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Challenges for the New President of European Commission

Sixty year-old, Ursula von der Leyen, the German defense minister, has been nominated by the national governments of the European Union (EU) to be president of the European Commission (EC). If the nomination is approved by EU Parliament, Leyen will b....

July 16, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Article , European Commission , new president of EC , EC president’s challenges

Burhan Wani and the Rise in Militancy in South Kashmir

Bashir Assad Article

In the continuing trend of Kashmiri youth joining militancy, five youth from five villages under the jurisdiction of Srigufwara and Bijbehara police stations in Anantnag district went missing in the last week of June. They showed up on social media s....

July 16, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Kashmir militancy , Burhan Wani factor , New hot bed of militancy

पश्चिमी एशिया की समीक्षा- मई, 2019

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

अमेरिका और ईरान

पवित्र रमजान का महीना मई, अमन बहाली के बजाय, मध्य-पूर्व में तनाव बढ़ने का गव�....

July 16, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , ईरान पर अमेरिकी प्रतिबंध , मध्य-पूर्व तनाव , इस्राइल-फिलिस्तीन विवाद , सीरिया शांति प्रक्रिया

US Policy and India’s Energy Needs

Aayush Mohanty Article

The United States of America has decided to roll back the waivers on its sanctions on entities or countries engaged in oil trade with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The waivers known as Significant Reduction Exemption (SRE) expired on 2 May 2019. Non....

July 15, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Iran sanctions , Oil supply , India’s energy security

Budget 2019: Indian diplomacy needed a shot in the arm but budget flatters to deceive

Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Union Budget 2019 India: Analysis reveals some notable facts: the MEA budget, from being close to 0.1% of India’s GDP in 2012-13, declined to 0.08% in 2018-19. Union Budget 2019 India: As the stature of India rises internationally, its diplomac....

July 10, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , VIF Scholars Outreach , Article , MEA , Parliamentary Standing Committee , Union Budget 2019 , India’s Act East Policy

Air Defence Cover for Mechanised Forces: The Bigger Picture

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The Event

On 10 May 2019, it was reported in the media that India had finally selected the South Korean made Hanwha K 30 Biho (Flying Tiger), a highly mobile short range Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) weapon system, to protect its for....

July 10, 2019 Defence , Climate Change , Article

India’s Lesser Known, yet Dangerous Maoist Groups

Dr Uddipan Mukherjee Article

The Maoist movement in India is known by the violent activities of the Communist Party of India-Maoist [CPI-M] – the organization which took shape in September 2004 with the merger of the People’s War Group based in the southern state of Andhra P....

July 08, 2019 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Maoist groups , Maoists in Manipur , North East insurgency

Losing Istanbul Twice: Erdogan’s Humbling Moment

Dr Yatharth Kachiar Article

Introduction

President Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (also known as AKP by its Turkish acronym) conceded a major defeat in the re-run of Istanbul mayoral elections on June 23 indicating a tectonic shift in Turkey’s po....

July 08, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Turkish democracy , Istanbul shock , Erdogan’s dictatorial trends

West Asia Round up - June 2019

Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

Abstract

June was a particularly hot month in so far as the developments in the Middle East are concerned. In the US-Iran imbroglio one witnessed a ‘hot & cold’ approach with the US continuing with its maximum pressure tactics whi....

July 05, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , US-Iran confrontation , Iran attacks US drone , Kushner’s Deal of the Century , Israel-Syria air attacks , Protests in Sudan