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Russian, Chinese, American and Pakistani representatives met in Beijing on the 10th and 11th of July to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. This was the third such consultation between Russia, China and the US, and the first in which Pakistan parti....

July 19, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , Chabahar Port , US Sanctions , Iran’s changed priorities

More Needs to be Done to Revitalise Chabahar Project

Gautam Sen Commentary

The latest Govt. of India`s regular budget of 2019-20, has a meagre allocation of Rs. 45 crore for the development and operationalising of Chahbahar Port infrastructure under the Ministry of External Affairs line of credit to finance this programme, ....

July 10, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , Chabahar Port , India-Iran relations , India’s access to Central Asia

Contextualising the US-Iran Tensions

Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

The recent stand-off between Iran and the United States (US) is rooted in US President Donald Trump’s announcement to withdraw from Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on 8 May 2018, arguing that Iran was violating the spirit of the deal by ....

June 18, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Chabahar Port , US-Iran confrontation , withdrawal fro JCPOA , India’s oil imports

Commentary: President Rouhani’s Visit to India

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

President Rouhani’s visit to India from February 15-17, 2018 took place after a gap of almost 15 years, since President Khatami’s visit in 2003. In between, there was a transit visit by President Ahmadinejad in 2008. There was a long gap before t....

February 21, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , India , Chabahar Port , Rouhani’s visit , India-Iran relationship , Iran

Commentary- Central Asia in 2017

Dr Rashmini Koparkar Commentary

Central Asia is India’s extended neighbour and a geo-strategically vital region. India’s relations with this region go back for centuries, and are based on commercial, cultural, and civilizational links. In June 2017, India received full membersh....

January 24, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , Central Asian Republics , foreign policy , regional cooperation , CARs , Kyrgyzstan , Rajnath Singh , SCO , TAPI , INSTC , Chabahar Port

Iran's Presidential Election

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Iran's just concluded 12th Presidential election attest the stability of the Iranian system. The election witnessed high voter turn-out of above 73 percent. Rouhani won 57 percent or 23,549,616 votes out of total of 40 million votes cast. He improved....

May 22, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , INSTC , Chabahar Port , Iran , Presidential elections , Rouhani , PM Modi , Tehran , International North-South Transit Corridor

Conference on ‘Security along the Silk Road'

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), in collaboration with Near East and South Asia (NESA) Center, USA, had organized a two day Conference on ‘Security along the Silk Road’ on December 15-16, 2016. 11 inter....

January 19, 2017 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Conferences , Central Asian Republics , Chabahar Port , Kazakhstan , Silk Road

Round Table Discussion : India-Iran Relations

On 19 Sep 2016, Amb Dinkar Srivastava, India’s former Ambassador to Iran, conducted a round table discussion on ‘India-Iran relations and the way forward’. The interaction among experts focused on three key issues: terrorism, regional connectiv....

September 26, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Chabahar Port , Iran , Soviet Union , India-Iran relations