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IRAN + SAUDI ARABIA & CHINESE DIPLOMACY WINS! | || With DC analyst Akshobh Giridhardas
The Shia Muslim sect is headed from Iran, while the Sunni Wahabi Muslim communities across the world look to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for religious guidance. At loggerheads for years, the two nations have decided to mend fences and restart diplomatic processes. In all of this, an unlikely peace was brokered by an unlikely peacemaker - China! With no history of interference in either nation, and trade relations, China stepped in to call for a truce. We go through their modern history of turbulence, Salman Rushdie's fatwa and sectarian violence in the Islamic world.
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Akshobh Giridharadas, Visiting Fellow ORF | US-INDIA Vs. US-PAK, RUS-UKR STATUS
Akshobh Giridharadas is a geopolitics specialist with immense experience in the field of US-India & US-Pakistan relationships. He also hosts a podcast, The Global Detail, on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5yvIv2l... Article by Akshobh on 75 years of India - Pakistan - https://www.news18.com/news/opinion/o... He brings his expertise today to discuss the history and journey of relationships the Indian subcontinent has seen with the US administration under different leaders, the nature of Chinese growth and the current geopolitical volatility due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Please drop me a comment on the video, and if you have any questions, I'll definitely have Akshobh share over his views via comment. As always, thank you so much for tuning in!
0:00 - US-India Positives 4:37 - History of India's Strategic Autonomy 16:04 - With Us or Against Us? 20:55 - US-Pak Relations 26:30 - Heterogeneity in the Face of Labels 28:00 - Pakistani FP History 37:40 - Reality check 39:00 - Taiwan 41:00 - Ukraine Crisis 42:18 - Revanchist Ideas 44:33 - India China Relations 46:52 - Two China Diplomacy 48:10 - Crises & Analyses 50:33 - Taiwan the "Porcupine" 55:33 - Chinese Pride / Hubris 57:56 - Asian Countries & Institutional Building