Articles

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

President Biden’s statement last week that there would be a Hamas-Israel deal by Monday, 4th March had raised hopes for a breakthrough in the talks being hosted in Cairo for hostage release and a pause in fighting. Israel had not sent its delegatio....

March 13, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Gaza , UNGA , Netanyahu , Hezbollah , Biden , Hamas , ICJ , hostages

International Court of Justice and Adjudication on Israel`s Military Operations in Gaza and Human Rights Violation

Gautam Sen Article

Based on the United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) request for an advisory opinion on `Legal Consequences arising from Israel’s Policies and Practices in Occupied Palestinian Territory’, the principal judicial organ of the UN - International....

March 01, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , UNSC , genocide , Gaza , UNGA , Hamas , South Africa

Afghanistan and Central Asia: The Canal Conundrum

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

In 2021, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in an attempted military takeover that overthrew the country’s officially recognised government. The Taliban encountered little resistance in retaking control of Kabul in less unusual circumstances.....

September 22, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Soviet Union , Taliban , UNGA , Amu Darya , Qosh Tepa Canal , Protocol 566 , Uzbekistan. Turkmenistan , Trilateral meeting

Neighborhood News Digest – 21 September 2023

Afghanistan

Over 100 Afghan Security Outposts Built Along Durand Line – Tolo News

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has established more than 100 security outposts alongside the Durand Line in the eastern parts of the count....

September 21, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Nepal , Afghanistan , Bhutan , elections , UNGA , Durand Line , India-Bangladesh , China-Sri Lanka , PM Dahal , Grant assistance , FM Jilani , Meat import , Nuclear Treaty

Neighborhood News Digest – 18 September 2023

Afghanistan

U.S. woman among 18 NGO staff detained in Afghanistan – The Hindu

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have arrested at least 18 staff of an international NGO, including an American woman, accusing them of carryin....

September 18, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , ASEAN , Afghanistan , Bhutan , elections , Terrorists , Tourism , UNGA , Lithium , HRW , fuel Prices , CJP , NGO , Saffron , Life Expectancy , Garment

Neighborhood News Digest – 22 June 2023

Afghanistan

Forcefully Displacing, Relocating Ethnic Groups Should be Stopped in Afghanistan: CSTO – The Khaama Press

The foreign ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) demanded that the forced disp....

June 22, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Nepal , Maldives , Afghanistan , Bhutan , International Yoga Day , Imran Khan , UNGA , Inflation , UN , TTP , Nasheed , Manipur Violence , Sri Lanka China , Myanmar-India , Ethnic groups , Wheat

Neighborhood News Digest – 31 March 2023

Afghanistan

UN Says Attacks On Afghans 'unacceptable' After Deadly Explosion Rocks Kabul – Republic World

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan denounced the deadly explosion that rocked the capital city of Kabul....

March 31, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , Indo-Pacific , Afghanistan , Politics , Bhutan , elections , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Taliban , BRI , EU , UK , IMF , UNGA , women rights , ethnicity , HRW , India-Myanmar , Bhutan Economy , Sri Lanka-India , Electricity , Visa , Onam-Maldives , Rohinhgyas , Chief Justice , Forex

China: Daily Scan, November 9, 2022

Intelligent marine equipment shines in Airshow China, helps safeguard China's maritime security: Global Times

November 7, 2022

Various types of marine equipment, especially intelligent unmanned high-speed vessels, which are play....

November 09, 2022 COVID-19 , UNGA , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , COMAC , Liaoning , Macao , Guangzhou , C919

The India Way @ the UNGA

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

It appeared from media reports and commentaries as if India was the flavour at the 77th UNGA where India was ably represented by her Foreign Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar. This is not a eulogy for the EAM but he is known to call a spade a spade whic....

October 06, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Russia , UNSC , Ukraine , Multilateralism , UNGA , reforms , G 20

Myanmar Round Up - March 2022

27 March 2022 marked the 77th Armed Forces Day, and the military celebrated the day with the display of its might, with troops, tanks, missiles and aircraft. This day marks the Burmese army's resistance to Japanese occupation in 1945. However, the cu....

April 12, 2022 Protests , UNHRC , COVID-19 , refugees , UNGA , Myanmar Round Up , Military Coup , Human Rights Watch , WhatshappeninginMyanmar , Ukrainewar , fuelcrisis