Articles

Israel: A Growing Key Economic Partner for India

Since the establishment of full diplomatic relations in January 1992, the India-Israel bilateral relationship has been predominantly viewed through the prism of defence cooperation, particularly the arms trade. As a result, economic cooperation began....

June 16, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Israel , India , trade , GCC , investment , renewable energy , UAE , FTA , Middle East , I2U2 , IMEC , Regional connectivity

Reimagining India’s Economic Engagement with the West Asian Region

Prof Sameena Hameed Commentary

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 First India-GCC Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue -Outcomes and Assessment

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

On 9th September, India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) held the first ever meeting of the Foreign Ministers in Riyadh, thereby institutionalizing the much-awaited dialogue and format which also attests to both sides attaching high importance ....

September 20, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , GCC , I2U2 , IMEEC , Joint Action Plan

Discussion on Maintaining Continuity in India-US Relations across Transition

The VIF organised a virtual meeting on “Maintaining Continuity in India-US Relations across Transition” on 12 July 2024, where the participants from two sides deliberated on India-US relations post the swearing-in of the new NDA government. Ambas....

July 23, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , US , strategic partnership , India foreign policy , I2U2 , India US Relations

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

The Turkish Exception to India's Forays in West Asia

Md. Muddassir Quamar Commentary

The West Asia region is considered an “extended neighbourhood” in Indian foreign policy discourse. Since recalibrating its foreign policy in the 1990s, this important region has found a coveted place in India’s external outreach. Consequently, ....

July 27, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , OIC , I2U2 , AKP , Pakistan factor

From I2U2 to IUSU-India is the Key

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

In the wake of unprecedented developments in West Asia especially the demarche and rapprochement by major Gulf powers in recent times, the meeting of National Security Advisers of USA (Jake Sullivan), India (Ajit Doval), and UAE (Sheikh Tahnoun) in R....

May 11, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , USA , Saudi Arabia , West Asia , I2U2 , IUSU

West Asia – 2022 Gone by with a Twist

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

West Asia never ceases to spring surprises. 2022 was no different in that regard except that conflicts became milder but the Black Swan events did not spare them either. As the countries, even the oil rich ones, were beginning to come out of the adv....

January 02, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , India , US , China , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Yemen , Abraham Accords , I2U2

I2U2 Grouping: Transformational Force for Global Good and India’s Strategic Imperatives

Prof (Dr) Debasis Bhattacharya Article

With the formation of I2U2 grouping comprising India, Israel, the USA, and the UAE a new strategic alliance has come into action towards promoting robust cooperation for establishing geostrategic and geo-economic equilibrium coupled with shared econo....

August 09, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , India , QUAD , USA , West Asia , Security , Cooperation , UAE , Geostrategic Equilibrium , Geopolitical , I2U2

The I2 U2: A Matrix of Some Consequence

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

On July 14 , while President Biden was in Israel on the first leg of his much discussed desert Safari ending in Jeddah conferring with the regional leaders to strengthen the Abrahamic security bridges, he virtually hosted a summit of his counterpart....

July 18, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Israel , India , US , Investments , Oil , UAE , I2U2