Iran, Pakistan, N. Korea may pose nuclear threat to Russia
May 4, 2012 Strategic Culture Foundation
A nuclear-armed Iran, Pakistan and North Korea could potentially trigger regional chain reactions that ultimately threaten Russia's security, the former director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, Vyacheslav Trubnikov, said.
Pakistan douses the Indian fire
April 26, 2012 M K Bhadrakumar, specially for RIR
India’s triumphant launch of Agni-V missile is hardly a week old and Pakistan announced on Wednesday that it also successfully launched an inter-mediate range ballistic missile into the Indian Ocean. Clearly, it’s a ‘tit-for-tat’
Is the Indo-Pak dialogue aimless?
April 13, 2012 D. Aurobinda Mahapatra, specially for RIR
In the context of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari’s pilgrimage to India last week, the observers and analysts of the dialogue process between the countries split into negativists, enthusiasts and realists
Manmohan Singh’s odyssey of peace
April 11, 2012 M K Bhadrakumar, specially for RIR
If India-Pakistan high-level talks produce a sense of déjà vu, it should not come as a matter of surprise. What has been the difference, if any, when the Indian Prime Minister and the Pakistan President met in New Delhi last Sunday?
Pakistan proposes a new military block of Islamic states
March 2, 2012 The Voice of Russia
Islamabad is prepared to consider the idea of setting up a new military block of Islamic countries. Deputy chairman of the Senate of Pakistan Mir Jan Jamali made this announcement during his visit in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Russian Nerpa alarms Islamabad
February 22, 2012 Vladimir Skosyrev, Nezavisimaya gazeta
The lease of the Russian nuclear submarine Nerpa to India appears to have spurred on the arms race in South Asia.
Will India join NATO’s war in Afghanistan?
January 30, 2012 Vladimir Sotnikov, The Middle East Institute
Can India use its transfer station card for NATO military cargo in the American-Indo-Pakistani “big game” in Afghanistan?
1971 War: How Russia sank Nixon’s gunboat diplomacy
December 20, 2011 Rakesh Krishnan Simha, specially for RIR
Exactly 40 years ago, India won a famous victory over Pakistan due to its brilliant soldiers, an unwavering political leadership, and strong diplomatic support from Moscow. Less well known is Russia’s power play that prevented a joint British-America
The Watershed
December 7, 2011 Andrei Volodin, Strategic Culture Foundation
The ongoing crisis in the US-Pakistan relations gives us a chance to look at the situation from a broader perspective.
