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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

पश्चिम एशियाई घटनाक्रमः सितंबर 2018

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा (यूएनजीए) में अपने संबोधन में इजरायल के प्रधानमंत्री बेंजामिन नेतन्या�....

October 29, 2018 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , पश्चिम एशियाई क्षेत्र में तनाव , इजरायल-तुर्की-ईरान संबंध

West Asia Developments: September, 2018

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Iran: Nuclear Issue

Speaking at the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu brought to fore their penchant for Iran bashing, claiming that Iran was hiding an atomic warehouse in Tehran. He called for the IAEA to begin in....

October 11, 2018 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , West Asia , Iran-Israel

The Tehran Summit

Amb D P Srivastava, Senior Fellow & Cluster Leader, VIF Commentary

The trilateral Summit of Iran, Turkey and Russia concluded in Tehran on 7th September with a reaffirmation of support for the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Syria. The Summit once again underlined the central role of Ru....

September 12, 2018 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Tehran Summit , Syria-Idlib war , Astana Process

Developments in West Asia, August 2018

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Jordan-Palestine Confederation

President Trump had spoken about his “ Deal of the Century” for resolving the Palestinian issue. He also created a huge controversy and immense setback to the prospects of the Middle East Peace Process w....

September 12, 2018 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Yemen , Jordan- Palestine , Iran-US

The Ottoman Syndrome

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The newly elected leader Imran Khan of Pakistan, in his very first tweet, commiserated with President Erdogan tweeting, “On behalf of the people of Pakistan and myself, I want to let President Erdogan and the people of Turkey know we are praying fo....

August 23, 2018 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Featured , US trade sanctions , Turkey-US relations

West Asia Highlights

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Russia and Middle East

Moscow holds the key to Peace between Jerusalem and Damascus

Israel has maintained pressure and occasional military and drone interventions across Golan Heights into Syria and would have liked to see ....

August 07, 2018 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , West Asia conflicts , Gulf Dispute

Middle East Peace Process- in the Docks

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....

July 05, 2018 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Trump’s Deal of Century , Middle East Peace Process

Jordan is at the Cross Roads

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

During the last weeks of the month of Ramadan, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan faced the public wrath and continued demonstrations due to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sponsored taxation regime and a poor state of the economy and opportunity ....

June 21, 2018 Jordan unrest , Government change in Jordan , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia

Changing Political Landscape in the Middle East

Amb D P Srivastava, Senior Fellow & Cluster Leader, VIF Commentary

President Trump’s announcement of US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal comes at a time, when the political landscape in the Middle East is changing fast. Hizbullah won the majority in Lebanon elections in early May. The Iraqi election results ....

May 21, 2018 Middle East politics , Elections in Iraq , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia