Articles

Prime Minister Modi in Athens: A Visit of Special Significance

The Prime Minister of India, Mr Narendra Modi, paid an official visit to Athens recently. Mr Modi represents modern India, a country the average Greek knows very little about. As far as India is concerned, the Greek collective memory is dominat....

September 04, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , PM Modi , Greece , Athens

West Asia Roundup: July 2023

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Winds of rapprochement continue to blow over the region. President Erdogan paid visits to Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Doha. He also expressed keenness to talk to Greece while agreeing to remove his hold from the Swedish entry to NATO. ....

August 16, 2023 Israel-Palestine Conflict , Greece , Jake Sullivan , West Asia Round Up , Kenya , Ebrahim Raisi , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Uganda

Libya: Turning a New Page?

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

After months of stalemate, a cease-fire in Libya was announced on 21st August in parallel statements by the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) and the House of Representative (HOR) based in Tobruk. General Haftar however, issued a dism....

September 22, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Egypt , Turkey , GNA , COVID-19 , Greece , UAE , Gen Haftar , Mediterranean , Muslim Brotherhood Tobruk , UNSecurity Council

Turkey’s stand-off with Greece and Cyprus in the Mediterranean

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The EU Council issued a statement on 14th August reaffirming its ‘full solidarity with Greece and Cyprus’.¹ The statement reiterated that ‘sovereign rights of EU member states must be respected’.² It stressed that ‘Imm....

August 18, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Turkey , Kemal Ataturk , EU , Erdogan , Greece , France , Cyprus , Mediteranian , Ottoman Empire

Turkey using refugees as a leverage

Rajesh Soami Commentary

Turkey has aided all shades of Syrian rebels (except the Kurds) with arms and other kinds of support in the Syrian civil war since it began in 2011. The Turkish army has also launched incursions across the border and now controls swathes of territory....

March 09, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Erdogan , Syrian civil war , Moscow , Assad regime , Islamic radicals , EU policy , Migrants , refugees , Greece