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Introduction Russia’s relationship with West has been on a downward trajectory for a very long period of time. It is under this pretext that an eminent discourse of ‘A New Cold War’ has emerged in the official and academic c....

October 17, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia , US , Russia , Trump , New Cold War , Asia pivot , geo-politics in Asia , Edward Lucas , Putin

Trump ‘Decertifies’ Iran: What Next?

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

In a hard hitting speech on Friday the 13 October, 2017, President Trump announced that he would not certify to the Congress that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed with Iran is in US’ national security interest. He accused Iran ....

October 15, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , US , national security , Iran nuclear deal , President Trump , Iran , US decertification , sanctions , Islam

A Talk on ‘India-Afghanistan Relations: Recent Developments and Implications’, by H.E. Salahuddin Rabbani, Foreign Minister of Afghanistan

H.E. Salahuddin Rabbani, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, concluded his three-day visit to India with a talk on ‘India-Afghanistan Relations: Recent Developments and Implications’, delivered at the Vivekananda ....

September 18, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Interaction , Pakistan , US , India-Afghanistan relations , Salahuddin Rabbani

North Korea: Unravelling the Hermit Kingdom

North Korea has been the focus of increasing international interest of late. Much of it has been owing to its burgeoning nuclear weapons programme, which has been described by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as having entered a ‘new p....

June 01, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , North Korea , US , Hermit Kingdom , International Atomic Energy Agency

Discussion on “Afghanistan: Emerging Strategic Re-Alignment”

The VIF hosted an internal discussion on ‘Afghanistan: Emerging Realignment’ on 04 May 2017. The purpose was to consider Afghanistan’s dwindling security environment and imperatives for India to hedge its bets against a resurgent Taliban waiti....

May 31, 2017 Conference , Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Conferences , US , Kabul , Taliban , Durand Line

The Perils of the United States Strategy in Syria

Abhilash Prasann

In March, at least four hundred United States (US) troops were deployed to Syria without congressional approval.ⁱ The stated US objective is to join the offensive against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Raqqa. There are unofficia....

May 09, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , ISIS , Syria , United States Strategy in Syria , post ISIS , Central Intelligence Agency , Obama , Vietnam , Iraq and Afghanistan

US Treasury Securities: Why holding US Debt matters in East Asia

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Being an exports-driven and a high trade-to-GDP region, East Asia has more often than not used monetary instruments to affect favorable exchange rates. Depreciated exchange rates have been vital in ensuring the competitiveness of exports and a pos....

January 16, 2017 Economic Studies , US , US Treasury Securities , East Asia

Hatred and Subterfuge : Pakistan's Proxy War on India

Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Through my years as a senior commander in the Indian Army there was an annual feature which never escaped my attention. The yearly war game of my formation would invariably begin with a presentation by a new team each time on the psych....

November 25, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan , US , Indian Army , Pakistan Army , Proxy War , mindset , hatred , Ata Hasnain , Lashkar e Toiba , Jaish e Mohammad

Interaction on DTTI with Keith Webster

On April 6, 2016, the VIF and the US India Business Council hosted Mr. Keith Webster, Director, International Cooperation for the US Under Secretary of Defense Acquisition, Technology and Logistics at the Pentagon for a Round Table discussion on the ....

April 29, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , US , technology , DTTI , Keith Webster , Defense Acquisition

Interaction on US-Pakistan Relations

Daniel S. Markey, a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (C.F.R.) and the author of ‘No Exit from Pakistan: America's Tortured Relationship with Islamabad’ held an intense and wide ranging interaction with the VIF faculty on....

November 21, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Pakistan , US , US-Pakistan Relations , US rebalancing , China Sea