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Recalibrating U.S. Foreign Policy: President Trump's May 2025 Gulf Visit and Its Strategic Implications
Dr Joseph N. Sanate, Research Associate, VIF Article

President Donald J. Trump's May 2025 visit to the Gulf states of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) marked a pivotal moment in the United States' (U.S.) foreign policy engagement in West Asia (the Middle East).

June 04, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , Israel , trade , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Syria , West Asia , Middle East , American Foreign Policy , United States (U.S.) , Donald J. Trump , United Arab Emirates (UAE) , Economy.
West Asian Leaders and Organisations Condemn Terrorist Attack in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Adversity often becomes a litmus test for friends. It is also not untrue of diplomacy. For decades, India’s relationship with most West Asian countries has been transactional and only recently due to strategic and increasing importance of India and....

April 29, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Israel , Iran , Saudi Arabia , West Asia , Terror attack , Turkey , Pahalgam
West Asia Review: March 2025

Abstract
2025 began on a note of some optimism that onset of President Trump the second time and his aversion to wars in general, will bring about some relief to Middle East/West Asia and may end the 15 months old Israel-Hamas war which h....

April 22, 2025 Iran , Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tunisia , West Asia , West Asia Round Up
IMEC, a Possibility Put on Hold
Ritwik Prijit Article

Introduction
India’s G20 presidency culminated in an ambitious transcontinental dream when New Delhi hosted the country’s first G20 summit in 2023. True to its theme, Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam or “One Earth One Family One Future�....

January 30, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , India , China , Trump , Europe , trade , West Asia , BRI , Trump administration , India-EU FTA , economic strategy , Quantum Technology , IMEC
West Asia Roundup: December 2024

Developments in Syria
Syria’s opposition forces, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), negotiated in the second week of December a transition of power after ousting President Bashar al-Assad in a sweeping offensive that captured Damascus a....

January 15, 2025 Saudi Arabia , West Asia , Golan Heights , West Asia Round Up , International Monetary Fund , World Cup , Developments in Syria
The American Standpoint and the West Asian Quagmire
Dr Manan Dwivedi Article

West Asia and its conflicts remain embedded in public awareness as a kind of stalemate and a quagmire which has the liability of conflict and war written all over it. Great power interventions have been a bane of existence for the beleaguered region ....

January 15, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Israel , US , Iran , West Asia , Houthi , Hezbollah , Hamas
Peace in West Asia in the wake of Iran-Israel conflict
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

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
West Asia Roundup: September 2024

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Not only the world remained on tenterhooks with the fears of escalation in West Asia but also witnessed the Israeli focus shift to Hezbollah and Lebanon as the next ‘destination destruction’. Hezbollah has committedly suppo....

October 25, 2024 West Asia , Gaza , UNGA , Hezbollah , West Asia Round Up
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
US Presidential Election under Global Spotlight
Prof Chintamani Mahapatra Commentary

While more than sixty countries around the world will conduct democratic elections in 2024, currently it is the US Presidential election that is under the spotlight of the international community. Every fourth year, Americans vote for the occupant of....

April 12, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , China , Russia , West Asia , Presidential election , NATO , Biden , Hamas
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