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West Asia Round up – October 2020
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

ABSTRACT:
Normalisation of ties by someArab countries with Israel after UAE and Bahrain continued as Sudan’s transitional government, despite internal opposition, established diplomatic relations at the behest....

November 10, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Turkey , UNSMIL , Libyan , Russia-Georgia , Lebanese , Islamic separatism , French , Israel-Sudan
Battleground Idlib: Russia and Turkey’s Interests amidst the COVID-19 crisis
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF

The civil war in Syria similar to the continuing conflicts in Yemen and Libya has its roots in the 2011 Arab spring protests. The protracted conflict between President Bashar Al-Assad’s forces and a fragmented opposition has been diffused by Russia....

August 29, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Syria , Turkey , COVID-19 pandemic , Covid-19 Crisis , Battleground Idlib , Civil war , President Erdogan , Military Effort , Idlib Ordeal
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 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Libya , General Haftar , Tripoli , Tobruk , GNA , UNSMIL , Erdogan
West Asia and North Africa Roundup 2019
Hirak Jyoti Das, Research Associate, VIF Article

A Year of Protests
In 2019, protests emerged in Algeria against the decision of the 82-year-old incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to contest in the presidential election for a fifth term which was originally scheduled on 18 April ....

January 06, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Syria , West Asia , Libya , Yemen , Israel-Palestine Conflict , Election Review
Interactive Session on ‘Humanitarian Crisis in Syria: Truth & Disinformation’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized an interactive session on ‘Humanitarian Crisis in Syria: Truth & Disinformation’ on 8 November 2019. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF delivered his opening remarks followed by a brief summary....

December 09, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Syria , Syrian civil war , West Asian region , Humanitarian Crisis , Kurdish issue
Brainstorming Session on ‘India and West Asia – a New Paradigm Shift and Policy Options’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Brainstorming Session on ‘India and West Asia – a New Paradigm Shift and Policy Options’. The deliberations broadly focussed on assessing the present situation in the West Asian Region ....

July 30, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Interaction , Israel , Chabahar Port , Syria , Indian Diaspora , Gulf region
Interaction with Iranian Delegation

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted an interactive session with an Iranian delegation represented by Seyed Mohammd Kazem Sajjadpour, the President of Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), a think-tank based in Te....

January 18, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Afghanistan , Syria , Iranian Delegation , IPIS
Interaction with Dr. James M. Dorsey on ‘Review of Major Conflicts in West Asia and the Way Forward’

On Mar 10th, 2018, Members of the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) faculty had an interactive session with Dr James M. Dorsey, Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), discussing together major conflicts in West ....

March 23, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Interaction , Syria , Libya , Yemen , North Africa , Middle East , James M. Dorsey
Daesh in Afghanistan: It gets Weakened but Not yet Vanquished in Syria-Iraq
Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

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....

June 12, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pakistan , Iraq , Daesh , Khorasan , Af-Pak , Daesh in Afghanistan , Syria
The Perils of the United States Strategy in Syria
Abhilash Prasann

In March, at least four hundred United States (US) troops were deployed to Syria without congressional approval.i The stated US objective is to join the offensive against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Raqqa. There are unofficia....

May 09, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , ISIS , Syria , United States Strategy in Syria , post ISIS , Central Intelligence Agency , Obama , Vietnam , Iraq and Afghanistan
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