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Impact of Western Sanctions on Russia: Unintended Ramifications
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The fog of war isn’t just affecting the military aspects of the Ukraine war but going beyond to fundamentally alter an international system that was already turbulent. In this context, the gamut of western economic sanctions on Russia are going bey....

April 02, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , US , China , Russia , Indo-Pacific , JCPOA , economic sanctions , Ukraine , Covid , Yuan , Food Crisis
Russo-Ukraine War 2022: Sifting the Maze of Russian Political Policy and Military Strategy
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The best teacher of war is war itself! With a month behind us of the Russo-Ukraine war, it is imperative to rationalise and focus on the war itself, without referral to logic behind the war, the global geopolitics and weaponisation of economics and g....

March 30, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , US , Russia , Ukraine , Crimea , Military Strategy , Donetsk , Luhansk , Mariupol , Azove Battalion , Kherson , political policy
Sanctions against Russia and its impact on Indian Economy
Dr Rahul Nath Choudhury Commentary

On 24 February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced ‘special military action’ against its eastern neighbour Ukraine. The USA and the European Union vehemently criticised the move as unjustified, unprovoked act to invade Ukraine and im....

March 23, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , US , Russia , sanctions , Ukraine
Chinese Assessments of the US and Western Sanctions on Russia
Jayadeva Ranade Article

After the February 4 summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing on the side-lines of the Beijing Winter Olympics, where Putin briefed Xi Jinping -- or certainly gave him at least a fair insight into hi....

March 21, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Russia , Article , US , Russia , sanctions , Ukraine
Russia Ukraine Conundrum
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… Biden said that President Vladimir Putin “has never seen sanctions like the ones I promised will be imposed if he moves”... “If they actually do what they’re capable of doing with the forces amassed on the border, it is going to be a disa....

March 11, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia’s Ukraine scheme , Ukraine invasion , Ukraine geo-politics , NATO & Ukraine , Russia-Ukraine contentions , Putin’s gamble , West’s Ukraine dilemma , Ukraine politics
Report of VIF Strategic Discussions on the Ukraine Conflict
Avantika Menon Article

At the crack of dawn on 24 February 2022, President Putin announced a special ‘military operation’ in the Donbas region of Ukraine. A large number of tanks and troops rolled into several parts of Ukraine from Russia, Crimea and Belarus while w....

March 10, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , India , US , China , Putin , NATO , Ukraine , Information war , Air Power , Biden , Minsk Agreement
Decoding ASEAN Response to Ongoing Ukraine Crisis
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

Ukraine crisis have further underlined the fact that in the interconnected world of today the crisis in one part of the globe have the potential of impacting the regions that are far removed from the scene of action. And especially so when major powe....

March 07, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , US , Russia , ASEAN , Myanmar , Vietnam , Singapore , Ukraine , Indonesia , domestic interests
Iran Nuclear Deal amidst the Ukrainian Crisis- A Diplomatic Quandary for the US
Col Rajeev Agarwal Article

The eighth round of talks on Iran nuclear deal between Iran and the P5 plus1 countries has been on in Vienna since 27th December last year. Shuttling between the Iranian camp and the US, the delegates of other P5 plus1 countries have been trying to p....

February 25, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , US , Iran , JCPOA , Nuclear Deal , Ukraine Crisis
Quad Foreign Ministerial meeting in Australia
Amruta Karambelkar Commentary

The Foreign Ministers from the Quad countries met in Melbourne, Australia on 11 February 2022. The meeting was in the preparation of the Quad summit which is expected to be held in the first half of this year. In the last two years, the Quad members ....

February 16, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , US , China , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Australia , Maritime Security , Terrorism , Japan
Ukraine Standoff also Presents an Opportunity
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

Despite a flurry of diplomatic activity over the last few weeks, the situation around Ukraine is tense. Both Russia and NATO are enhancing their respective military build-up. Putin-Macron discussions held in Moscow on 7 February 2022 failed to res....

February 15, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , US , China , Russia , Putin , NATO , Ukraine , Baltic republics , Macron
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