Articles

Syrian Unrest: A Decade of Misery for Syrians

18th March 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the commencement of unrest in Syria. The arrest and ill treatment of 15 schoolboys in Darra, a town on the border with Jordan led to about 3000 people holding a demonstration after Friday prayers, demandi....

March 17, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , US , UNSC , Arab Spring , Turkey , Golan Heights , Bashar al Assad , Gulf States , Kurds

Middle East and the Next US President -Worries Galore

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

U.S. has traditionally been the arbiter of the security in the Middle East. Of late, arguably there have been signs of U.S. distraction and disengagement as the geo-economics and geo-politics transform the power matrix especially towards the Indo-Pac....

November 12, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , Palestine , JCPOA , GCC , Golan Heights , Peace Process , Deal of the century , Netanyahu , Riyadh , Tel Aviv

Mapping Israeli Sovereignty, Jewish Settlements, and a Future Palestinian State

Mayuri Mukherjee Article

July 1 has come and gone, and despite the hysteria in some circles, the world did not wake up this past Wednesday to find that Israel had become sovereign over large parts of Palestinian land. So what was all the hoopla about, and what lies ahead? ....

July 08, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Palestine , Golan Heights , West Bank , refugees , sovereignty , Trump Peace Plan , East Jerusalem , Annexation

West Asia Round-up: March 2019

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Abstract

President Trump continues to surprise the world as far as the foreign policy domain is concerned especially with regard to West Asia. After his Jerusalem Salvo and the proposal in making “Deal of the Century” for the Middle....

April 10, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Golan Heights , Kurdish rebellion , India at the OIC