Articles

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The UN Secretary-General in a briefing to the UN Security Council on 8th July said that the conflict in Libya has entered ‘a new phase with foreign interference reaching unprecedented levels’. He remarked that ‘Time is not on our side.’^1....

July 27, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Egypt , Tripoli , Tobruk , GNA , Berlin Conference , HOR , President Sisi , Sirte , UNSG

EU’s Operation Irini Promotes a Poor Image of the EU

Rajesh Soami Commentary

The European Union launched operation IRINI in the Mediterranean on 1st of April, 2020. The operation is officially called EUNAVFOR MED Irini where EUNAVFOR stands for European Union Naval Force and MED stands for the Mediterranean Sea. Irini succeed....

July 24, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Commentary , Libya , NATO , EU , GNA , Berlin Conference , Haftar , Op Irini , LNA , Mediterranean Sea

West Asia Roundup - January 2020

Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

Abstract:

The year ended on a sombre note and 2020 woke up to more accentuated volatility in West Asia pursuant to the targeted killing of highly influential Iranian IRIGC General Qassem Soleimani by the US drone strikes in Iraq ( ....

February 13, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Berlin Conference , US-Iran tensions , The Demise of Sultan Qaboos of Oman , US drone strikes in Iraq