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Britain does a ‘Britain’ as Europe Dithers like ‘Europe’
Rajesh Soami Article

The European Union (EU) has been labouring hard to prove that it is serious about carrying more political heft in the world. Statements emanating from Brussels have made all the right noises in this direction. However, it seems that the usual pulls ....

August 12, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Article , Brexit and EU , UK Navy in Persian Gulf , EU unity vs administration
Challenges for the New President of European Commission
Gautam Sen Article

Sixty year-old, Ursula von der Leyen, the German defense minister, has been nominated by the national governments of the European Union (EU) to be president of the European Commission (EC). If the nomination is approved by EU Parliament, Leyen will b....

July 16, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Article , European Commission , new president of EC , EC president’s challenges
Mrs. May's Resignation and European Parliament Elections
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Mrs. May’s resignation on 24th May coincided with the European Parliament elections. The resignation was directly linked to Britain’s European Union (EU) policy, and her failure to get approval of British Parliament for the Brexit dea....

June 01, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Commentary , Brexit , Britain’s EU policy , PM May’s resignation
Brexit, EU and future of Regional Integration
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The EU Summit on 21st March decided to extend the Brexit dead-line beyond 29th March. However, it set two dead-lines instead of one. A slightly longer dead-line of 22nd May is in case British Parliament approves the ....

March 29, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Commentary , Brexit , UK-EU Brexit deal
Brexit - Mrs May Steps Back from the Brink?
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Mrs May has postponed a meaningful vote on Brexit deal to 12th March. She assured the Parliament that in case the deal negotiated by her government is rejected, the MPs will be given a chance to vote whether they approve crashing out of Eu....

March 07, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Commentary , Brexit voting , Brexit dilemma
An Underrated Summit: Macedonia
Aayush Mohanty Commentary

The Greek Prime Minister and the Macedonian Prime Minister on June 17 concluded an agreement which led to Macedonia renaming itself as Northern Macedonia.1 This is expected to bring an end to a 27 year dispute over Macedonia’s name that ....

July 05, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Commentary , Greek-Macedonia agreement , Renaming Macedonia
Round Table Meeting with H.E. Mr. Tomasz Kozlowski, Ambassador of the European Union to India, on ‘European Union – India Relations and a Way Forward’

The European Union's (EU) Ambassador to India and Bhutan Tomasz Kozlowski participated in a high-level Roundtable meeting on the growing engagement between the EU and India. His speech covered the positive development of relations in recent years and....

May 17, 2018 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Interaction , Internet of Things , European Union , EU-India Strategic Partnership , Economic relations
India’s Nordic Outreach
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

En route to UK for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Sweden on April 16 & 17. It will be a bilateral visit, with multilateral engagements, for the first Indo-Nordic Summit at St....

April 13, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Indo-Nordic Summit , India-Sweden trade
Russia’s Evolving Equations with the USA and China: Implications for India
Dr Harinder Sekhon

Introduction This monograph seeks to understand the major shifts that are taking place in the global power structure established at the end of World War II in 1945 by examining the dynamics of the interaction between the United States (US), Russia....

December 25, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , US , US-Russia relations , Monograph , Asia-Pacific
14th EU-India Summit : The Need For A Fresh Perspective
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The Summit The 14th European Union (EU)-India Summit was held in New Delhi on 6th October, 2017. It showed the maturity of the process that began in 2000 with Lisbon Summit. Both the partners have gone through major changes since....

October 23, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , EU-India Summit , EU trade
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