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The Changing Trends in Libyan Civil War
Hirak Jyoti Das, Research Associate, VIF Article

The civil war in Libya has its roots in the 2011 Arab Spring protests against the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. The protests began after Day of Rage was announced in Benghazi on 17 February 2011 and quickly spread to other parts of the state. Th....

February 20, 2020 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Muammar Gaddafi; Fayez al-Sarraj; General Khalifa Haftar; NTC; GNC , GNA; LNA; Berlin Conclusions; proxy war
West Asia Roundup - January 2020
Hirak Jyoti Das, Research Associate, VIF Article

Abstract:
The year ended on a sombre note and 2020 woke up to more accentuated volatility in West Asia pursuant to the targeted killing of highly influential Iranian IRIGC General Qassem Soleimani by the US drone strikes in Iraq ( ....

February 13, 2020 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , US-Iran tensions , US drone strikes in Iraq , The Demise of Sultan Qaboos of Oman , Berlin Conference
Exploring Iran’s Domestic Dynamics towards the US
Hirak Jyoti Das, Research Associate, VIF Article

The internal political dynamics in Iran are divided into three blocs namely the clergy, the technocracy and the military and security forces. The interplay between the three blocs into the clergy-military; military-technocrat and clergy-technocrat al....

January 31, 2020 US , West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Qassim Soleimani , Popular Mobilisation Forces , Kataeb Hezbollah , JCPOA , IRGC , Iran-US tensions , Hassan Rouhani
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
सुलेमानी की हत्या: आगे क्या?
Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

चूंकि कासिम सुलेमानी गुप्त तरीके से काम करने के लिए बनाई गई रणनीतिक सेना के कमांडर होने के नाते ....

January 21, 2020 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , सुलेमानी , ईरान , आईएसआईएस , अमेरिका
Analysing Iran’s Counter Strikes
Hirak Jyoti Das, Research Associate, VIF Article

Iran on 8 January 2020 launched 22 surface-to-surface missiles at two US military bases in Ain al-Asad base in Anbar province and one facility in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.1 The operation called, “Shahid Soleimani” has been....

January 17, 2020 Operation Shahid Soleimani , IRGC , Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) , Kataeb Hezbollah , War Powers Resolution , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia
Trump and Iran: Who Lost More?
Amb K P Fabian Article

The media as well as some scholars refer to “Iran-U.S. confrontation” giving the wrong impression that both sides are equally responsible for the genesis of the current crisis in their relations, a crisis that brought the world to the brink of di....

January 16, 2020 JCPOA , Soleimani , Hague Convention , Ukrainian plane crash , Russia , China , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , US
West Asia Roundup - December 2019
Hirak Jyoti Das, Research Associate, VIF Article

Abstract:
Year 2019, in keeping with the ongoing trend of conflicts and hotspots in the region, ended in heightening tensions between US and Iran which does not portend well for 2020. Iraq has been facing series of demonstrations and co....

January 16, 2020 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , US , Qatar , Islamic Ummah , Iran , Developments in Algeria , Attack on Southern
Complicated 2019 for the International Oil Market and Trade
Aayush Mohanty, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction
The effects of the United States of America’s (U.S) pulling out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) in early 2018 had an impact on the global oil trade, which continued in 2019. The renewed unilateral sanction....

January 13, 2020 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , US , Oil , Iran , energy
US and Iran in an Uneasy Calm
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

President Trump has the uncanny habit of surprising the world by his unique and often contentious tweets on foreign policy issues. But this time it pleased many. “All is Well” tweeted President Trump after 20 odd Iranian missiles apparently targe....

January 10, 2020 US , West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , unconditional talks , Trump , Soleimani , missiles attack , JCPOA , Javad Jarief , Arab Spring
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