Post May 15th  2020 Galwan Valley face-off between India and China,Russia tries to strike a delicate balance between the two nations, questions are being raised on the relevance of the Russia-India-China (RIC) trilateral. How should Rajnath Singh’s Moscow visit, where his Chinese counterpart was also present, be seen in light of recent tensions with China. 

Can Russia, with its heavy trade dependence on China and strong diplomatic ties with India, take a clear position on the matter? 

In this episode of 'The Ideas Factory', Naghma Sahar, Senior Fellow at ORF, and Harsh V. Pant, Director of Studies and Head of Strategic Studies Programme at ORF, discuss all these questions and more. 

After the killing of 20 Indian soldiers in Galwan Valley last year in May 2020, the LAC in the Ladakh region continues to remain tense. The big question - how is India going to deal with an increasingly aggressive China? Is this a watershed moment in India-China relations? Does India need to fundamentally reset its relationship with China? In this episode of 'The Ideas Factory', Naghma Sahar, Senior Fellow at ORF, and Harsh V. Pant, Director of Studies and Head of Strategic Studies Programme at ORF, discuss all these questions and more. 

With increasing Chinese presence in Iran and a tussle between the US and China in the country, will India’s strategic interests be harmed? What’s the current status of India–Iran relations? As Iran uses the Chabahar project to bargain with the US, what’s the big picture that’s emerging? In this episode of 'The Ideas Factory', Naghma Sahar, Senior Fellow at ORF, and Harsh  Pant, Director of Studies and Head of Strategic Studies Programme at ORF, discuss all these questions and more.