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Recurring Clashes on Tajik-Kyrgyz Border over Raising of National Flags
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Assistant, VIF Commentary

On 22 July 2019, the border authorities of Tajikistan informed that a skirmish took place on the border with Kyrgyzstan which resulted in killing of one local resident and several others wounded. According to the Tajik media, this violent conflict is....

July 29, 2019 Tajik-Kyrgyz spat , Border tension in Fergana Valley , border disputes in Central Asia , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia
Crisis in the Inflammable Gulf
Amb K P Fabian Commentary

We are witnessing a rapidly aggravating crisis that can result in the outbreak of hostilities with consequences, unintended, uncontrollable and possibly frightful for the region and the rest of the world. We have not seen any serious effort on the p....

July 25, 2019 US-Iran-UK confrontation , shipping in Strait of Hormuz , Gulf crisis , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia
Chabahar Port - A Rethink is Needed
Rajesh Soami Commentary

Russian, Chinese, American and Pakistani representatives met in Beijing on the 10th and 11th of July to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. This was the third such consultation between Russia, China and the US, and the first in which Pakistan parti....

July 19, 2019 Chabahar Port , US Sanctions , Iran’s changed priorities , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia
More Needs to be Done to Revitalise Chabahar Project
Gautam Sen Commentary

The latest Govt. of India`s regular budget of 2019-20, has a meagre allocation of Rs. 45 crore for the development and operationalising of Chahbahar Port infrastructure under the Ministry of External Affairs line of credit to finance this programme, ....

July 10, 2019 Central Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India’s access to Central Asia , India-Iran relations , Chabahar Port
India and SCO Summit at Bishkek and Beyond
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

India has completed two years as a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), and therefore it would be useful to assess the worth and utility of being a member of such an organization. There is no gainsaying in the fact that it is ....

June 24, 2019 Central Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , SCO Summit 2019 , SCO leaders’ meeting , Indo-CARs relations
नज़रबायेव के बाद कज़ाकस्तान का भविष्य: आकलन
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Assistant, VIF Article

कज़ाकस्तान के राष्ट्रपति नूरसुल्तान नज़रबायेव ने 19 मार्च 2019 को टेलीविजन संदेश के जरिये ऐतिहास....

June 12, 2019 Central Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , सामाजिक-आर्थिक क्षेत्रों में चुनौतियों , कज़ाकस्तान के राष्ट्रपति का सत्ता हस्तांतरण , अंतरिम राष्ट्रपति का शपथ
Ideas for PM Modi’s upcoming SCO Summit in Kyrgyzstan
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Assistant, VIF Commentary

The 19th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit is scheduled to be held on 13-14 June 2019 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. It is the second summit after India was granted full membership of this organization in June 2017, along with Pakist....

June 06, 2019 Central Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , SCO Summit 2019 , India’s objectives in SCO , India-CAR’s relations
Putin’s recent Visit to Kyrgyzstan: Major Takeaways
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Assistant, VIF Commentary

Background
The Russian President’s visit to Kyrgyzstan is considered to be significant at a time when there is a strong anti-Chinese sentiments arising within the local Kyrgyz population regarding the arrest of ethnic Kyrgyz in Xinjiang....

April 23, 2019 Central Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Russian President’s visit to Kyrgyzstan , China-Kyrgyzstan-Russia dimensions
Future of Kazakhstan after Nazarbayev: An Assessment
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Assistant, VIF Article

In a historic announcement on 19 March 2019, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev declared his resignation through a state television message. He stated that this decision was not easy, but he wanted to pave the way for the young generation o....

April 15, 2019 Presidential succession in Kazakhstan , Kazakhstan Presidential election , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s Visit to India Charts a New Course in the ‘Strategic Partnership’
Skand Ranjan Tayal Commentary

The 2nd President of independent Uzbekistan was in India on 30 September and 1 October 2018 on a significant State visit. After the death of the first President Islam Karimov in September 2016, the then Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev w....

October 24, 2018 Central Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Uzbek Presidential visit , India-Uzbekistan
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