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Biden Administration

Shifting Dynamics: What a Second Trump Presidency Could Mean for US-Africa Relations

Umang Bhansali, Research Assistant, VIF Article

Presidential elections in the United States of America (US) hold profound implications for regions across the globe. Consequently, the outcome of US presidential elections has been closely observed by the African continent as well. With Trump coming ....

December 19, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Donald Trump , US Foreign Policy , Immigration , Global Trade , Biden Administration , critical minerals , AGOA , Project 2025 , US Africa Relations , Prosper Africa Initiative , Trade and Tariffs , African Growth and Opportunity Act , China and Africa Relations

West Asia Roundup: March 2024

Abstract

Israel -Hamas war continued apace even as frantic efforts were made by Qatar, Egypt and USA to arrive at some truce and cease the hostilities especially during the month of Ramadan. As usual greater violence was witnessed and mor....

April 05, 2024 UNSC , United States , Biden Administration , West Asia Round Up , Israel -Hamas war

Biden’s Executive Order on Afghan Funds

Dr Anwesha Ghosh Article

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 prompted governments and international institutions to quickly freeze Afghan Central Bank assets abroad. Reportedly, about $7.1 bn of Afghan assets was held in the US.February 21, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , Taliban , Humanitarian aid , Biden Administration , Executive order , frozen Afghan funds , 9/11 victim

Will US politics bury or expose truth?

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Commentary

Respected science writer Nicholas Wade uncovers more. About how the guild of virology obfuscated, the World Health Organisation was suborned, the anti-Trump US media kept silent and the divided US polity let the culprit escape. Being a disciplined wr....

May 28, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , US , PLA , Chinese Military , Media , WHO , COVID-19 , Biden Administration , Wuhan Institute , US-China politics

Biden’s Afghanistan Dilemma: Withdraw or not to Withdraw Troops without a Peace Deal

Dr Anwesha Ghosh Commentary

February 2021 marked exactly one year since United States (US) and the Taliban signed “The Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan”, in a bid to end decades of war in the country. One of the key features of the agreement reached by the former....

March 25, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Afghanistan , Commentary , Afghanistan , Taliban , troop withdrawal , Biden Administration , Antony Blinken's letter , Moscow Talks , negotiated settlement

US Foreign Policy under Joe Biden

Amb Arun K Singh, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

On March 3rd, the new Biden administration released an Interim National Security Strategic Guidance to convey how the US would engage with the world as it begins its work on the National Security Strategy. As the new administration takes such first s....

March 15, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , US Foreign Policy , US-India Relations , Biden Administration , Podcast , Interim National Security Strategic Guidance , US-Afghanistan

Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: December 2020

Naval Jagota

In December four expert group discussions and one conference on Taiwan were organized by the Vivekananda International Foundation through webinar on events and topics extending from India’s neighbourhood to West Asia to China. Each of the members o....

January 21, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Pakistan , China , Indo-Pacific , West Asia , Afghanistan peace process , COVID-19 pandemic , Neighbourhood , India-Taiwan Relations , Biden Administration , Pakistan in West Asia , Biden Presidency

Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: November 2020

Naval Jagota

In November six expert group discussions were organized by the Vivekananda International Foundation through webinar on events and topics extending from India’s neighbourhood to West Asia to USA. Each of the members of the expert groups brought rich....

December 07, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , CPC , Elections in Myanmar , Biden Administration , Developments in Pakistan , Indo Nepal Bilateral Relations , India-US ties