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The Asian Venture – Visit of Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad Bin Salman (MBS) is on his Asian tour starting with Islamabad. Saudi Arabia has been a major benefactor of Pakistan and once again being driven by Pakistan PM Imran Khan he even declared himself to be the Ambassa....

February 20, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Saudi Crown Prince , Prince Bin Salman’s India visit
United Arab Emirates (UAE) on a Religious Roll
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The Arab Spring in its nearly eight years of existence continues to guide the pan-Arab leaders to be more attentive to the democratic, socio-economic and religious needs of their constituents even if the far reaching reforms are gradual in coming. Sa....

February 13, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Benign rule in UAE , Indo-UAE relations
West Asia Round Up, January 2019
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Pakistan PM Imran Khan regains in the GCC
On 6 January 2019, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan paid a one day visit to Pakistan. The Crown Prince was personally received by Prime Minister Imran Khan. The relati....

February 07, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , West Asia developments , Palestine in UN
Mike Pompeo’s trip to West Asia
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

Between 8 and 15 January 2019, the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo undertook an eight country visit to Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman and an unplanned trip to Iraq.1 The trip to Kuwait was ....

February 04, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Pompeo’s West Asian tour , US-West Asia engegements
Opportunities before India: Chabahar Port and India Ports Global Ltd. - Involvement Portends Extended Cooperation among Iran-India and Afghanistan
Gautam Sen Article

Formal inauguration of India Ports Global Ltd (IPGL) - an Indian private registered company and classified as a Union Government company - operations on 25th December last year, at Shahid Beheshti port at Chabahar in Iran`s Sistan-Balochis....

January 21, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , India Ports Global Ltd , Chabahar Shahid Behesti Port , India-Iran relations
West Asia Review- December 2018
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

West Asia continued to be fraught with conflicts, competition and crisis with newer challenges springing up with the decision of US to withdraw its troops from Syria, and Iraq leaving the field wide open for Russia and regional competing powers i.e. ....

January 08, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , West Asia situation , conflict in Syria
President Trump’s Decision on US withdrawal: Middle East and the Afghanistan Situation
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

President Trump announced on December 20 his decision to withdraw 2,000 US troops from Syria. He justified the decision on the ground that the Islamic State of Iraq & Syria (ISIS) has been defeated. Same time, the UN Security Council adopted Resoluti....

December 26, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , US in Afghanistan , ISIS in Syria
West Asia Roundup, November 2018
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Iraq
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi finally became the Head of Government in a fledgling Iraqi political and security scenario. Despite some consensus between the two largest parliamentary coalitions and blessings of their respect....

December 12, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , West Asia in November , Palestine-Israel conflict
The Middle East and the Israeli Gains – Bridging the Diplomatic Divide
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Gloom in Middle East
The Middle East has been wrenching and reeling under an unprecedented pressure during the last decade. In recent times, this has been further accentuated by self-inflicted goals and self-defeating regional diplomatic ....

November 13, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Khashoggi Affair , Saudi Regime , Israel-Qatar Diplomacy
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 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Saudi Arabia , Khashoggi murder , Syrian conflict
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