by Ausaf Sayeed | May 13, 2025 | Defence, GCC, Geopolitics, Middle East, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, USA
President Donald Trump is scheduled for a high-stakes diplomatic visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from May 13-16, 2025. As his first major foreign trip since returning to office, this tour underscores the strategic importance of the...
by Ausaf Sayeed | Mar 23, 2025 | Connectivity, GCC, Geopolitics, India, Middle East
India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) is a transformative initiative announced in New Delhi during the G20 Summit on September 9, 2023. It aims to strengthen connectivity between Asia, the Middle East,...
by Ausaf Sayeed | Mar 3, 2025 | GCC, India, Qatar
The recent visit of H.H. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Amir of Qatar, to India marks a momentous chapter in bilateral relations between the two countries. The visit underlined their deepening strategic partnership, propelled by shared economic interests,...
by Ausaf Sayeed | Jan 3, 2025 | GCC, India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Kuwait, currently the chair of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with which India has been negotiating a Free Trade Agreement for the past several years, was significant in the bilateral context and its broader regional...
by Ausaf Sayeed | Nov 12, 2024 | GCC, Indian Diaspora
For several centuries, India and the Arab world have shared strong historical, civilisational, cultural, economic, and people-to-people ties. The land and sea trade between India and the Arab world has a deep-rooted history dating back several centuries. The...
