Articles

India pursues an independent foreign policy. But given the pulls and pressures of geopolitical realities, it is not an easy task. There is often a tendency in India to focus on US and Japan while ignoring Russia. This will be counter-productive. Indi....

May 13, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Russia and China , Indo-Russian relations , balancing US

The Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation: An Assessment

Dr Teshu Singh, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

The Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF), titled as ‘Working together to deliver a Brighter Future for Belt and Road Cooperation”, held in Beijing, China on 25-27th April 2019 attracted wide international attention. It ....

May 13, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Xi Jinping’s speech , Second Belt and Road Forum , BRI reforms

US Sanctions, Iran’s Response and worsening Oil Situation

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

President Rouhani in a nationally televised speech on 8^th May announced that Iran would not be temporarily performing some of its obligations under the nuclear deal or Joint Comprehensive Action Plan (JCPOA). This is not withdrawal from th....

May 10, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , JCPOA , Iranian oil exports , India’s import bill , West Asia

उत्तर कोरिया मामले में ट्रंप की “अधिकतम दबाव” की रणनीति की सीमाएं

Kapil Patil, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

जापानी एजेंसियों ने 30 नवंबर को उत्तर कोरिया के जहाजों को लगातार कई दिनों तक तट से दूर विदेशी जहा�....

May 10, 2019 उत्तर कोरिया के अवैध गतिवधि , उत्तर कोरिया परमाणु एवं मिसाइल कार्यक्रम , ट्रंप की “अधिकतम दबाव” रणनीति , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy

West Asia Round-up - April 2019

Hirak Jyoti Das, Research Associate, VIF Article

Libya Civil War

After eight years of Arab Spring the plight of the Libyans continues unabated. General Khalifa Haftar, debunking the proposed conference (power sharing agreement) that could have ushered in some stability through a dialog....

May 09, 2019 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article

ASEAN needs India to preserve its centrality in a multi-polar Indo-Pacific

Commodore Somen Banerjee, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

A workshop of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Regional Forum (ARF) was concluded in Dili, Timor-Leste on April 26, 2019. A range of issues would have been on the table including the Rohingya refugee crisis, radicalisation and the S....

May 01, 2019 Indo-Pacific , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Indo-Pacific power-play , China’s assertiveness in East Asia , ASEAN Centrality

China’s Impending Economic Slowdown is a Mixed Bag for Africa

Uday Khanapurkar Commentary

China’s impending economic slowdown promises to send shockwaves through the world’s economies and is compelling them to assess exposure and explore mitigation strategies. Nowhere is the imperative more pressing than in Africa, where linkages with....

May 01, 2019 Africa , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , China’s economic slow down , China’s African ventures , African economics

ऑपरेशन सहायता: भारतीय नौसेना ने ज़रूरत के समय की अफ्रीका की मदद

Dr Neha Sinha, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

मोजांबिक पर कैटेगरी 4 के चक्रवात ‘इदई’ की गाज गिरने के बाद यह चक्रवात महाद्वीप में और भी चला गया, ....

April 26, 2019 Africa , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article

The Arab Spring Reborn

Amb K P Fabian Commentary

When it was generally assumed that the Arab Spring that began by felling dictators one by one in 2011 (Ben Ali in Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, Muhammed Ghaddafi in Libya, followed by Ali Saleh in Yemen in 2012) had lost its way, with none of the....

April 25, 2019 A new Arab Spring , Algeria and democracy , revolt in Algeria , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa

Putin’s recent Visit to Kyrgyzstan: Major Takeaways

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Assistant, VIF Commentary

Background

The Russian President’s visit to Kyrgyzstan is considered to be significant at a time when there is a strong anti-Chinese sentiments arising within the local Kyrgyz population regarding the arrest of ethnic Kyrgyz in Xinjiang....

April 23, 2019 Central Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Russian President’s visit to Kyrgyzstan , China-Kyrgyzstan-Russia dimensions