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VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - November 29, 2022

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Hina holds political talks with Afghan govt today – Dawn
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar will pay a one-day visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday (today) to hold a political dialogue with the Afghan....

November 29, 2022 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Palestine , ASEAN , Nepal elections , Bhutan , BSF , Taliban , EU , Arakan army , IMF , Environment , TTP , BNP , Nepal polls , Tokyo-Dhaka , Constitution Day , Sri Lanka-India , Afghanistan Pakistan , Afghanistan Iran , India Nepal
West Asia Round up-July 2022

Abstract:
After 19 months into his Presidency the US Administration decided that President Joe Biden embark on a ‘mending fences’ visit to West Asia including Israel, Palestine and Saudi Arabia to interact bilaterally and regionally ....

August 12, 2022 Israel , Palestine , US , Iran , Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Syria , West Asia , West Asia Round Up , Iran-Taliban Clashes
Israel’s Africa Conundrum: Bilateral Relations, Multilateral Opposition
Samir Bhattacharya Article

Background
In the first week of February, the annual summit of the African Union (AU) took place in Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, the headquarters of the African Union. The principal objective of the meeting was to evaluate AU's achieveme....

February 17, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , Jerusalem , Israel , Palestine , India , International Relations , Algeria , United Nations , Netanyahu , ECOWAS , Non-Aligned Movement , Yom Kippur War , Arab , African Union , Israel in Africa , Nigeria , South Africa
Understanding Israel as Jewish Democratic State

Israel since its formation in 1948 continues to remain as one of the few democratic states in West Asian region. The state of Israel officially calls itself as a Jewish democratic state. The research seeks to explore the stated dual objectives i.e. J....

September 04, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Israel , Palestine , Zionism , Aliya , Balfour Declaration , Arab-Israel Wars , Ethnic Democracy , Knesset , Jewish Democratic State
The Hamas Factor
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Nearly a century old Palestinian movement has its own kaleidoscope of internal dynamic, competition for power and legitimacy even if the sole object of their attention remains the Jewish state of Israel. While Palestinians want their own free soverei....

June 02, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Jerusalem , Israel , Palestine , US , Gaza , Hamas , Two State solution
Israel-Palestine Conflict 2021: The Ghost from the Past
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

“They [Hamas] attacked our capital. They launched missiles at our cities. They are paying, and will pay, a very heavy price for this. This is not yet over. We [Israel] will do everything to restore security to our cities and our people.�....

May 20, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Jerusalem , Israel , Palestine , India , Gaza , Hamas , counterterrorism , PIJ
Escalation between Iran and Israel
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Join Amb. Anil Trigunayat and Hirak Jyoti Das unfold the ongoing escalation between Iran and Israel; the US role and the future of the JCPOA.....

May 11, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Israel , Palestine , US , Iran , JCPOA , Podcast , Cyberwar fare
Middle East and the Next US President -Worries Galore
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

U.S. has traditionally been the arbiter of the security in the Middle East. Of late, arguably there have been signs of U.S. distraction and disengagement as the geo-economics and geo-politics transform the power matrix especially towards the Indo-Pac....

November 12, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , Palestine , JCPOA , GCC , Golan Heights , Peace Process , Deal of the century , Netanyahu , Riyadh , Tel Aviv
The Israeli-UAE Deal
Amb K P Fabian Article

On 13th August 2020, President Trump announced that he had brokered a deal between Israel and the U.A.E to normalize relations. It is rather strange that a third country should be the first to announce a deal between two other countries. Obviously, T....

August 19, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Palestine , Trump , Saudi Arabia , Oman , Netanyahu , UAE , annexation plans , Bahrain
Mapping Israeli Sovereignty, Jewish Settlements, and a Future Palestinian State
Mayuri Mukherjee Article

July 1 has come and gone, and despite the hysteria in some circles, the world did not wake up this past Wednesday to find that Israel had become sovereign over large parts of Palestinian land. So what was all the hoopla about, and what lies ahead? ....

July 08, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Palestine , Golan Heights , West Bank , refugees , sovereignty , Trump Peace Plan , East Jerusalem , Annexation
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