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Understanding the Trends in Russia US Relations
April 28, 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Russia’s relations with the West are deteriorating rapidly. The rhetoric from the top leaders on both sides has been sharp and uncharitably harsh. They have expelled diplomats from each others’ countries. On 19th March, in a TV interview, Pre....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia

Tags : Commentary , Russia , Putin , Indo Pacific , NATO , US Sanctions , Biden , Crimea
Biden’s Exit Plan: US decides to Pullout Troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021
April 28, 2021 Dr Anwesha Ghosh Article

On April 13, 2021, US President Joe Biden announced the departure of American troops from Afghanistan by September 11 this year- a symbolic date, coinciding with the horrific terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in the New York City and Pentago....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Afghanistan

Tags : Article , India , Afghanistan , Taliban , Civil war , Biden announcement , US troops withdrawal , Istanbul Conference , neighbouring countries
Explained: Suga-Biden Summit - Strengthening Alliance
April 26, 2021 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was the first foreign leader to travel to the US on 16 April in this time of pandemic to meet the US President Joe Biden. This was also Suga’s first visit to the US as Prime Minister though he had earlier vis....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Article , South China Sea , Joe Biden , Senkaku Islands , Yoshihide Suga , pandemics , Taiwan Straits , flash point , Muslim Uighurs , Self-Defense Forces , summit meeting
To Friends in the United States: Ease Global Vaccine Manufacturing
April 24, 2021 Rudra Chaudhuri | Reuben Abraham | Nitin Pai | Harsh Pant | Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The current public health crisis in India is devastating. On April 22, 2021, India recorded 332,921 COVID-19 cases and over 2,000 fatalities. It is unlikely that the second wave of the pandemic will level out anytime soon. The desperate need for oxyg....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Commentary , India , COVID-19 , Joe Biden , Covishield , AstraZenca , Defense Production Act , supply constraints , vaccine shortage
Biden’s Afghanistan Dilemma: Withdraw or not to Withdraw Troops without a Peace Deal
March 25, 2021 Dr Anwesha Ghosh Commentary

February 2021 marked exactly one year since United States (US) and the Taliban signed “The Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan”, in a bid to end decades of war in the country. One of the key features of the agreement reached by the former....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Afghanistan

Tags : Commentary , Afghanistan , Taliban , troop withdrawal , Biden Administration , Antony Blinken's letter , Moscow Talks , negotiated settlement
The Leadership Summit will Consolidate the Quad
March 15, 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The historic leadership summit of the Quad counties held on 12th March 2021 was a milestone in the evolution of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue which was set up back in 2007 and revived in 2017. Hosted by US President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Mini....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , US

Tags : Commentary , China , modi , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Biden , Suga , Morrison , Quad summit , Spirit of quad
Quad Summit: An Opportunity to Define the Contours of the Post Covid Indo-Pacific
March 11, 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Indian Prime Minister Modi, US President Biden, Prime Minister Scott Morrisonof Australia and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan will hold the first summit level meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, popularly known as the Quad, on 12 M....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , US

Tags : Commentary , India , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Australia , Japan , Biden
Analysing Biden’s Interim National Security Strategic Guidance
March 08, 2021 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

The US has come out with an Interim National Security Strategic Guidance on 03 March 2021 that will not only form the basis for Biden administration’s National Security Strategy but also would find its reflection in the forthcoming US Budget and es....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US , National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Commentary , US , China , Trump , NATO , Biden , Forever Wars , modernising military
बाइडेन की विदेश नीति की प्राथमिकताएं : भारत पर इनके प्रभाव
March 03, 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति जोए बाइडेन का चार फरवरी को विदेश मंत्रालय में दिया गया भाषण दो बातों को लक्�....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Hindi , Article , भारत। चीन। हिन्द-प्रशांत। विदेश मंत्रालय में बाइडेन का भाषण। प्रतिद्वंद्वियों। लोकतंत्रों का शिखर सम्मेलन।
Revival of the Iran Nuclear Deal: Options and Possibilities
February 17, 2021 Col Rajeev Agarwal Article

21st February is an important date in the global calendar this year and specifically for Iran and the West Asian region. On this day, Iran has declared that it will expel United Nations nuclear inspectors unless sanctions imposed on it by the US are ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Article , JCPOA , Trump , IRGC , Biden , Abraham Accords , IAEA , Iran deal
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