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Pakistan on Financial Action Task Force ‘Grey List’
July 12, 2018 Shruti Punia Commentary

After a long period of dormancy Pakistan finally enters the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) list which comes as no rude awakening to either of its neighbours, India as well as China. The FATF took the imminent decision to place Pakistan on its....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Grey-list FATF , Financing Terrorism
Iran’s Nuclear Deal, Oil and US Sanctions
July 09, 2018 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

A meeting of the Joint Commission established under Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) took place in Vienna on 6th July. The Joint Commission was set up as the mechanism to resolve any disputes arising out of implementation of the Iran nucle....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Iran’s oil & gas exports , JCPOA Vienna meeting
Significance of President of Seychelles Danny Faure’s Visit to India
July 09, 2018 Dr Neha Sinha Commentary

Over the last few years, India’s outreach to Africa has been considerable, particularly the relation between Indian and Seychelles has always been worthy of attention. Since 1976, when Seychelles gained independence, the relationship between the t....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian Ocean Region , Commentary , Seychelles President’s visit , Assumption Island , Indo-Seychelles relationship
India’s Looming Drinking Water Crisis
July 06, 2018 Rajesh Singh Commentary

NITI Aayog has warned of a crisis that must make policymakers and the rest of us act now, and not later, because later could be too late. The danger the panel has spoken of has not been considered important enough for prime time television debates an....

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Looming water crisis , Water Management Strategy
Middle East Peace Process- in the Docks
July 05, 2018 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Middle East Peace Process has been dormant and lying in a limbo for quite some time as a result of sporadic and non-sincere efforts, or for that matter, simple lip service. Last US initiative on reviving peace process was stalled in 2014. The Palest....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Middle East Peace Process , Trump’s Deal of Century
An Underrated Summit: Macedonia
July 05, 2018 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 ....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Commentary , Greek-Macedonia agreement , Renaming Macedonia
India’s Soft Power and Heritage: A Gift to the World
July 04, 2018 Amb Bhaswati Mukherjee Commentary

In the foreign policy context, soft power and heritage have become as important a tool of diplomacy for States as hard power. It promotes inter-cultural dialogue, essential to counter the multiple challenges to the existing world order by non-State ....

Keywords : Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , India’s soft power , India’s civilisation heritage
Exhibition ‘India and the World’
July 03, 2018 Dr Arpita Mitra Commentary

In view of the completion of 70 years of Indian independence, the National Museum, New Delhi, conceived a project that has finally materialised as a landmark exhibition, India and the World: A History in Nine Stories (inaugurated in May 2018 i....

Keywords : Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Exhibition , India and the World , New Delhi , India’s pre-modern global contact
Will Indo-US Relations Survive The Strain of Geopolitics?
July 02, 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The US permanent envoy to the UN Nikki Haley, known for her hardline views on Iran and Russia, visited India from June 26-28, 2018. The visit should have strengthened Indo-US relations but the impact seems to have been just the opposite. The percepti....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Commentary , Russia , Indo-US partnership , US sanctions on Iran
Is ‘Democratic Quad’ a Viable Construct?
July 02, 2018 Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD) members - Australia, India, Japan and the United States (US) - met in June 2018 in Singapore on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) senior officials’ meeting, and later issue....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , QUAD , RIMPAC , Strategic Pertnerships
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