BRICS: An alternate financial framework
Two recent developments – the $10 billion contribution announced by India to the IMF for the European bailout, and the June 28 deadline on China to submit to US and EU sanctions against Iran – show...
View ArticleUnresolved Iran Nuclear Talks
Multiple rounds have been held. Istanbul technical talks just concluded. Breakthroughs haven’t happened. How can they when Washington blocks them. Nuclear talks are a subterfuge. Washington, European...
View ArticleNAM Summit: An opportunity for dialogue
As the host of the upcoming 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Tehran, Iran hopes to reduce the punitive isolation imposed on it by the U.S. and NATO in reaction to its controversial nuclear...
View ArticleThe “Copycat” War: Iran Strikes Back
The growing evidence that Iran was behind a number of recent cyber attacks against Western and Arab institutions has raised concerns in many quarters about how the Islamic Republic may employ its cyber...
View ArticleBRICS versus the G8?
BRICS countries are increasingly taking a stand which is against the position adopted by the G7 countries on various issues, the most recent being the rejection of sanctions against Russia post its...
View ArticleOman gas pipeline back in favour
In February 2014, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) suddenly disinterred a long-forgotten infrastructure project from the seabed – an underwater pipeline connecting Oman with India’s west...
View ArticleChina, India diverge on Iran oil imports
Following the signing of a historic interim deal with the P5+1 on its nuclear program last year, the Islamic Republic of Iran received limited sanctions relief. A consequence of this deal was that the...
View ArticleIndia’s Iran opportunity
Update: The International Atomic Energy Agency, on 16 January 2015, confirmed that Iran has complied with the first set of steps nuclear deal agreement and therefore, sanctions were being partially...
View ArticleGeostrategic shifts in West Asia
You can read an excerpt of M.D. Nalapat’s response “Is Turkey the next Pakistan?” here. The post Geostrategic shifts in West Asia appeared first on Gateway House.
View ArticleIran elections: a positive for India
The February 26 legislative elections[1] in Iran that unseated the majority of distinguished hardliners of the outgoing parliament and sent a number of popular reformists, as well as lesser-known...
View ArticleHow Iranians see Trump’s hit to the Iran Deal
United States President Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally decertify the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – the Iran Deal – was no surprise to Iranians and the international community....
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