The Bilateral ties between India and Iran are set to strengthen further as India’s shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal is travelling to Iran on the 13th of May to ink a contract with Iran regarding the strategic Chabahar Port. Chabahar Port and its significance for India and Iran Chabahar, located near the mouth of the Gulf of Oman, is Iran’s first …
The story so far: At the recently concluded summit of G7 leaders in Germany, United States President Joe Biden and his allies unveiled their $600-billion plan called the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment to build infrastructure projects in developing and middle-income countries. The progress of BRI in South Asia Pakistan On his 2015 visit to Pakistan, Mr. Jinping and …
On April 22, a high-power delegation led by US National Security Council Indo-Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell with Deputy INDOPACOM Commander read the riot act to Solomon Islands Prime Minister over its security pact with Communist China. While the Solomon Islands PM tried to assuage the American officials by saying that Chinese will not be allowed any base in the far …
This new realignment in Asia provides new opportunities not only for China and Iran, but also for Pakistan. It seems the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” policy against Iran has pushed the country into the arms of China and caused a significant strategic disadvantage to its long-term ally India. The news of New Delhi’s interest in participating in the Israeli-led “Trans-Arabian …