Articles

The Agony of Yemen

In our pre-occupation with the coronavirus crisis, with a rising death toll, apparently unstoppable (27,370 on 28th March, 05 22 GMT), we should not fail to take note of an unhappy fifth anniversary of the war in Yemen, or more accurately, the war on....

March 31, 2020 Houthis , Saudi Arabia , Iran , Operation Desert Storm (ODS) , Military situation , Humanitarian aid , Stockholm Accord , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy

Libya – the Unfortunate Domain of International Competition: Berlin and Beyond

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Soon it will be almost a decade of destruction in Libya which in many ways could be the worst extension of the four decades of Gaddafi’s autocratic rule. On February 17, 2011 ecstatic Libyans had jubilantly marched their revolution for a ‘New Lib....

January 27, 2020 Libya , General Haftar , Tripoli , Tobruk , GNA , Saudi Arabia , UNSMIL , Erdogan , Syria , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia

West Asia Review, October, 2018

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

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 insid....

November 06, 2018 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Syrian conflict , Saudi Arabia , Khashoggi murder

Diplomatic Isolation of Qatar: Causes and Consequences

Manpreet Sohanpal

Recently, three of Qatar’s most powerful neighbours decided to severe ties with the gas-rich country. Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt announced to severe all– sea, land, air, diplomatic – linkages with Qatar. This i....

July 05, 2017 GCC , Qatar , Terrorism , Saudi Arabia , Iran , International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia

Modi's Saudi Sojourn : More Significant Than Being Made Out

Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Prime Minister Modi's advisers have taken to heart the flak from many of his detractors regarding the high visibility of his foreign visits and the media hype connected to them. No other reason why such a significant visit at a most appropriate ti....

April 04, 2016 Modi's Saudi , Modi Government , Saudi Arabia , International Relations and Diplomacy