states were already facing multi-vector exigencies at the time of the pandemic’s outbreak.

• Published: April 21, 2020
• IDSA Comments

Israel’s relations with African countries go back to the late 1950s when it began extending significant support to many African countries undergoing decolonisation. Since then the relations have experienced many fluctuations with a major shift seen in the past few years. There has been an accelerated improvement under the premiership of Benjamin Netanyahu, who proactively pursues an African region centric ‘Return to Africa policy’.

• Published: January-June 2020
• Africa Trends

Research Analyst, IDSA, Mr. Jatin Kumar’s article on US-Iran tension has been published in The Hindi daily, ‘Dainik Bhaskar’ on January 11, 2020.

The article analyses the impact of the escalating tensions between the two nations on global peace.

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• Published: 10 January, 2020

Research Analyst, IDSA, Mr. Jatin Kumar’s article on India’s changing policy towards West Asia has been published by Hindi daily, Dainik Bhaskar on October 21, 2019.

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• Published: 21 October, 2019

Research Analyst, IDSA, Mr Jatin Kumar’s article ‘India-Israel Cooperation in Border Management’ has been published in Border Security special edition of ‘Seema Sanghosh Magazine.
An assessment of successful Israeli border management system underlines that the system has worked well in desert, plain, and mountainous terrains and can resolve India’s security requirement on the eastern and western borders, writes Mr Kumar

• Published: 10 October, 2019

Research Assistant, IDSA, Mr Jatin Kumar’s co-authored analysis on India-Oman relations, titled ‘Blossoming of India-Oman Relations – Analysis’ was published in Eurasia Review on September 17, 2018.

Since 2014, Indo-Omani ties have registered significant rise under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, writes Mr Kumar.

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• Published: 17 September, 2018