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The Middle East and the Israeli Gains – Bridging the Diplomatic Divide
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Gloom in Middle East
The Middle East has been wrenching and reeling under an unprecedented pressure during the last decade. In recent times, this has been further accentuated by self-inflicted goals and self-defeating regional diplomatic

November 13, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, Khashoggi Affair, Saudi Regime, Israel-Qatar Diplomacy
West Asia Review, October, 2018
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) - Jamal Khashoggi Fiasco
Saudi Arabia and its maverick Prince Mohammed Bin Salman called upon themselves the global criticism due to a botched up assassination of an insider-outsider critic in Khashoggi insid

November 06, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, Saudi Arabia, Khashoggi murder, Syrian conflict
Iran, US Sanctions and Oil
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

US oil and banking sanctions against Iran have gone into effect on 4th November. President Trump announced that these are toughest ever sanctions imposed by the US. The date is symbolic. It is the anniversary of the take over of US Embassy in Tehran

November 06, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, Energy Security, Commentary, US Sanctions, Iran oil
Ethiopia Hosts the First African Forum on Cybercrime
Dr Neha Sinha

The African nations are facing the fastest growth rate in Internet penetration worldwide. The African Union has revealed that the digital connectivity in the continent has tripled in the last five years, and it is also expected that by 2020, nearly a

November 02, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy, Africa, Commentary, African Forum 2018, Cybercrime
पश्चिम एशियाई घटनाक्रमः सितंबर 2018
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा (यूएनजीए) में अपने संबोधन में इजरायल के प्रधानमंत्री बेंजामिन नेतन्या�

October 29, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Hindi, Commentary, पश्चिम एशियाई क्षेत्र में तनाव, इजरायल-तुर्की-ईरान संबंध
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s Visit to India Charts a New Course in the ‘Strategic Partnership’
Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal

The 2nd President of independent Uzbekistan was in India on 30 September and 1 October 2018 on a significant State visit. After the death of the first President Islam Karimov in September 2016, the then Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev w

October 24, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Commentary, Uzbek Presidential visit, India-Uzbekistan
Pakistan Withdrawal from Combined Task Force 151: Does it Presage a Lethal Military Bloc – An Alliance of Four (Ao4)?
Commodore Somen Banerjee

Pakistan Navy’s Pull-out
It was reported by Al Jazeera that the Pakistan Navy had pulled out of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 on October 08, 2018. However, there has been no official confirmation by the Pakistan Navy. CTF 151 was establ

October 16, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Commentary, Combined Task Force, Arabian Sea Lanes, Pakistan Navy
West Asia Developments: September, 2018
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Iran: Nuclear Issue
Speaking at the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu brought to fore their penchant for Iran bashing, claiming that Iran was hiding an atomic warehouse in Tehran. He called for the IAEA to begin in

October 11, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Commentary, West Asia, Iran-Israel
Forum of China-Africa Cooperation - Issue of ‘Debt Trap’
Dr Teshu Singh

At the recently held triennial Forum of China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), China offered USD 60 billion to the African countries in the next three years. The amount is the same as promised in 2015 but the dispersal of the funds are different from the

October 11, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Commentary, China-Africa Cooperation, China’s funding in Africa
Libya in Turmoil
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Nearly seven years after the revolution, Libya remains in the grip of civil war. The country’s ranking in terms of the UN Human Development Index has continued to fall from 43rd in pre-revolution period (2010) to 50th in the immediate post-revoluti

October 01, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy, Africa, Article, Libyan turmoil, post-revolution Libya
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