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COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 27, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

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China Rules Out Animal Market and Lab as Coronavirus Origin
Chinese scientists in recent days said they had ruled out both a laboratory and an animal market in the city of Wuhan as possible origins of the coronavirus ....

May 27, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Israel , South China Sea , Afghanistan , Belt and Road Initiative , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Antibodies , Fact-Check warning , Latin America , Air Travel , Artemis Accords , French Auto Industry
The West Bank Jitters
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Last week in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s intent of formally annexing some parts of the disputed West Bank to their territory , King Abdullah II of Jordan warned the Israelis and the World especially the US that it will l....

May 21, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Israel , Palestine , West Bank , Deal of the century , MEPP
West Asia Roundup– February 2020
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Abstract:
US-Taliban
After a weeklong trial halt in violence by Taliban against US or Afghan targets the Peace Agreement was signed between US and Taliban in Doha that seeks to end the 19 years old war and presence of US for....

March 11, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Israel , India , US , Saudi , Taliban , Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , Iranian elections , Qatar hosts peace agreement , Idlib conflict , Hosni Mubarak’s death
Pegasus— A Powerful Tool of WhatsApp Surveillance
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

The Facebook’s subsidiary company—WhatsApp, on 29 October 2019, filed a lawsuit in the United States California’s Northern District Federal Court against Israel-based cyber-arms1 firm— the NSO Group, for infecting ‘specific’ gr....

February 05, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , Israel , India , technology , Pegasus , WhatsApp , CyberEspionage , CyberSurveillance , NationalSecurity , Malware , Spoofing
Brainstorming Session on ‘India and West Asia – a New Paradigm Shift and Policy Options’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Brainstorming Session on ‘India and West Asia – a New Paradigm Shift and Policy Options’. The deliberations broadly focussed on assessing the present situation in the West Asian Region ....

July 30, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Interaction , Israel , Chabahar Port , Syria , Indian Diaspora , Gulf region
Commentary: President Trump and Jerusalem
Amb K P Fabian Commentary

President Trump’s decision announced on 6th December 2017 to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to order the transfer of US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem reminds one of the 1917 Balfour Declaration that paved the way for the esta....

January 04, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Jerusalem , Israel , Palestine , UNGA resolution
America's Future is with India and Israel
James Jay Carafano

Diplomatic Transformation From the Indo-Pacific to the Mediterranean, a diplomatic transformation is underway. The winds of change are blowing not from Beijing, but from Delhi. President Donald Trump has an opportunity to harness ....

August 10, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Israel , modi , Trump , US strategy , Indo-US partnership , India- America relation
Twenty-Five Years of India-Israel Relations: Achievements and prospects

In what could be seen as curtain-raising to the Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi’s upcoming three-day visit to Israel, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India....

July 03, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Seminars , Israel , India-Israel Relations
Interaction with H.E. Mr Daniel Carmon, Ambassador of Israel to India

In the run up to Indian Prime Minister Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi’s much-awaited visit to Israel, the VIF hosted, on May 18, 2017, H.E. Mr. Daniel Carmon, Israel’s Ambassador to India, for a bilateral discussion on issues of mutual interest....

May 31, 2017 Interaction , Israel , India-Israel Relations , Daniel Carmon
Interaction with Mark Sofer, Deputy Director General, Asia & Pacific Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel

On 24 March 2015, Ambassador Mark Sofer, Deputy Director General for Asia & Pacific Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel, accompanied by the present Ambassador Daniel Carmon, visited the VIF for a talk on Israel’s approach to India, followe....

June 11, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Israel , ISIS , Asia and Pacific Affair , Iran’s nuclearisation , Indo-Israeli partnership
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