India needs to rope in one or more of the Central Asian countries, preferably Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, in the Chabahar project, to fully exploit its potential.
Senior Fellow, IDSA, Ambassador P Stobdan’s article on Trump administration’s statement on terror havens in Pakistan, titled ‘Be careful of that Trump hug’ was published in ‘The Tribune’ on October 31, 2017.
Senior Fellow, IDSA, Ambassador P Stobdan’s article on India’s post-Doklam stand, titled ‘Tread cautiously post Doklam’ was published in ‘Daily News and Analysis’ on September 2, 2017.
Senior Fellow, IDSA, Ambassador P Stobdan’s article on Doklam border standoff, titled ‘How Can India & China Move on From Doklam? Easy: Soft Power’ was published in ‘The Quint’ on July 31, 2017.
Senior fellow, IDSA, Ambassador P Stobdan’s article on Doklam stand-off, titled ‘Doklam: China’s Anxieties and Domestic Dissidents May Have a Role’, was published in ‘The Quint’ on July 29, 2017.
Senior Fellow, IDSA, Ambassador P Stobdan’s article on India’s entry in SCO, titled ‘Indian diplomat: The entry into the SCO will enable India to slow down China's rapprochement with Pakistan’, was published in Eurasia Expert on June 9, 2017.
As India enters the Eurasian integration path, it needs to be aware that there is an emerging trend in favour of intra-regional cooperation in Central Asia.
India should use SCO for building convergences with China and Russia as well as minimise the intensity of China-Pakistan alignment which undercuts India’s direct access to Eurasia.
Senior Fellow, IDSA, Ambassador P Stobdan’s article on China’s plan of Buddhist globalisation, titled ‘As China Pushes for a ‘Buddhist’ Globalisation, India Isn’t Making the Most of Its Legacy’, was published in ‘The wire’ on May 11, 2017.
To make Chabahar a ‘Game Changer’ Central Asian states need to be roped in
India needs to rope in one or more of the Central Asian countries, preferably Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, in the Chabahar project, to fully exploit its potential.