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Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Join Amb. Anil Trigunayat and Hirak Jyoti Das unfold the current developments and upcoming trends in the West Asian region in light of the Joe Biden Presidency.
<span>February 23, 2021</span> <span> <a href="/category-articles/59">International Relations and Diplomacy</a> , <a href="/category-articles/67">US</a> , <a href="/category-articles/139">West Asia</a> , <a href="/category-articles/252">Russia</a> , <a href="/category-articles/1779">Turkey</a> , <a href="/category-articles/3598">Israel-Palestine Conflict</a> , <a href="/category-articles/8117">Podcast</a> , <a href="/category-articles/8118">Podcast</a> , <a href="/category-articles/8220">Iran's nuclear and missile programme</a> , <a href="/category-articles/8221">US President Joe Biden</a> , <a href="/category-articles/8222">Joe Biden Presidency</a></span></div> <div class="article_share"> <ul class="share_links"> <li class="fb"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?title=Joe Biden Presidency and West Asia&desc=Join Amb. 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The UAE was the first state in the region to report a positive case on 29 January....</p> <div class="article_info"><span>January 20, 2021</span> <span> <a href="/category-articles/59">International Relations and Diplomacy</a> , <a href="/category-articles/139">West Asia</a> , <a href="/category-articles/195">Article</a> , <a href="/category-articles/8086">COVID-19; Abraham Accords; Israel-Palestine conflict; JCPOA</a></span></div> <div class="article_share"> <ul class="share_links"> <li class="fb"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?title=Trends in West Asia in 2020&desc=COVID-19 in West Asia The COVID-19 pandemic has a devastating impact on human lives and the economic situation in the West Asian and North African region. The UAE was the first state in the region to report a positive case on 29 January&images=/sites/default/files/West Asia Map 1 (1).jpg&u=https://www.vifindia.org/article/2021/january/20/trends-in-west-asia-in-2020" onclick="window.open(this.href, 'mywin','left=50,top=50,width=600,height=350,toolbar=0'); return false;" ><i class="fb_icon"></i></a></li> <li class="tw"><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/share?text=Trends in West Asia in 2020&url=https://www.vifindia.org/article/2021/january/20/trends-in-west-asia-in-2020&via=Trends in West Asia in 2020"><i class="tw_icon"></i></a></li> <li class="wa"><a target="_blank" href="whatsapp://send?text=https://www.vifindia.org/article/2021/january/20/trends-in-west-asia-in-2020" data-action="share/whatsapp/share"><i class="wa_icon"></i></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row article clearfix views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-php"> <span class="field-content"><div class="articles"> <div class="article clearfix"> <div class="list_img"> <a href="https://www.vifindia.org/podcast/2021/january/15/Developments-in-West%20Asia"> <img src="/sites/default/files/Developments in West Asia_0.jpg" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="list_data"> <div class="list_data_inner"> <a href="https://www.vifindia.org/podcast/2021/january/15/Developments-in-West%20Asia" class="article_title" data-transition="all">Developments in West Asia</a> <div class="article_meta"><span><a href="#">Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF</a></span> </div> <p>15 January 2021 Join Amb. Anil Trigunayat and Hirak Jyoti Das as they discuss the US role in West Asia, inter Gulf detente and India's options. <iframe width="80%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.sou....</p> <div class="article_info"><span>January 15, 2021</span> <span> <a href="/category-articles/59">International Relations and Diplomacy</a> , <a href="/category-articles/139">West Asia</a> , <a href="/category-articles/8117">Podcast</a></span></div> <div class="article_share"> <ul class="share_links"> <li class="fb"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?title=Developments in West Asia&desc=15 January 2021 Join Amb. Anil Trigunayat and Hirak Jyoti Das as they discuss the US role in West Asia, inter Gulf detente and India's options. &images=/sites/default/files/Developments in West Asia_0.jpg&u=https://www.vifindia.org/podcast/2021/january/15/Developments-in-West%20Asia" onclick="window.open(this.href, 'mywin','left=50,top=50,width=600,height=350,toolbar=0'); return false;" ><i class="fb_icon"></i></a></li> <li class="tw"><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/share?text=Developments in West Asia&url=https://www.vifindia.org/podcast/2021/january/15/Developments-in-West%20Asia&via=Developments in West Asia"><i class="tw_icon"></i></a></li> <li class="wa"><a target="_blank" href="whatsapp://send?text=https://www.vifindia.org/podcast/2021/january/15/Developments-in-West%20Asia" data-action="share/whatsapp/share"><i class="wa_icon"></i></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row article clearfix views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-php"> <span class="field-content"><div class="articles"> <div class="article clearfix"> <div class="list_img"> <a href="https://www.vifindia.org/article/2021/january/06/west-asia-2020-in-retrospect%20"> <img src="/sites/default/files/West Asia Map 1 (1).png" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="list_data"> <div class="list_data_inner"> <a href="https://www.vifindia.org/article/2021/january/06/west-asia-2020-in-retrospect%20" class="article_title" data-transition="all">West Asia – 2020 in Retrospect</a> <div class="article_meta"><span><a href="#">Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF</a></span> <span><a href="/category-articles/195">Article</a> </div> <p><b>Year 2020</b> will go down in the history not only for the adverse impact of Covid-19 on global and regional economies, lower oil prices, budget deficits, health hazards but when the West Asia region nearly came to a catastrophic war between Iran ....</p> <div class="article_info"><span>January 06, 2021</span> <span> <a href="/category-articles/59">International Relations and Diplomacy</a> , <a href="/category-articles/139">West Asia</a> , <a href="/category-articles/195">Article</a> , <a href="/category-articles/228">India</a> , <a href="/category-articles/251">China</a> , <a href="/category-articles/252">Russia</a> , <a href="/category-articles/742">Trump</a> , <a href="/category-articles/1100">Saudi Arabia</a> , <a href="/category-articles/1199">Arab Spring</a> , <a href="/category-articles/1779">Turkey</a> , <a href="/category-articles/4833">Deal of the century</a> , <a href="/category-articles/5280">Netanyahu</a> , <a href="/category-articles/7387">Abraham Accords</a> , <a href="/category-articles/8019">Al Ula Summit</a></span></div> <div class="article_share"> <ul class="share_links"> <li class="fb"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?title=West Asia – 2020 in Retrospect&desc=Year 2020 will go down in the history not only for the adverse impact of Covid-19 on global and regional economies, lower oil prices, budget deficits, health hazards but when the West Asia region nearly came to a catastrophic war between Iran &images=/sites/default/files/West Asia Map 1 (1).png&u=https://www.vifindia.org/article/2021/january/06/west-asia-2020-in-retrospect%20" onclick="window.open(this.href, 'mywin','left=50,top=50,width=600,height=350,toolbar=0'); return false;" ><i class="fb_icon"></i></a></li> <li class="tw"><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/share?text=West Asia – 2020 in Retrospect&url=https://www.vifindia.org/article/2021/january/06/west-asia-2020-in-retrospect%20&via=West Asia – 2020 in Retrospect"><i class="tw_icon"></i></a></li> <li class="wa"><a target="_blank" href="whatsapp://send?text=https://www.vifindia.org/article/2021/january/06/west-asia-2020-in-retrospect%20" data-action="share/whatsapp/share"><i class="wa_icon"></i></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row article clearfix views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-php"> <span class="field-content"><div class="articles"> <div class="article clearfix"> <div class="list_img"> <a href="https://www.vifindia.org/article/2020/december/07/west-asia-round-up-november-2020"> <img src="/sites/default/files/West Asia Map 1 (1)_0.png" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="list_data"> <div class="list_data_inner"> <a href="https://www.vifindia.org/article/2020/december/07/west-asia-round-up-november-2020" class="article_title" data-transition="all">West Asia Review - November 2020</a> <div class="article_meta"><span><a href="#">Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF</a></span> <span><a href="/category-articles/195">Article</a> </div> <p><h5>ABSTRACT: </h5> Even though sunset on <b>Trump Presidency has begun the Middle East continued to engage his attention. His Secretary of</b> State Pompeo visited the region especially Turkey, UAE, Saudi Arabia , Qatar and Israel to follow throu....</p> <div class="article_info"><span>December 07, 2020</span> <span> <a href="/category-articles/59">International Relations and Diplomacy</a> , <a href="/category-articles/139">West Asia</a> , <a href="/category-articles/195">Article</a> , <a href="/category-articles/225">Israel</a> , <a href="/category-articles/395">Iran</a> , <a href="/category-articles/1098">Qatar</a> , <a href="/category-articles/1100">Saudi Arabia</a> , <a href="/category-articles/3388">al-Qaeda</a> , <a href="/category-articles/4183">G20 summit</a> , <a href="/category-articles/5650">UAE</a> , <a href="/category-articles/5652">Bahrain</a> , <a href="/category-articles/7894">Trump Presidency</a> , <a href="/category-articles/7895">NEOM</a> , <a href="/category-articles/7896">Palestinians</a> , <a href="/category-articles/7897">Belgium</a></span></div> <div class="article_share"> <ul class="share_links"> <li class="fb"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?title=West Asia Review - November 2020&desc=ABSTRACT: Even though sunset on Trump Presidency has begun the Middle East continued to engage his attention. His Secretary of State Pompeo visited the region especially Turkey, UAE, Saudi Arabia , Qatar and Israel to follow throu&images=/sites/default/files/West Asia Map 1 (1)_0.png&u=https://www.vifindia.org/article/2020/december/07/west-asia-round-up-november-2020" onclick="window.open(this.href, 'mywin','left=50,top=50,width=600,height=350,toolbar=0'); return false;" ><i class="fb_icon"></i></a></li> <li class="tw"><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/share?text=West Asia Review - November 2020&url=https://www.vifindia.org/article/2020/december/07/west-asia-round-up-november-2020&via=West Asia Review - November 2020"><i class="tw_icon"></i></a></li> <li class="wa"><a target="_blank" href="whatsapp://send?text=https://www.vifindia.org/article/2020/december/07/west-asia-round-up-november-2020" data-action="share/whatsapp/share"><i class="wa_icon"></i></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row article clearfix views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-php"> <span class="field-content"><div class="articles"> <div class="article clearfix"> <div class="list_img"> <a href="https://www.vifindia.org/article/2020/november/10/west-asia-round-up-october-2020"> <img src="/sites/default/files/JUNE-2020_0_0_2.jpg" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="list_data"> <div class="list_data_inner"> <a href="https://www.vifindia.org/article/2020/november/10/west-asia-round-up-october-2020" class="article_title" data-transition="all">West Asia Round up – October 2020 </a> <div class="article_meta"><span><a href="#">Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF</a></span> <span><a href="/category-articles/195">Article</a> </div> <p><h5>ABSTRACT: </h5> <i><b>Normalisation of</b> ties by someArab countries with <b>Israel</b> after UAE and Bahrain continued as <b>Sudan’s</b> transitional government, despite internal opposition, established diplomatic relations at the behest....</p> <div class="article_info"><span>November 10, 2020</span> <span> <a href="/category-articles/59">International Relations and Diplomacy</a> , <a href="/category-articles/139">West Asia</a> , <a href="/category-articles/195">Article</a> , <a href="/category-articles/1100">Saudi Arabia</a> , <a href="/category-articles/1164">Syria</a> , <a href="/category-articles/1779">Turkey</a> , <a href="/category-articles/3735">UNSMIL</a> , <a href="/category-articles/7773">Libyan</a> , <a href="/category-articles/7774">Russia-Georgia</a> , <a href="/category-articles/7775">Lebanese</a> , <a href="/category-articles/7776">Islamic separatism</a> , <a href="/category-articles/7777">French</a> , <a href="/category-articles/7778">Israel-Sudan</a></span></div> <div class="article_share"> <ul class="share_links"> <li class="fb"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?title=West Asia Round up – October 2020 &desc=ABSTRACT: Normalisation of ties by someArab countries with Israel after UAE and Bahrain continued as Sudan’s transitional government, despite internal opposition, established diplomatic relations at the behest&images=/sites/default/files/JUNE-2020_0_0_2.jpg&u=https://www.vifindia.org/article/2020/november/10/west-asia-round-up-october-2020" onclick="window.open(this.href, 'mywin','left=50,top=50,width=600,height=350,toolbar=0'); return false;" ><i class="fb_icon"></i></a></li> <li class="tw"><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/share?text=West Asia Round up – October 2020 &url=https://www.vifindia.org/article/2020/november/10/west-asia-round-up-october-2020&via=West Asia Round up – October 2020 "><i class="tw_icon"></i></a></li> <li class="wa"><a target="_blank" href="whatsapp://send?text=https://www.vifindia.org/article/2020/november/10/west-asia-round-up-october-2020" data-action="share/whatsapp/share"><i class="wa_icon"></i></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row article clearfix views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-php"> <span class="field-content"><div class="articles"> <div class="article clearfix"> <div class="list_img"> <a href="https://www.vifindia.org/event/report/2020/october/07/iran-us-sanctions-and-regional-and-international-perspectives"> <img src="/sites/default/files/WhatsApp Image 2020-10-07 at 2.06.30 PM.jpeg" alt=""> </a> </div> <div class="list_data"> <div class="list_data_inner"> <a href="https://www.vifindia.org/event/report/2020/october/07/iran-us-sanctions-and-regional-and-international-perspectives" class="article_title" data-transition="all"> Iran: US Sanctions and Regional and International Perspectives</a> <div class="article_meta"><span><a href="#"></a></span> </div> <p>The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 29 September 2020 organised a virtual discussion on the topic titled, “Iran: US Sanctions and Regional and International Perspectives”. Amb. D P Srivastava was the key speaker in the discussion. D....</p> <div class="article_info"><span>October 07, 2020</span> <span> <a href="/category-articles/59">International Relations and Diplomacy</a> , <a href="/category-articles/139">West Asia</a> , <a href="/category-articles/199">Interaction</a> , <a href="/category-articles/225">Israel</a> , <a href="/category-articles/395">Iran</a> , <a href="/category-articles/729">JCPOA</a> , <a href="/category-articles/1636">Gulf region</a> , <a href="/category-articles/2349">US Sanctions</a> , <a href="/category-articles/3544">Article 14</a> , <a href="/category-articles/5100">UN</a> , <a href="/category-articles/7414">Qassem Soleimani</a> , <a href="/category-articles/7415">UNSCR</a></span></div> <div class="article_share"> <ul class="share_links"> <li class="fb"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?title= Iran: US Sanctions and Regional and International Perspectives&desc=The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 29 September 2020 organised a virtual discussion on the topic titled, “Iran: US Sanctions and Regional and International Perspectives”. 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Even though over the years Israel has tried to informally engage with the Arabs especially GCC countries the formalisation of relations w....</p> <div class="article_info"><span>October 05, 2020</span> <span> <a href="/category-articles/59">International Relations and Diplomacy</a> , <a href="/category-articles/139">West Asia</a> , <a href="/category-articles/195">Article</a> , <a href="/category-articles/225">Israel</a> , <a href="/category-articles/1098">Qatar</a> , <a href="/category-articles/3709">Azerbaijan</a> , <a href="/category-articles/5650">UAE</a> , <a href="/category-articles/5652">Bahrain</a> , <a href="/category-articles/7401">Jordan</a> , <a href="/category-articles/7402">Armenia</a></span></div> <div class="article_share"> <ul class="share_links"> <li class="fb"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?title=West Asia Roundup September 2020&desc=Abstract: Jordan was the last Arab country in 1994 to have normalised relations with Israel. 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US sponsored rapprochement between UAE and Israel; Pompeo’s visit to Khartoum; Beirut blasts; attempts to ceasefire in Libya; Iraqi PM’s visits to Iran and USA; Defeat....</p> <div class="article_info"><span>September 02, 2020</span> <span> <a href="/category-articles/59">International Relations and Diplomacy</a> , <a href="/category-articles/139">West Asia</a> , <a href="/category-articles/195">Article</a> , <a href="/category-articles/225">Israel</a> , <a href="/category-articles/248">US</a> , <a href="/category-articles/395">Iran</a> , <a href="/category-articles/426">UNSC</a> , <a href="/category-articles/759">Putin</a> , <a href="/category-articles/1348">Libya</a> , <a href="/category-articles/1779">Turkey</a> , <a href="/category-articles/5650">UAE</a> , <a href="/category-articles/5765">Saudi Foreign Minister</a> , <a href="/category-articles/5766">virtual summit</a></span></div> <div class="article_share"> <ul class="share_links"> <li class="fb"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?title=West Asia Round Up: August 2020&desc=ABSTRACT: August witnessed monumental events in the region. 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