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2024 yearender: Rifts split wide open — old conflicts take centre stage

Trump claims he can end Ukraine and West Asia conflicts, but faces complex challenges and shifting dynamics in 2025.

In 2024, the complexion and contours of the war in Ukraine and West Asia continued to change, influencing global geopolitics like never before. (Reuters)
Updated on Dec 31, 2024 06:14 AM IST

Jaishankar speaks with Israel’s Gideon Sa’ar amid fresh efforts for ceasefire

India has maintained a balanced position on the evolving situation in West Asia given its close and strategic ties with both Israel and Arab states.

A fire burns inside a Palestinian house during the ongoing Israeli military operation, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, December 18 (REUTERS)
Updated on Dec 18, 2024 06:26 PM IST

Why oil prices are not rising despite the war in West Asia

This article is authored by Hriday Sarma, senior fellow, South Asia Democratic Forum, Brussels.

Petrol. (Representational image)
Published on Dec 06, 2024 02:20 PM IST

Israeli restraint suggests Iran’s strategic leverage

Tehran has sufficient means to stay out of fresh direct commitment traps

People sift through the rubble of a building destroyed during Israeli Bombardment, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on November 5, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP) (AFP)
Published on Nov 05, 2024 07:43 PM IST

For Tehran and Tel Aviv, war with limited options

The current confrontation between Israel and Iran’s allies, which began with the surprise and bloody attack launched by the Palestinian group Hamas on October 7, 2023, has already affected Lebanon, where Israel is fighting the Shiite militia Hezbollah

FILE PHOTO: Projectiles are seen in the sky after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from Tel Aviv, Israel, October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo (REUTERS)
Published on Nov 02, 2024 07:27 PM IST
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