Articles

Eurasia: Reflections on 2024 and Outlook for 2025

January 07, 2025 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The year 2024 is shaping up to be a critical juncture for Russia and Central Asia, characterized by significant geopolitical upheavals, economic volatility, and shifting social dynamics. These changes are not merely adjustments; they are fundamentall....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

Tags : Article , regional cooperation , BRICS , Nuclear Power , Ukraine War , Green energy , Central Asian Migrants

Managing India-US Defence Partnership Across Transition

January 03, 2025 Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

A New Leader on the Stage Trump’s second Presidency of the US (2.0) is just a few days away. The change seems potentially disruptive, for which the world is bracing up. Interestingly, Newsweek, on 14 September 2024, published a list of ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence

Tags : Article , Donald Trump , COMCASA , DTTI , 2+2 Dialogue , Defence industry , BECA , Defence Exports , Emerging technologies , Military Exercises , Defence Trade , India- US Defence Partners , RDP , SOSA , Foundational Agreements iCET

Syria is the Game Changer for Big Powers

January 02, 2025 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Some dates go down in history as unprecedented and unanticipated developments usher in often unexpected and unannounced outcomes. Moreover, wars and their impacts are not unconnected or limited to a particular geography. October 7, 2023 terror attack....

International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia

Tags : Article , Palestine , India , US , China , Iran , Syria , Turkey , Hamas

The India-U.S. Partnership: Building Upon the Joint Efforts of a Quarter Century

January 01, 2025 Vice Admiral Girish Luthra (Retd.) Commentary

The India-U.S. partnership embarked on a new trajectory at the turn of the century when strains that appeared post India’s nuclear tests in 1998 were replaced by....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Commentary , QUAD , Indo Pacific , Multilateralism , US India strategic partnership , Geoploilitics and Geoeconomics , US India Defence and Security Cooperation , Global and Regional Cooperation , Trump 2.0

Pitfalls of Parliament Debate on China

December 31, 2024 Rup Narayan Das Commentary

On 3rd December External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar made a suo moto statement in the Lok Sabha and informed the members about current state of relations between India and China after the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Commentary , India , China , Parliament , Nehru , resolution , Noorani , Menon

China Preparing to Deal with Trump 2.0

December 30, 2024 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

“The ability to prevent defeat is your responsibility, while the opportunities for victory depend upon the enemy.” - Six Secret Teachings, Jiang Ziya As the world awaits another term of US President Donald Trump, the People’s Republic....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Article , ASEAN , Xi Jinping , Taiwan , Trump , trade , tariffs , New Productive Forces , MFN

India-Indonesia Diplomatic Relations @75 Years: Strategic Cooperation Shaping Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific

December 27, 2024 Prof (Dr) Debasis Bhattacharya Article

As India and Indonesia commemorate 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations (1951-2024), it is time to celebrate the deep-rooted historical, civilizational, cultural, and economic linkages spanning for the last two millennia, which in turn lays stron....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , India , ASEAN , Indonesia , SAGAR , Mahabharata , IPOI , Ramayana , 75th anniversary

Israeli Effort to Delegitimise and Destroy United Nations Relief and Works Agency

December 26, 2024 Gautam Sen Commentary

At the behest of the Netanyahu government of Israel, the Knesset – the country`s parliament had passed two controversial resolutions on 28th October this year, demanding the disbandment of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) on the groun....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , UNRWA , Hamas , ICJ , ICC , Knesset Resolution 28th October 2024 , Phillipe Lazarini , Address UNGA 6th November 2024 , Funding UNRWA

Collapse of the French and German Government:Turmoil in the EU’s Franco-German Engine

December 24, 2024 Shreya Sinha, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

The European Union was born out of the ashes of World War II, and gained recognition as not just an economic alliance, but an overall integration project, fuelled by two of its biggest Member States- Germany and France. Former French President Jacque....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , economy , Government , European Union , France , Germany , Franco-German engine , Integration.