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Syria is the Game Changer for Big Powers
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

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

January 02, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, Palestine, India, US, China, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Hamas
Iran: Review of Situation as of December 2024
Kingshuk Chatterjee

Right from the beginning of the Gaza Conflict triggered by the outrage of 7th October 2023, it was very clear that Iran did not want a war with Israel. This was partly because Israeli military capabilities by themselves are demonstrably far more sign

December 18, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Commentary, Israel, IRGC, Hezbollah, Benjamin Netanyahu, Masoud Pezeshkian
Reimagining India’s Economic Engagement with the West Asian Region
Prof Sameena Hameed

India's economic engagement with the West Asian region, of which many countries are in its extended neighbourhood, is more of an impulse driven by age-old civilisational exchanges. So, one must return to the basics of our relationships, geographical

December 17, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Commentary, India, INSTC, CEPA, I2U2, IMEC
The Hostage Issue in the Israel-Hamas Conflict
Dr Hirak Jyoti Das

On 7 October 2023, Hamas’ military wing, Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, supported by Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s (PIJ) Al-Quds Brigades, launched over November 21, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, Hezbollah, Hamas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Yoav Gallant

Peace in West Asia in the wake of Iran-Israel conflict
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)

West Asia: The Smoldering Cauldron
Alfred Thayer Mahan- a US naval officer is credited to have named the region as West Asia in 1905- which was earlier known as part of Middle East (Middle East was a term coined by the British who divide

November 19, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, West Asia, Hezbollah, Iran Israel conflict
Israel’s conundrum about the Day after Scenario in Gaza Strip
Dr Hirak Jyoti Das

Israel's security policy has been influenced by a deep sense of regional isolation, vulnerability and asymmetry in terms of small territorial size, limited population, lack of strategic depth, diplomatic weaknesses, limited strategic and economic ass

September 25, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, Israel, US, Joe Biden, Hamas, Palestinian Authority, Benjamin Netanyahu, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Philadelphi corridor, Rafah corridor
Israel and the HHH- War of Attrition and Revenge
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

July 31 was the casting date for a much-feared escalation in the Middle East as Israeli leadership acknowledged killing of the Hezbollah leader Fouad Shukr (July 30) but keeping enigmatic silence on the killing of the Hamas top leader and negotiator

August 28, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Commentary, Israel, Gaza, Houthis, Netanyahu, Hezbollah, Biden, Hamas, Ismael Haniyeh
Pezeshkian as President: What Might this Mean for Iran and India
Kingshuk Chatterjee

Election for the presidency of the Islamic Republic in Iran has brought into limelight the unlikely figure of Masoud Pezeshkian, who beat the arch-conservative Saeed Jalili in the run-off held on 5th July 2024. Winning by a good nine percentage poin

July 15, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, Ebrahim Raisi, Reformist bloc, Hijab laws, 2022 protests, Saeed Jalili
Iran in the Wake of the Death of Ebrahim Raisi
Kingshuk Chatterjee

The death of Ebrahim Raisi, the incumbent President of Iran, in a tragic accident has lent to feverish speculation as to what could its repercussions be. The general consensus that is emerging seems to be that having made little original contributio

May 27, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, IRGC, Ayatollah Khamenei, Ebrahim Raisi, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Mohammad Mokhber
Key Changes in India’s Approach Towards West Asia over the Last ten Years: From Link West to Act West
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over the reins of India in 2014, there were some concerns within the Arab and the Muslim world that India’s foreign policy will tilt towards Israel at the expense of the Palestinian cause and historic relation

April 30, 2024 West Asia, Israel, India, China, GCC, West Asia, OIC, Red Sea, I2U2, IMEC, Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy, Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy
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