Russia

In the two weeks since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, India’s strategic situation has become even more complicated.

In 2022, Central Asia was supposed to see slight growth in remittances. Thanks to Russia’s war in Ukraine, remittances are expected to drop dramatically instead.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has drawn comparisons to China's own threat to invade Taiwan to bring what it considers a wayward province under its control.

Putin’s push for restoring Moscow’s past glories could very well bring about its further demise: not just in Europe but also in Central Asia. 

Simply put, the future is Asian, and Europe would be wise to ensure it protects Asian democracies from the threatening autocracy in their neighborhood: China.

Instead of lecturing India, the West should take India’s interests seriously and make better offers to New Delhi than Moscow does.

Putin is expected to move funds through smaller banks, lean on energy sales, deal in cryptocurrency, and rely on Russia's relationship with China.

Pressure that both sides face from the United States and the West gives their partnership new depth.

In the mindscape of the U.S. strategic community, China now enjoys the position which the Soviet Union had during the Cold War. Moscow is keen to disrupt that emerging bipolar order.

Contradictions in the India-Russia relationship, rooted in China and the Quad, will be difficult to overcome in the long term.

Accession to the Eurasian Economic Union provided some relief to Kyrgyz migrant workers, but difficulties remain. 

Russia had worked for years to establish contacts with the Taliban, even though it designated the group a terror organization in 2003.