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What if President Trump recognizes Somaliland?

In mid-November 2024, during an interview with the Independent newspaper, the former UK Defence Secretary Sir. Gavin Williamson was quoted saying he had talks with U.S President-elect Donald Trump's team on the possibility of the administratio....

January 09, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , President Trump , Trump administration , Somaliland , UK Defence Secretary

The Intersection of Conflict Economy and Narco-Terrorism: Fuelling Violence

Major Namrata Dhasmana (Retd) Commentary

The toxic nexus of narco-terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir intersecting the conflict....

January 06, 2025 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Violence , drug trafficking , Narco Terrorism , Conflict Economy

Justice Deferred: The Global South's Fight for Climate Equity

Himani Agrawal Commentary

When will nations most responsible for the climate crisis rise above hollow promises and deliver the justice the Global South desperately needs? As the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate....

January 03, 2025 Climate Change , Commentary , climate justice , climate finance , Global South , COP29 , Climate Equity , New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) , Historical Emissions , Global Climate Diplomacy , Just Energy Transition

The India-U.S. Partnership: Building Upon the Joint Efforts of a Quarter Century

Vice Admiral Girish Luthra (Retd.) Commentary

The India-U.S. partnership embarked on a new trajectory at the turn of the century when strains that appeared post India’s nuclear tests in 1998 were replaced by....

January 01, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Commentary , QUAD , Indo Pacific , Multilateralism , US India strategic partnership , Geoploilitics and Geoeconomics , US India Defence and Security Cooperation , Global and Regional Cooperation , Trump 2.0

Pitfalls of Parliament Debate on China

Rup Narayan Das Commentary

On 3rd December External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar made a suo moto statement in the Lok Sabha and informed the members about current state of relations between India and China after the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese....

December 31, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , India , China , Parliament , Nehru , resolution , Noorani , Menon

Reflections

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Commentary

Left Historians were noseled by Karl Marx and Max Weber who influenced 20th Century Indian intellectualism, academics and historians. Karl Marx two articles in New York Harold Tribune in 1854 and Max Webers religion of Hinduism & Buddhism were their ....

December 30, 2024 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Buddhism , Hinduism , Indian society , Indian civilisations , karma , Karl Marx , Max Webers

Israeli Effort to Delegitimise and Destroy United Nations Relief and Works Agency

Gautam Sen Commentary

At the behest of the Netanyahu government of Israel, the Knesset – the country`s parliament had passed two controversial resolutions on 28th October this year, demanding the disbandment of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) on the groun....

December 26, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , UNRWA , Hamas , ICJ , ICC , Knesset Resolution 28th October 2024 , Phillipe Lazarini , Address UNGA 6th November 2024 , Funding UNRWA

Collapse of the French and German Government:Turmoil in the EU’s Franco-German Engine

Shreya Sinha, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

The European Union was born out of the ashes of World War II, and gained recognition as not just an economic alliance, but an overall integration project, fuelled by two of its biggest Member States- Germany and France. Former French President Jacque....

December 24, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , economy , Government , European Union , France , Germany , Franco-German engine , Integration.

Iran: Review of Situation as of December 2024

Kingshuk Chatterjee Commentary

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 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