Amb Ashok Sajjanhar

Ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar, a former Ambassador of India to Kazakhstan, Sweden and Latvia is the President of the Institute of Global Studies, New Delhi and a Distinguished Fellow at Ananta Aspen Centre.

Contributions

Engaging Central Asia

July 08, 2022 Amb Ashok Sajjanhar

The five countries of Central Asia viz Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have been largely peaceful and stable since they attained independence on the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991. There have been a few abe...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Commentary, India, China, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Tajikistan

Russia-Ukraine Crisis and its Impact on Central Asia

April 19, 2022 Amb Ashok Sajjanhar

Central Asia is Russia’s sphere of Influence, and Moscow is also the security provider in the region. In addition, Central Asian economies are highly dependent on remittances from the Russian Federation. Central Asia has been heavily impacted by th...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, UNGA resolution, Russia, Ukraine, Economic Slowdown, Remittances, Food Security, Podcast, Energy Exports, Labour Migrants, Western Sanctions

China-Central Asia Relations

May 17, 2021 Amb Ashok Sajjanhar

Since the Soviet disintegration, Chinese activities in Central Asia grew leaps and bounds. China has penetrated deep into economic and strategic spheres of these countries with its ambitious Belt and Road projects. However, with the increasing Chines...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, China, China, Russia, Central Asia, BRI, Debt Trap, Oil and Gas, Military Exercises, Sinophobia, Podcast, Railways and roads

Can Biden Bring Peace to Afghanistan?

February 16, 2021 Amb Ashok Sajjanhar

The Joseph Biden administration declared on 23rd January, 2021, within a few days of coming to power that it will reassess the agreement reached by Donald Trump with the Taliban in February 2020. It stated that the US proposed to review whether the m...

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies, US, Afghanistan, Article, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Trump, Taliban, Al Qaeda, Peace Deal, Ghani government, Biden

‘Genocide’ in East Turkestan (Xinjiang) – What Can the World Do?

February 12, 2021 Amb Ashok Sajjanhar

Introduction In one of its last acts before demitting office, the Trump administration declaredthat China was engaged in perpetrating genocide against the minority Uighurs and other Muslim groups in East Turkestan (Xinjiang). Secretary of...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, China, Chinese Communist Party, genocide, Human Rights, Forced Labour, Antony Blinken, Han people, Winter Olympics 2022