Why the Taliban Won’t Cut Ties with Iran
Two weeks ago, the Taliban cautioned the United States to refrain from making further demands, reservations and excuses. A few days earlier, the insurgent group expressed frustration […]
Category: Iran
The Potential Impact of Qassem Soleimani’s Death on South Asia
Earlier this month, Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-Quds Force, was killed by the United States in Baghdad. Although the initial […]
How the Kuala Lumpur Summit Complicates India’s Gulf Relations
In the last weeks of December 2019, leaders from five key Muslims nations—Malaysia, Turkey, Qatar, Iran, and Indonesia—met in Kuala Lumpur in a bid to […]
Looking Back at 2019: SAV’s Most Popular Reads
2019 was an eventful year in South Asia. From countries in the region dealing with the aftermath of the United States announcing the withdrawal of […]
Beyond Strategic Ties and Economic Assistance: A Call to Rethink Pakistan’s Middle East Policy
Only a month after assuming office, Imran Khan made his first overseas trip as Pakistan’s prime minister to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates […]
India-GCC Relations: More Than Just Economics
Last month, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) awarded Prime Minister Narendra Modi the country’s highest civilian honor, […]
Left Out in the Cold: India’s Options in Afghanistan
The Afghan peace process faced an impasse this week after President Trump cancelled further talks with the Taliban, which experts fear would lead to an […]
India’s Iran Challenge: Balancing Energy Security and Foreign Policy
In May 2018, President Donald Trump decided to pull the United States out of the nuclear deal that the P5+1 nations had reached with Iran in July […]
پلوامہ بحران میں خلیجی ثالثی : بھیڑ چال کا عمل
فروری ۲۰۱۹ میں بھارتی زیر انتظام کشمیر میں ہونے والا خودکش حملہ جس نے کم از کم ۴۰ پیراملٹری کے جوانوں کی جان لی تھی، […]
Gulf Mediation during the Pulwama Crisis: Jumping on the Bandwagon
The February 2019 suicide attack that took the lives of at least 40 paramilitary forces in Indian-administered Kashmir put both Pakistan and India into another […]