What does a full time membership of Shanghai Co-operation Organisation hold for India?

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a political, economical, energy and security alliance which was established in June 2001 between Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. SCO is one of the largest regional groupings which is a counter to NATO. The Heads of State Council (HSC) is the supreme decision-making body in the SCO,...

What can India expect from newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan?

Imran Khan came victorious in the 2018 Pakistan elections and took his oath on 18th August 2018, after losing both 2008 and 2013 elections against former Prime Minister Nawaz Shariff. With a democratic leader coming into power there can be expectations of certain changes in the India-Pakistan relations. In his first speech after winning the...

Impact on India, if USA and Russia make up their differences

When President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin met recently in Helsinki they agreed on few points which USA and Russia have never done in the past. Generally American leaders and Russian leaders disagree on almost every point even in the United Nations. During the summit, President Donald Trump said that he believed Russia had...

India’s Non-aligned approach with the Gulf/Arab countries and energy imports

Amid the conflicts prevailing within the Arab-Israel nations, India has been successful in maintaining a balanced relation with these nations. India has to maintain diplomatic ties with the Arab nations because it is relied on these nations for oil and security/defense. By maintaining the balanced political relationship, it is making sure that any turmoil in...

Impact on Security of Europe if USA withdraws from NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty organization is an inter-governmental military alliance between 29 North-American countries and European countries. NATO is basically a system of collective defense where its independent member states agree to mutual defense in response to any attack by an external country or party. In a NATO meeting held at Brussels in 2017, President...