Articles

Trump 2.0: The Impact of Donald Trump’s Victory on the European Security Architecture

November 19, 2024 Shreya Sinha, Research Associate, VIF Article

As the European capitals prepare for the former Republican President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, a significant geopolitical and geostrategic shift is inevitable. Trump’s policies could create potential upheaval across the Atlantic a....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Article , Donald Trump , Europe , Security , European Union , NATO , Ukraine , Transatlantic cooperation , Trade Wars

Trump 2.0: Not a change, a paradigmatic shift

November 14, 2024 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

Trump or no Trump, the US economy seems to do what it will anyway. Why? Look at the fundamental strengths of the US as a nation. If Donald Trump’s narrow win shook the United States in 2016, the scale of his victory now has amazed the country in....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Article , Donald Trump , WTO , US market , Joe Bide

Tensions Show in US-China Ties During Blinken’s Visit

May 06, 2024 Jayadeva Ranade Article

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's three day (April 24-26) visit to Shanghai and Beijing was an apparent attempt to arrest the slide in relations and simultaneously make clear the US 'red lines'. Since Biden became US President, Blinken is the s....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China

Tags : Article , China , Taiwan , CCP , Wang Yi , Blinken , Dong Jun , Janet Yellen

Where India-US Relations Stand in 2024?

March 11, 2024 Dr Sweta Kumari Article

In his recent visit to New Delhi, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources and former Ambassador of the United States to India, Richard R. Verma presented a ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Article , Defence , India-US , Challenges , 2023 , iCET , INDUS-X , Trade Initiatives , Regulations , Khalistan issue

President Biden’s Impeachment Inquiry: Background and Implications

October 06, 2023 Dr Sweta Kumari Article

(Disquiet & Polarisation in US Politics: Part 1) The current developments in the United States are demonstrative of the deepening partisan and retributive politics within the country in the last few years. Most of the chaos revolves aroun....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Article , Democratic Party , Republicans , President Joe Biden , Hunter Biden , Impeachment Inquiry , House Oversight Committee

The US-Pakistan CIS-MOA Agreement: A Sea-Sand Line

August 14, 2023 Dr Dinesh Kumar Pandey Article

The Cabinet of Pakistan has discreetly approved the formalisation of the ‘Communication Interoperability and Security Memorandum of Agreement’ (CIS-MOA), a new security agreement with the United States (US). This action signifies a renewed beginn....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Pakistan

Tags : Article , FATF , US-Pakistan Relations , TTP , Grey List , CIS , CISMOA , AML/CFL

Assessment of US Secretary of State Blinken’s Two-Day Visit to China

July 04, 2023 Jayadeva Ranade Article

The Western media, in sharp contrast to China’s tightly controlled official media, seems to have gushed at the apparent success of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's visit to China on June 18-19. China’s official media, in contrast, afforded....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China

Tags : Article , China , Xi Jinping , Taiwan , Wang Yi , Blinken , Qin Gang , Core issue

A red carpet for Modi in the US but both sides must set realistic expectations

June 23, 2023 Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The frenetic bilateral exchanges of recent months have imparted a new stimulus to the India-US relationship, somewhat similar to that imparted by the nuclear deal of 2008. These giant strides stem from a convergence of strategic interests. But the ob....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Article , India , US , Modi Visit , India US ties

India and US Engagement: Deliberate and Determined Delivery

June 20, 2023 K P Vijayalakshmi Article

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US has become the focus of discussion amongst the strategic community across the world. Being dubbed as “the most consequential, comprehensive strategic partnership”, India-US ties have withsto....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Article , India , US , PM Modi , defence cooperation , Indo Pacific , DTTI , Quad technology

Indian Prime Ministers and Engagement with the U.S. Congress

June 20, 2023 K V Prasad Commentary

On June 22, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will enter the Chamber of the House of Representatives on the Capitol Hill, to record a rare distinction. He will be joining a handful of world leaders who addressed the Joint Sitting of the United States Cong....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Commentary , PM Modi , US Congress , Civil nuclear cooperation , Atal Behari Vajpayee , Defence Framework Agreement