Articles

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (10-16 June)

Economic

Gold harder to find – industry body

The gold mining industry is struggling to maintain production growth as finding deposits of the yellow metal has become more difficult, according to the World Gold Council (WGC), ....

June 28, 2024 CPEC , Taliban , Gaza , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Zelensky , Russian Gas , Unmanned Hellscape , China nuclear arsenal , Cyril Ramaphosa , Swiss Peace Conference

Hellfire from the Heavens – A Perspective on Contemporary Aerial Strikes

Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Punitive response with the employment of air power is nothing new, and goes back to the British ‘watch and ward’ missions that the Indian Air Force undertook with the Royal Air Force in 1937, towards policing the recalcitrant tribes of Waziristan....

June 04, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Missiles , Iron Dome , Ukraine , Gaza , GPS , Air Power , Hamas , Drones , VKS , rockets , Electronic warfare , Katyusha rockets

Crisis in the Middle East

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Gaza war has continued beyond seven months. Amidst stepped-up diplomatic efforts, the fate of the hostage deal continues to be uncertain. The US Secretary of State Blinken visited Saudi Arabia and Israel. Israeli forces have entered Rafah. There ....

May 20, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Iran , IRGC , Gaza , America , Hamas , hostages , Rafah

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor(06-12 May 2024)

Economic

China’s Xi visits EU to avert trade war – media

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on May 06 to resolve economic disagreemen....

May 17, 2024 Xi Jinping , Taiwan , Europe , Philippines , China economy , Gaza , tariffs , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Boeing , Kharkov

Multilateralism Digest: February 2024 - Issue 2

I. India in the UN

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (11-17 March 2024)

Economic

U.S. and China Extend Landmark Bilateral Deal, Very Quietly

When a landmark science and technology agreement between the U.S. and China reached its expiration in late February without an extension, it plunged the acad....

March 21, 2024 South China Sea , Philippines , Gaza , UK , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , TikTok , US-China Science and Technology Agreement , Japan Rate Rise , Funan Techo Canal , B5+1 process , Niger Junta , SIPRI China , Third Democracy Summit

West Asia Roundup: February 2024

Abstract

With the ongoing Israel -Hamas war and increasing violence and death and destruction of large number of civilian Palestinians in this over five weeks war, the patience of President Biden – the biggest backer of Israel, is runni....

March 19, 2024 Israel , Syria , Turkey , Gaza , Hezbollah , Hamas , West Asia Round Up , BAPS Temple

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (04-10 March 2024)

Economic

China’s ‘two sessions’ 2024: Red Sea crisis ‘a big challenge’ for Beijing, says ambassador

China’s diplomats in the Middle East are looking at ways to respond to the “big challenge” in the Red Sea caus....

March 15, 2024 Iran , Donald Trump , Xi Jinping , Gaza , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , State Council , Tesla , Two Sessions 2024 , Ultralong Special Treasury Bonds , Nuclear Plants

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (26 February- 03 March 2024)

Economic

WTO digital tax freeze in spotlight as India, others rue lost revenue

A moratorium on taxing digitally transmitted products, from movies and music to software and industry data, faces a critical juncture this week at ....

March 14, 2024 Iran , Gaza , Italy , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Shehbaz Sharif , Shell , Palestinian Authority , WTO digital tax , OPEC+ cuts , Undersea Cables , China Coast Guard , Gemini

Continuing Tragedy in Gaza

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

President Biden’s statement last week that there would be a Hamas-Israel deal by Monday, 4th March had raised hopes for a breakthrough in the talks being hosted in Cairo for hostage release and a pause in fighting. Israel had not sent its delegatio....

March 13, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Gaza , UNGA , Netanyahu , Hezbollah , Biden , Hamas , ICJ , hostages