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Complicated 2019 for the International Oil Market and Trade

Introduction

The effects of the United States of America’s (U.S) pulling out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) in early 2018 had an impact on the global oil trade, which continued in 2019. The renewed unilateral sanction....

January 13, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , US , Iran , energy , Oil

2019: A Year of Missed Opportunities for Afghanistan

Dr Yatharth Kachiar Article

The year 2019 ended for Afghanistan on a more chaotic and disappointing note because of two major reasons: a) failure in achieving any major breakthrough in the ongoing peace process with the Taliban, specifically in relation to the ceasefire and int....

January 13, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , Presidential election , Peace talks , Ceasefire , Intra-Afghan dialogue , US-Iran escalation

व्यावहारिक देशभक्ति: स्वामी विवेकानंद की 157वीं जयंती पर उनकी स्मृति

Dr Arpita Mitra Article

दिसंबर 1892 में स्वामी विवेकानंद तत्कालीन त्रावणकोर रियासत की राजधानी त्रिवेंद्रम की यात्रा कर �....

January 10, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , birth anniversary; 12 January , National Youth Day , patriotism , service to the nation , call to the youth , serving the poor , स्वामी विवेकानंद की 157वीं जयंती

Right to Information Act: Its use and misuse

Rajesh Singh Article

Chief Justice of India SA Bobde cautioned last month against the abuse of the Right to Information Act, setting off a chain of indignant reactions from a variety of activists. “There is paralysis and fear about this Act”, he stated, adding that �....

January 10, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Article , RTI , CIC , CJI , Article 19 , misuse of RTI

Assassination of General Soleimani and geo-political tensions in the Gulf

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Assassination of Major General Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Al Quds Forces in an American strike at Baghdad airport in the early hours of 3rd January sent shock waves in the region. Iran declared 3 days mourning and flags are being flown at half....

January 09, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , West Asia , Article , Quds Force , IRGC , Soleimani , Mashad , Kitaib-Hizbullah , oil price

Developments in the Indo-Pacific in 2019

Amruta Karambelkar Article

The Indo-Pacific as a geo-political idea has been in the currency since the last couple of years. In the year 2019 the idea seems to have gained more acceptance. In some measures, the stakeholders are working towards giving shape to this idea. Some ....

January 07, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , US , South China Sea , Bay of Bengal , Geo-political

West Asia and North Africa Roundup 2019

Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

A Year of Protests

In 2019, protests emerged in Algeria against the decision of the 82-year-old incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to contest in the presidential election for a fifth term which was originally scheduled on 18 April ....

January 06, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Syria , West Asia , Libya , Yemen , Israel-Palestine Conflict , Election Review

As the Killing of Top Iran General marks a Tipping Point in the Crisis in the Middle East, Who has the Most to Fear

Col Rajeev Agarwal Article

In the early hours of 03 January, Iran's most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani was killed by an air strike at Baghdad airport in a precision strike carried out by the US. The attack, based on specific intelligence, was carried out....

January 06, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , India , Iran , Trump , Kata'ib Hezbollah , Quds Force , Nancy Pelosy , Ali Khameini

वर्तमान संदर्भ में नागरिकता संबंधी संवैधानिक प्रावधान

Rajesh Singh Article

नागरिकता (संशोधन) अधिनियम, 2019 पर देश में तीखी बहस चल रही है। देश के कई हिस्सों में विरोध शुरू हो गए ....

January 03, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Article , NRC , CAB , CAA , नागरिकता (संशोधन) अधिनियम

The Kural and Ethics

Pradeep Kumar Gautam Article

Introduction

The Thirukkural by Thiruvalluvar, also known as the Kural is a powerful and compact Tamil text from South India which has survived and thrived over 2,000 years. This work of outstanding brevity cons....

January 02, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Kural , Aram , dharma , morals , ethics