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Prospects and Problems: Providing Aid to Ukraine
January 3 , 2024 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
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The Russo Ukraine war which is treading its blood-soaked trail (676 days and counting) has truly been a ‘global war’. Simply put, it is West plus the US versus Kremlin on the Ukrainian battlefield.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Aid to Ukraine , EU aid to Ukraine , Russo-Ukraine war , Ukraine War , US aid to Ukraine

West Asia - in the Throes of a Disruptive 2023 and not so Different 2024
January 2 , 2024 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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Even as the 2023 turned out to be literally the hottest year in history, West Asia continued to face the equally destabilizing heat in the old and new hotspots. The ongoing wars and conflicts do not por...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Economic costs , Gaza , Hamas , IDF , Israel , Palestine , Perceptions

Perceptions and Prospects: Israel-Hamas Conflict
January 1 , 2024 Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.)
Article Views: 2189
“History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.” - Mark Twain

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Economic costs , Gaza , Hamas , IDF , Israel , Palestine , Perceptions

The Fate of the Palestinian Authority Post-Hamas Attack
December 29 , 2023 Dr Hirak Jyoti Das
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The 7 October attack by Hamas’ military wing, Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades backed by Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s (PIJ) Al-Quds Brigades has boosted the support for armed resistance path among Palestini...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Gaza Strip , Hamas , Israeli occupation , Oslo Accords , Palestinian Authority , Palestinian Liberation Organization , West Bank

Changes in Sectarian Profile of Pakistan
December 29 , 2023 Col Rahul Jain (Retd)
Article Views: 3170
Abstract
Pakistan has seen a violent transition from a nation that advocated inclusivity for all sects of Islam to much pronounced sectarian fissures. The sectarian divide between the Sunnis and Shias is intractable.

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Ahle-Hadees , ISKP , Islamic State Khorasan Province , Pakistan , Radicalisation , Sectarian violence , Terrorism

The Deportation of the Afghan Refugees from Iran
December 28 , 2023 Dr Angana Kotokey, Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 3058
Introduction
In recent developments, it has been observed that large scale deportation of Afghan refugees from Iran is in process, after Abdul Rahman Rashid, the Minister of Refugees and Repatriation in Afghanistan, announced that more than 345,000 Afghans are being deported from Iran

Afghanistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Afghan Immigration , Afghan refugees , Afghanistan , Iran

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