Articles

Interaction on US-Iran Tensions after the Death of Major General Qassem Soleimani

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized an interactive session on “Interaction on US-Iran tensions after the death of Major General Qassem Soleimani” on 7 January 2020. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF delivered his opening remarks follo....

March 12, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , US , Iran , IRGC , Soleimani , Major General Qassem Soleimani

Trump and Iran: Who Lost More?

Amb K P Fabian Article

The media as well as some scholars refer to “Iran-U.S. confrontation” giving the wrong impression that both sides are equally responsible for the genesis of the current crisis in their relations, a crisis that brought the world to the brink of di....

January 16, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , West Asia , Article , China , Russia , JCPOA , Soleimani , Hague Convention , Ukrainian plane crash

US and Iran in an Uneasy Calm

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

President Trump has the uncanny habit of surprising the world by his unique and often contentious tweets on foreign policy issues. But this time it pleased many. “All is Well” tweeted President Trump after 20 odd Iranian missiles apparently targe....

January 10, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , West Asia , Commentary , JCPOA , Trump , Arab Spring , Soleimani , Javad Jarief , missiles attack , unconditional talks

Assassination of General Soleimani and geo-political tensions in the Gulf

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Assassination of Major General Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Al Quds Forces in an American strike at Baghdad airport in the early hours of 3rd January sent shock waves in the region. Iran declared 3 days mourning and flags are being flown at half....

January 09, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , West Asia , Article , Quds Force , IRGC , Soleimani , Mashad , Kitaib-Hizbullah , oil price