Dr Alvite Ningthoujam is currently an Assistant Professor at the Symbiosis School of International Studies, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India. He also served as a Consultant at the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), New Delhi. From 2014 to 2017, he was Senior Research Associate at the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi. He holds Ph. D., from the Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi for his doctoral thesis on “Israel’s Arms Exports and the US Factor: Case Studies of China and South Africa, 1967-2000.”

Contributions 
The Emerging Trends in the Indo-West Asian Ties: Newer Opportunities and Challenges Since the last few years, there has been a discernible growth in India’s bilateral relations with most of the countries in its extended neighbourhood – West Asia. With the exception of a few, cooperation and joint collaborations between them are ...

Is the Sky the Limit for India-UAE Ties? Modi’s Fifth Visit to the Emirates It is undeniable that the emerging trajectory of relations between India and a few key Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have become one of the most successful stories of the current foreign policy of the Narendra Modi-led government since mid-20...

Attacks in the United Kingdom and the Wider Implications The string of recent attacks in the United Kingdom (UK), in less than three months, has once again brought to the fore the vulnerability, not only of the UK, but of the international community at large, arising from the activities of rabid terrorist ...

Daesh in Afghanistan: It gets Weakened but Not yet Vanquished in Syria-Iraq It has been a little under two and a half years since January 26, 2015 when Daesh announced in Afghanistan, the establishment of its South Asian affiliate known as Islamic State in Khorasan (ISK). The outfit’s now-deceased spokesperson Abu Muhammad...

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VIF Papers 
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and its South Asian Connection: An Indian Perspective A Brief Background to the Evolution of ISIS: Today, one of the most serious threats that have engulfed a large portion of the Middle East is the emergence of the Sunni Muslim extremist group, infamously known as the Islamic State of Iraq an...

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