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The Changing Geostrategic Landscape

Vol. 58, Issue No. 12, 25 Mar, 2023
Anuradha M Chenoy

The Chinese-mediated agreement between the two West Asian rivals, Iran and Saudi Arabia, on 10 March, will re-establish diplomatic relations between the two countries after a seven-year period of cold hostility. This agreement and Chinese mediation methodology change the regional strategic landscape in historic ways.

Diplomatic Breakthrough in West Asia

Vol. 58, Issue No. 11, 18 Mar, 2023
​​​​​​​Atul Bhardwaj

Mediation in the Saudi–Iran deal hands China a distinct advantage in the West Asian region.

Arab Spring After 10 Years: Understanding Islam, Democracy and Western Imperialism

Ten years after the Arab Spring swept countries across the Arab world, we analyse how the popular uprisings shaped notions of Islam and democracy. Have Western liberal democracies wielded the spectre of Islamic fundamentalism to interfere in the domestic politics of the region?

The Categorical Revolution: Democratic Uprising in the Middle East

Vol. 46, Issue No. 44-45, 05 Nov, 2011
Irfan Ahmad

The protests over the past year across the "Middle East" are perhaps saying that the region first and foremost belongs to its people and that the categories of "oil-rich", "oil-less" and "main route" are at best exciting materials for a historian's archive. While unfolding this "categorical revolution", this article explodes two key myths: (1) that of the terminology of the Middle East, and (2) Islam's incompatibility with democracy.

West Asia : Market for Mangoes and More

Vol. 38, Issue No. 16, 19 Apr, 2003

Market for Mangoes and More The Indian mango has been an unexpected casualty of the US war on Iraq. The conflict has left mango exports to the Gulf region stranded in transit, dealing a blow to exporters as west Asian countries, mainly Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman, account for 70-80 per cent of India

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