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Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (16-22 September 2024)

Economic

Chinese deal activity shifts toward emerging markets and into greenfields

Chinese outbound foreign investment is shifting away from such advanced economies as the U.S. and Europe to emerging markets and are increasing....

September 30, 2024 China , QUAD , Japan , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Netanyahu , Germany , Sri Lanka Election , China ICBM , Overcapacity , Salt Typhoon

Israel and the HHH- War of Attrition and Revenge

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

July 31 was the casting date for a much-feared escalation in the Middle East as Israeli leadership acknowledged killing of the Hezbollah leader Fouad Shukr (July 30) but keeping enigmatic silence on the killing of the Hamas top leader and negotiator ....

August 28, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Israel , Gaza , Houthis , Netanyahu , Hezbollah , Biden , Hamas , Ismael Haniyeh

West Asia and the Case of Measured and Controlled Escalation: A Trend in Future Warfare

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

On the night of 13/14 April 2024 Iran launched an unprecedented 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles and 120-130 ballistic missiles against Israel. Iran stated that bombardment was in response to the 01 April 2024 air strike on the Iranian consulate buildi....

April 29, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Iran , Air defence , Nuclear Weapons , Ballistic Missile , Iron Dome , Netanyahu , Drones , cruise missile , Future Warfare

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

Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 49, 2022)

Welcome to Africa Now, your weekly newsletter for Africa, presenting the most important developments in the continent - news that matters.

COMMENTARY

Netanyahu's return may augur well for India-Israel-Africa trilatera....

December 05, 2022 Israel , China , Russia , Ethiopia , Mozambique , Africa , Tunisia , Egypt , Mauritius , Libya , Rwanda , Algeria , Sudan , Netanyahu , Kenya , Somalia , Tanzania , VIF Africa Now , Morocco , Congo , Mali , Nigeria , South Africa , Guinea , Zimbabwe , Ghana , Angola , India in Africa , Uganda , Zambia , Burkina Faso , Lesotho , Namibia , Global Gateway Plan , India Israel relations

Israel’s Africa Conundrum: Bilateral Relations, Multilateral Opposition

Samir Bhattacharya Article

Background

In the first week of February, the annual summit of the African Union (AU) took place in Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, the headquarters of the African Union. The principal objective of the meeting was to evaluate AU's achieveme....

February 17, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , Jerusalem , Israel , Palestine , India , International Relations , Algeria , United Nations , Netanyahu , ECOWAS , Non-Aligned Movement , Yom Kippur War , Arab , African Union , Israel in Africa , Nigeria , South Africa

Israel-Hamas Conflict

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Join Amb Anil Trigunayat and Hirak Jyoti Das dissect the escalation between Israel and Hamas and India's potential role. ....

June 04, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Jerusalem , Israel , Gaza , Netanyahu , Hamas , Podcast , Benjamin , Israel Hamas Conflict

Gaza Conflict 2021: Why Now, Who Gains?

Col Rajeev Agarwal Article

The guns have fallen silent, fighter aircrafts are back to their bases and the two sides, while counting their losses, are trying to hold onto their nerves as the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip has come to a halt after dec....

May 27, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Gaza , Netanyahu , Biden , Hamas. Iran , Palsetine

West Asia – 2020 in Retrospect

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Year 2020 will go down in the history not only for the adverse impact of Covid-19 on global and regional economies, lower oil prices, budget deficits, health hazards but when the West Asia region nearly came to a catastrophic war between Iran ....

January 06, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , India , China , Russia , Trump , Saudi Arabia , Arab Spring , Turkey , Deal of the century , Netanyahu , Abraham Accords , Al Ula Summit

Middle East and the Next US President -Worries Galore

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

U.S. has traditionally been the arbiter of the security in the Middle East. Of late, arguably there have been signs of U.S. distraction and disengagement as the geo-economics and geo-politics transform the power matrix especially towards the Indo-Pac....

November 12, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , Palestine , JCPOA , GCC , Golan Heights , Peace Process , Deal of the century , Netanyahu , Riyadh , Tel Aviv