Assistant Director Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s research paper ‘India’s Strategic Partnership with the UAE: A Key Pillar of India’s Outreach in West Asia’ has been published in Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1-2, January–June 2022, 15-28.

India-UAE strategic partnership is a game changer for India in the West Asian region, says Col Agarwal.

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Assistant Director, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s brief analysis ‘BRICS and West Asia: How a strategic realignment is taking shape in global order’ has been published in First Post on 26 August 2023.

With its strategic location, economic strength and critical fossil energy reserves, the West Asian nations are an important addition and present an opportunity for the BRICS, says Col Agarwal.

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Assistant Director, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s analysis ‘India-Gulf Ties: An Enduring and Time-tested Relationship’ has been published in Rakhsha Anirveda on 11 August 2023.

Assistant Director, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s article ‘Israel’s Operations in Jenin Camp, West Bank: A New Chapter in Diminishing Prospects of Solution to Conflict’ has been published in Bharatshakti on 03 August 2023.

With no letup in threat from the Gaza Strip, escalation of violence in West Bank makes things worse, says Col Agarwal.

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Assistant Director, Manohar Parrikar IDSA Col Rajeev Agarwal’s opinion piece ‘Modi in Abu Dhabi: UAE holds key to India’s West Asia strategy’ has been published in India Today on 15 July 2023.

The personal chemistry and close rapport between President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and PM Modi is a key factor in the rapid development of this close partnership. Both leaders share a common perspective of critical issues impacting the region and the key role that the two countries can play towards development and prosperity in the region, says Col Agarwal.

Assistant Director Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s Opinion Piece ‘India's foreign policy saga: A tapestry of nine sutras woven across nine glorious years in the Narendra Modi era’ has been published in First Post on 14 June 2023.

India's Foreign policy has definitely been a bright spot in nine years of the Modi era. Col Agarwal examines nine major threads of it.

Assistant Director, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s article ‘Arab League: Time to evolve amidst changing discourse in the region’ has been published by WION on 19 May 2023.

Coming at a time amidst a major churn in the geopolitics of the region, this could be a landmark summit of the Arab League. Already, the Saudi-Iran peace deal brokered by China in March 2023 is taking shape and promises to end many conflicts in the region and pave the way for a period of reconciliation and peace, says Col Agarwal.

Assistant Director Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s article ‘India: An equal partner, not a subservient ally in today's geopolitics’ has been published in First Post on 16 May 2023.

Unlike the US which prefers ‘either you are with us or against us’, India has always preferred equal partnerships, based on convergence and mutual interests, says Col Agarwal.

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Assistant Director Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s article ‘War in Yemen may be over, peace still needs to be won’ has been published in WION on 29 April 2023.

The conflict in Yemen is deep and options for peace difficult, says Col Agarwal.

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Assistant Director, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s article ‘As the Arabs and Iran reconcile, what happens to Israel?’ has been published in Hindustan Times on 22 April 2023.

As Arabs and Iran look to make peace, Israel has lots to think about, in the region, especially it's strategy of 'seeking peace through a security prism' says Col Agarwal.

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