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The First India-GCC Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue -Outcomes and Assessment
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

On 9th September, India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) held the first ever meeting of the Foreign Ministers in Riyadh, thereby institutionalizing the much-awaited dialogue and format which also attests to both sides attaching high importance

September 20, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, Commentary, India, GCC, I2U2, IMEEC, Joint Action Plan
Israel and the HHH- War of Attrition and Revenge
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

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
Key Changes in India’s Approach Towards West Asia over the Last ten Years: From Link West to Act West
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over the reins of India in 2014, there were some concerns within the Arab and the Muslim world that India’s foreign policy will tilt towards Israel at the expense of the Palestinian cause and historic relation

April 30, 2024 West Asia, Israel, India, China, GCC, West Asia, OIC, Red Sea, I2U2, IMEC, Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy, Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy
The Difficulty with Diaspora
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

India possibly can boast of having one of the largest (nearly 35 million) and most successful diaspora across the world from the blue collar to the whitest of the them all. They are mainly Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Persons of Indian origin (PI

April 22, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, Commentary, Israel, India, Conflict, Libya, diaspora, Workers
Israel-Hamas War: Enough is Enough
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

“How much is enough “to rake up the conscience and comfort levels of the international community especially for USA- the sole benefactor of the Netanyahu led Israeli onslaught on the hapless and hopeless Palestinian civilians in Gaza. All norms o

March 06, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Commentary, Israel, Palestine, Gaza, UNRWA, Hamas, Two State solution
West Asia - in the Throes of a Disruptive 2023 and not so Different 2024
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

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 portend well for 2024. Hence, more disruptions cou

January 02, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, Israel, Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Economic costs, IDF, Perceptions
Israel-Hamas War: What Next?
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

World woke to the worst horror stories and visuals of an unprecedented and well-coordinated attack by the internationally designated terrorist group Hamas based out of Gaza on Israeli civilians and settlers breaching the hitherto impregnable borders

October 12, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, Commentary
The IMEC Way
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

On the sidelines of G20 leaders of India, USA, Saudi Arabia, UAE, France, Italy, Germany and EU announced a new maritime and overland connectivity corridor between Asia and Europe i.e. India, Middle East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC). Recently, som

September 28, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, India, PM Modi, BRI, UAE, Biden, Middle East, IMEC
Saudi Diplomacy: Breaking the Barriers
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Last decade, especially since the Arab Spring of 2010, has been quite momentous for the Saudi domestic, foreign and security policies. This has been further accentuated in the last five years and is greatly marked by tremendous pragmatism and realism

September 04, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, India, US, China, Iran, Houthi, G20, OPEC, MBS, Abraham Accords, Riyadh
From I2U2 to IUSU-India is the Key
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

In the wake of unprecedented developments in West Asia especially the demarche and rapprochement by major Gulf powers in recent times, the meeting of National Security Advisers of USA (Jake Sullivan), India (Ajit Doval), and UAE (Sheikh Tahnoun) in R

May 11, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, Commentary, India, USA, Saudi Arabia, West Asia, I2U2, IUSU
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