Global strategy : Why the India-Russia RELOS Pact Matters in a World at War
Against this backdrop, India and Russia’s Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Support (RELOS) agreement appears far more consequential than its bureaucratic title suggests.
Anil Trigunayat
Former Indian Ambassador to Jordan, Libya, and Malta; Distinguished Fellow and Head of the West Asia Experts Group at the Vivekananda International Foundation.
PM Modi’s UAE-Europe visit highlights India’s search for strategic autonomy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the UAE and key European nations showcases India’s expanding role in shaping a multipolar global order
India’s Strategic Recalibration: The Significance of Modi’s Europe Outreach
From green technologies and semiconductors to defence cooperation, energy security, Arctic research and supply-chain resilience, the PM Modi’s tour underlined New Delhi’s determination to build trusted long-term partnerships with economically advanced and politically influential European powers
Abu Dhabi’s OPEC exit signals a structural shift in the Gulf
The Arab unity is also no longer intact as countries explore the range of options from a forced or pragmatic modus vivendi to moving on to another end of the spectrum given the uncertainties of the West Asian region.
Iran Is Exposing the Limits of American Power
As the negotiations between Iran and the United States mediated by Oman were giving some hope to avert the war, on February 28, US President Donald Trump got played by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and followed the same playbook as June 2025 and launched decapitating attacks on Iran and its leadership, crossing the final redline by killing Ayatollah Khamenei and top military brass.
Beyond MAD syndrome: India’s geopolitical strategy to secure energy amid Middle East Disruptions
Amid the fog of war perpetrated through Epic Fury, Lions Roar andOperation Promise IV governed by MAD syndrome among US-Israel andIran, have created unprecedented supply disruptions and blockades ofSea Lanes of Communications (SLOCs) Hormuz etc apart from thehumanitarian disaster and…