Anil Trigunayat

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.
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Syria’s Al-Sharaa, a former terrorist turned head of state, is gaining diplomatic momentum but faces a daunting challenge.

Perhaps for Ahmed al-Sharaa, aka al-Jolani, displacing Assad with exemplary speed may not have been as important as his being embraced by President Donald Trump during his visit to Saudi Arabia this month (May 13-16). Of course, this was done at the behest of Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), whose welcome to al-Sharaa, by extending the Arab embrace, has been strategic and far-reaching.

Turkey–India ties: Deteriorating for all the wrong reasons

I have often wondered what’s wrong with Türkiye. The symptoms of its principled anti-India stance are difficult to discern, even though there are plenty of examples and statements from its leaders—especially President Erdogan—that have sought to undermine India’s sovereignty, particularly in the context of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), which is an integral part of India. In a rush to prove their bonhomie with Pakistan, they conveniently forget history and the terror-breeding nature of that state. Frequently, Türkiye's own Islamic extremist outfits have been seen operating in India and have been openly called out.

Pahalgam Attack Raises Alarms: Is the China–Pakistan Nexus Cornering India?

Pakistan based terror groups have been executing the cross-border terrorism against India for nearly four decades as an instrument of Rawalpindi’s designs in particular and their foreign policy in general. World knows and fully understands the source and sustenance of the rabid terrorist groups that have proliferated in our western neighbourhood for decades with the alacrity of misplaced Jihad and the impunity extracted from global majors including its iron clad friends.

Why Syria Needs to Break Free from Its Struggles — and Fast

Sudden removal of longstanding autocrats has become increasingly common at least since the Arab Spring in 2010 when public furore and street anger and popular frustration — combined and engineered with regime change agendas of regional and global powers, led to Ben Ali, Gaddafi and Mubarak’s unceremonious departure from power. But these very facts brought out the big power play trying to balance once again especially by Russia and Iran which saved the downfall of Syrian strongman and autocratic Bashar Al Assad who survived the regime change agenda for at least a decade when he was dumped by his benefactors for their own compulsions.

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