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Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (18-24 March 2024)

Economic

With ‘made-by-China’ under US pressure, Mexican trade probes spark concerns over curbs

Mexican tariffs on Chinese steel products indicate a willingness to accommodate US demands, analysts said, with additional tra....

March 27, 2024 ISIS , West Bank , Moscow , IMF , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , China-Australia , Europe-Japan , Quad MDA , Bank of Japan , Vietnam President resignation , Ukraine ‘sponsors of war’ list

The Fate of the Palestinian Authority Post-Hamas Attack

Dr Hirak Jyoti Das Article

The 7 October attack by Hamas’ military wing, Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades backed by Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s (PIJ) Al-Quds Brigades has boosted the support for armed resistance path among Palestinians, frustrated with the Palestinian Auth....

December 29, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , West Bank , Oslo Accords , Hamas , Gaza Strip , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Liberation Organization , Israeli occupation

West Asia Round Up -February 2023

Abstract:
Closely on the heels of President Xi Jinping’s visit to Riyadh for three landmark Summits in December 22, President Ebrahim Raisi visited Beijing to confer with the Chinese leadership on the outcomes and progress and way forw....

March 20, 2023 Israel , India , Iran , Egypt , Israel-Palestine Conflict , West Bank , West Asia Round Up , Pakistan-UAE

West Asia Roundup-January 2023

Abstract: 2023 began with greater tensions in the region. Israel -Palestine conflict and high levels of violence and protests in Israel against the efforts of Netanyahu’s ultra-right government to compromise the powers of the Judiciary as we....

February 13, 2023 Israel , India , Iran , Egypt , Israel-Palestine Conflict , West Bank , West Asia Round Up , Pakistan-UAE

West Asia Roundup: September 2022

Abstract
Iran has been rattling on account of international sanctions, lack in progress on JCPOA Nuclear deal due to shifting goal posts, economic down turn even as it may have got some respite due to the Russia-Ukraine war in th....

October 11, 2022 Saudi Arabia , Turkey , Iran protests , West Bank , UN General Assembly , West Asia Round Up , Iraqi Kurdistan

The Palestinian Dilemma
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

After a prolonged disjunct and competition between Hamas ruling Gaza and Al Fatah (PLO) ruling out of Ramallah the two had agreed to bury their differences so that the next elections could be held in May 2021. Last elections were held in 2006when the....

May 06, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Gaza , West Bank , Abraham Accords , Hamas , Fatah , Israel. PLO

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

The West Bank Jitters
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Last week in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s intent of formally annexing some parts of the disputed West Bank to their territory , King Abdullah II of Jordan warned the Israelis and the World especially the US that it will l....

May 21, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Israel , Palestine , West Bank , Deal of the century , MEPP

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 18, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic

Huawei ban sets up game of chicken between world's biggest economies
Trump's rhetoric on Beijing has turned increasingly aggressive in recent weeks as the coronavirus outbreak worsened in the U.S., but the Commerce De....

May 18, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , 5G , West Bank , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Huawei , Antitrust , CNOOC , WHO Summit , Venezuela , Special Operations , Vaccines

Does The Trump Plan for Peace Make Sense?
Amb K P Fabian Commentary

Before answering the question, let us look at the highlights of the 180-page plan worked out over three years, between Israel and U.S., with marginal consultations with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and one or two others , but not with the Palestinians wh....

February 12, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Jerusalem , Palestine , Gaza , West Bank , Arab League , OIC

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