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West Asia Review, October, 2018
November 6 , 2018 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 2603
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) - Jamal Khashoggi Fiasco Saudi Arabia and its maverick Prince Mohammed Bin Salman called upon themselves the global criticism due to a botched up assassination of an insider-outsider critic in Khashoggi inside their Istanbul Consulate through the modus operandi and consequent conflicting statements on the issue.

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Khashoggi murder , Saudi Arabia , Syrian conflict

Iran, US Sanctions and Oil
November 6 , 2018 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 4003
US oil and banking sanctions against Iran have gone into effect on 4th November. President Trump announced that these are toughest ever sanctions imposed by the US. The date is symbolic. It is the anniversary of the take over of US Embassy in Tehran by students in 1979.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Energy Security, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Iran oil , US Sanctions

SAMVAD Series of Conferences - India and Japan Find a Common Language on Shared Values
November 3 , 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 5911
Prime Minister Modi’s official visit to Japan in October 2018 has greatly cemented the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership. The two countries are building a relationship on common value...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Hinduism-Buddhism ideplogy , Indo-Japan cooperation , Samvad Conferences

Ethiopia Hosts the First African Forum on Cybercrime
November 2 , 2018 Dr Neha Sinha
Commentary Views: 6285
The African nations are facing the fastest growth rate in Internet penetration worldwide. The African Union has revealed that the digital connectivity in the continent has tripled in the last five years, and it is also expected that by 2020, nearly a third of the global Gross Domestic Product is expected to be generated by the digital economy

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : African Forum 2018 , Cybercrime

Bhutan Elections 2018: Analysis
November 1 , 2018 Medha Bisht
Commentary Views: 6207
It has been a decade since Bhutan started its first innings with procedural democratic reforms. The third round of elections held on October 18, 2018 found its final culmination, with a 71.4 percent voter turnout, and the much anticipated victory of Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) which won 30 seats in the National Assembly.

Bhutan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Bhutan elections , Bhutan’s external relations

India Faces New Political Configurations in the Neighbourhood
October 31 , 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 11642
Many unexpected but important developments are taking place in India’s neighbourhood. New political dispensations with new agendas have emerged in Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepa...

Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : India’s Neighbourhood , Neighbourhood relations

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