Caatsa

Explained: America’s CAATSA law and the waiver that the US House has passed for India

CAATSA, which was signed into a federal law in 2017, allows the United States to punish countries that carry out 'significant transactions with Iran, North Korea and Russia'. India's purchase of the S-400 defence system from Russia had raised fears that it would be sanctioned under this legislation

US House approves CAATSA waiver for India to purchase S-400 missile system from Russia

CAATSA is a tough US law that authorises the US administration to impose sanctions on countries that purchase major defence hardware from Russia in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its alleged meddling in the 2016 US presidential elections

GhoseSpot | India has changed and it will be a mistake to judge it by the lens of the past

As seen in the Modi government’s handling of the Ukraine crisis or Jaishankar’s aggressive diplomacy in the US, it’s obvious that the old order now has to deal with a new India which will talk in its own idiom and walk at its own pace

Sanctions on India would be 'extraordinarily foolhardy', says Senator Ted Cruz to Senate Foreign Relations Committee

The US administration is required under domestic law, Countering America's Adversaries through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) to impose sanctions on any country that has significant transactions with Iran, North Korea or Russia.

Joe Biden to decide whether to apply or waive sanctions on India under CAATSA: US official on Russian S-400

CAATSA is a US law, which authorises the administration to impose sanctions on countries that purchase major defence hardware from Russia in response to Moscow's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and alleged meddling in the 2016 US presidential elections

As Putin plays Russian roulette in Ukraine, Indian diplomacy treads a fine line

There is little doubt that India should, and will, continue to maintain its voting pattern, and abstain again when the matter is put to a vote in the UNGA in the next few days

Russia’s war in Ukraine: How India’s UN Security Council vote was pragmatic

Condemning one to please the others does not achieve anything. Whatever the contours of resolution of this war, the mutuality of India’s interests with all these partners will remain important

If situation deteriorates in Ukraine, India’s defence deals with Russia will face more scrutiny: Harsh V Pant

Strategic expert Harsh V Pant, in an interview with Firstpost, explains the nitty-gritty of the Ukrainian crisis, and how it’s going to impact world politics

Ukraine crisis: How confrontation between Putin’s Russia and Biden-led West will impact India’s foreign relations

India is close to all the major global players — Russia, US, EU and Ukraine — hence it cannot afford to take sides

India-Russia Annual Summit: From AK-203 to Afghanistan, here's what to expect

It will be the first face-to-face meeting between Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after the meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in November 2019