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India and SCO Summit at Bishkek and Beyond
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

India has completed two years as a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), and therefore it would be useful to assess the worth and utility of being a member of such an organization. There is no gainsaying in the fact that it is

June 24, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Commentary, SCO Summit 2019, SCO leaders’ meeting, Indo-CARs relations
A Perilous Quadrangle: Iran, United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia
Amb K P Fabian

The world is witnessing with increasing alarm the escalating tension in West Asia. We do not know whether there will be a war. But we have reasons to fear that hostilities might break out if there is no de-escalation. We do not see, as yet, any signs

June 19, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Commentary, Sanctions on Iran, Iran’s nuclear programme, Dangers of US-Iran confrontation
Contextualising the US-Iran Tensions
Dr Hirak Jyoti Das

The recent stand-off between Iran and the United States (US) is rooted in US President Donald Trump’s announcement to withdraw from Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on 8 May 2018, arguing that Iran was violating the spirit of the deal by

June 18, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, Chabahar Port, US-Iran confrontation, withdrawal fro JCPOA, India’s oil imports
अमेरिकी प्रतिबंध, ईरान की प्रतिक्रिया और तेल की बिगड़ती स्थिति
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

राष्ट्रपति हसन रूहानी ने 8 जुलाई को राष्ट्रीय टेलीविजन पर अपने भाषण में ऐलान किया कि ईरान परमाण�

June 18, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, Hindi, Article, ईरान तेल पर अमेरिकी प्रतिबंध, ईरान तेल निर्यात, ईरानी अर्थव्यवस्था पर संकट, कच्चे तेल का आयात
Tiananmen Square Incident @ 30
Dr Gunjan Singh

The year 2019 is very special in the calendar of China as it marks some of the most important anniversaries. But the one anniversary which Beijing refuses to acknowledge is the thirty years since the Tiananmen Square Incident. On June 3 and 4, 1989 h

June 14, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Commentary, Tiananmen 89, Party surveillance in China
Where is Sudan Going?
Amb K P Fabian

We start with where Sudan is coming from. It is a young state with an impressively long history. The Kingdom of Kush in the region known as Nubia in antiquity had much interaction with ancient Egypt, and it provided a line of Pharaohs to the 25th dyn

June 13, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, Africa, Article, Sudan politics, Sudan in protests, Civilian government in Sudan
नज़रबायेव के बाद कज़ाकस्तान का भविष्य: आकलन
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF

कज़ाकस्तान के राष्ट्रपति नूरसुल्तान नज़रबायेव ने 19 मार्च 2019 को टेलीविजन संदेश के जरिये ऐतिहास�

June 12, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Hindi, Article, कज़ाकस्तान के राष्ट्रपति का सत्ता हस्तांतरण, अंतरिम राष्ट्रपति का शपथ, सामाजिक-आर्थिक क्षेत्रों में चुनौतियों
West Asia Review, May 2019
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

US-Iran
May, the holy month of Ramadan, instead of ensuing peace, witnessed heightening of tensions in the Middle East region. On May 2, President Trump declared that no more waivers in purchase of oil will be allowed for the eight count

June 10, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, West Asia developments, Confabulations in West Asia, Syria-India relation
Israel’s Dissolved Knesset
Dr Hirak Jyoti Das

On 9 April 2019, national election was held in Israel in which the incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assumed victory. The ruling party, Likud maintained its lead in the 120 members Israeli Parliament, Knesset with 35 seats. Likud’s allies

June 07, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, Israel elections, Netanyahu’s political test, political dissonance in Israel
Ideas for PM Modi’s upcoming SCO Summit in Kyrgyzstan
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF

The 19th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit is scheduled to be held on 13-14 June 2019 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. It is the second summit after India was granted full membership of this organization in June 2017, along with Pakist

June 06, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Commentary, SCO Summit 2019, India’s objectives in SCO, India-CAR’s relations
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