Articles By Gaurav Dixit
Afghan Peace: A Process of Contradiction
By: Gaurav Dixit | Date: 14 Oct , 2018
The concept of peace talks at some point in time is imminent in every conflict discourse. However, in the case of Afghanistan, it is intrinsically contradictory in nature. Primarily for two...
SCO must revisit its policy on Afghanistan
By: Gaurav Dixit | Date: 15 May , 2018
The 2018 summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will be held in the coastal city of Qingdao in East China’s Shandong province in June. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the SCO...
Ignoring opium economy may cost US war in Afghanistan
By: Gaurav Dixit | Date: 07 Jan , 2018
While unveiling his strategy for South Asia in August 2017, US President Donald Trump not only reiterated the American stand to stay longer in Afghanistan and take the fight to its logical...
Operationalization of Chabahar Port: India’s Growing Diplomatic Outreach
By: Gaurav Dixit | Date: 07 Dec , 2017
When the first Indian shipment of wheat left Kandla port for Chabahar port in Iran, and then over land via Iran into Afghanistan, India silently sent multiple strong yet subtle messages to its...
India will have to Fight its Battle Against Pakistan-backed Terror Alone
By: Gaurav Dixit | Date: 04 Nov , 2016
Ideological obligations had enormous impact on the foreign policy of many countries during the Cold War era and maintain their impact even today in some countries. It has been true for many...
Bring Locals to the Peace Table in Kashmir
By: Gaurav Dixit | Date: 23 Jul , 2016
The problem of Kashmir is a crisis which has been extensively debated within the policy circles, security agencies, on public forums and on TV channels, and yet the Valley and the state response...
Kashmir on the edge: Peace is far from sight
By: Gaurav Dixit | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 28 Apr , 2016
Four persons were killed and nine others were injured as personnel from the Rashtriya Rifles and Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police allegedly opened fired on the protesters in the Handwara town of...
Pakistan’s Nuclear Policy: A Product of Misplaced Military Policies
By: Gaurav Dixit | Date: 11 Sep , 2015
Speaking at a seminar in Islamabad in 1999, Pakistan’s former foreign minister and a leading nuclear strategist Abdul Sattar insisted, “We shall not engage in any nuclear competition or arms...