Foreign Policy of Saudi Arabia: Internal and External Contexts
India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs
The domestic capabilities and compulsions are the major inputs in a country's foreign policy.... more The domestic capabilities and compulsions are the major inputs in a country's foreign policy. Regional and global circumstances influence these inputs and make them operational. Thus, the foreign policy of a country, at any given time, reflects the internal and regional contexts. This paper proposes to highlight the domestic dilemma, regional vulnerability and global alignments in Saudi foreign policy.
The following is a list of names of Referees in the year 2016. We gratefully acknowledge the comm... more The following is a list of names of Referees in the year 2016. We gratefully acknowledge the comments, suggestions and critique provided by them. They have richly contributed to making Strategic Analysis a high-quality journal.
Perspectives on Turkey's Multi-Regional Role in the 21st Century
Insight Turkey, 2016
The Gülen (Hizmet) Community in Slovakia and Bosnia: Transnational Movement as a Turkish Foreign ... more The Gülen (Hizmet) Community in Slovakia and Bosnia: Transnational Movement as a Turkish Foreign Policy Actor
The 'Spring' Has Had a Contagious Effect Much Beyond1
Samuel Huntington's thesis envisages democracy progression in waves. The 'third wave'... more Samuel Huntington's thesis envisages democracy progression in waves. The 'third wave' was frozen after its initial advances in the seventies. It never washed the shores of the Arab/Muslim world, according to this thesis. Hence, the phrase 'Arab exceptionalism' was coined. Today, the term has been resurrected in the context of the Arab Spring. In the present context, the term seeks to demonstrate the democratic upsurge among the people of the Arab/ Muslim world and to disprove Huntington's thesis finally. In fact, the Spring has not remained confined to the Arab/Muslim world, but has had a contagious effect much beyond. People in faraway places like the United States, Russia, Brazil, Greece and Portugal seem to be inspired by the Arab Spring.Three Regime Changes in Quick SuccessionThe Arab Spring has not been a uniform development in the Arab world, even though it has had a viral nature. One successful experiment has inspired other or many more simultaneously....
What follows is an attempt to trace India's engagement with Iran in the post- cold war period... more What follows is an attempt to trace India's engagement with Iran in the post- cold war period, identify the highs and lows in its contours and analyse the current situation. The cold war at the global level coincided with the regional and domestic circumstances in Iran. The Islamic Revolution stabilized, the Iraq-Iran War ended and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini died. Iran began an arduous process of resembling a normal political entity and sought to reach out to the world. India, like others, responded to the evolution in Iranian foreign policy.Declarations of EngagementThe first major landmark in the bilateral engagement was the visit of Prime Minister Narasimha Rao to Iran in September 1993. President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani paid a return visit to India in April 1995 and Vice President K.R. Narayanan visited Iran in October 1996. A manifestation of the turning point in bilateral relations was the Iranian invitation to India to attend the Tehran Conference on Afghanistan in ...
Foreign Policy of Saudi Arabia: Internal and External Contexts
India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs
The domestic capabilities and compulsions are the major inputs in a country's foreign policy.... more The domestic capabilities and compulsions are the major inputs in a country's foreign policy. Regional and global circumstances influence these inputs and make them operational. Thus, the foreign policy of a country, at any given time, reflects the internal and regional contexts. This paper proposes to highlight the domestic dilemma, regional vulnerability and global alignments in Saudi foreign policy.
The following is a list of names of Referees in the year 2016. We gratefully acknowledge the comm... more The following is a list of names of Referees in the year 2016. We gratefully acknowledge the comments, suggestions and critique provided by them. They have richly contributed to making Strategic Analysis a high-quality journal.
Perspectives on Turkey's Multi-Regional Role in the 21st Century
Insight Turkey, 2016
The Gülen (Hizmet) Community in Slovakia and Bosnia: Transnational Movement as a Turkish Foreign ... more The Gülen (Hizmet) Community in Slovakia and Bosnia: Transnational Movement as a Turkish Foreign Policy Actor
The 'Spring' Has Had a Contagious Effect Much Beyond1
Samuel Huntington's thesis envisages democracy progression in waves. The 'third wave'... more Samuel Huntington's thesis envisages democracy progression in waves. The 'third wave' was frozen after its initial advances in the seventies. It never washed the shores of the Arab/Muslim world, according to this thesis. Hence, the phrase 'Arab exceptionalism' was coined. Today, the term has been resurrected in the context of the Arab Spring. In the present context, the term seeks to demonstrate the democratic upsurge among the people of the Arab/ Muslim world and to disprove Huntington's thesis finally. In fact, the Spring has not remained confined to the Arab/Muslim world, but has had a contagious effect much beyond. People in faraway places like the United States, Russia, Brazil, Greece and Portugal seem to be inspired by the Arab Spring.Three Regime Changes in Quick SuccessionThe Arab Spring has not been a uniform development in the Arab world, even though it has had a viral nature. One successful experiment has inspired other or many more simultaneously....
What follows is an attempt to trace India's engagement with Iran in the post- cold war period... more What follows is an attempt to trace India's engagement with Iran in the post- cold war period, identify the highs and lows in its contours and analyse the current situation. The cold war at the global level coincided with the regional and domestic circumstances in Iran. The Islamic Revolution stabilized, the Iraq-Iran War ended and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini died. Iran began an arduous process of resembling a normal political entity and sought to reach out to the world. India, like others, responded to the evolution in Iranian foreign policy.Declarations of EngagementThe first major landmark in the bilateral engagement was the visit of Prime Minister Narasimha Rao to Iran in September 1993. President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani paid a return visit to India in April 1995 and Vice President K.R. Narayanan visited Iran in October 1996. A manifestation of the turning point in bilateral relations was the Iranian invitation to India to attend the Tehran Conference on Afghanistan in ...
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