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West Asia Review, October, 2018
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) - Jamal Khashoggi Fiasco
Saudi Arabia and its maverick Prince Mohammed Bin Salman called upon themselves the global criticism due to a botched up assassination of an insider-outsider critic in Khashoggi insid....

November 06, 2018 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Syrian conflict , Saudi Arabia , Khashoggi murder
Iran, US Sanctions and Oil
Amb D P Srivastava, Senior Fellow & Cluster Leader, VIF Commentary

US oil and banking sanctions against Iran have gone into effect on 4th November. President Trump announced that these are toughest ever sanctions imposed by the US. The date is symbolic. It is the anniversary of the take over of US Embassy in Tehran ....

November 06, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , US Sanctions , Iran oil , Energy Security , International Relations and Diplomacy
Ethiopia Hosts the First African Forum on Cybercrime
Dr Neha Sinha, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

The African nations are facing the fastest growth rate in Internet penetration worldwide. The African Union has revealed that the digital connectivity in the continent has tripled in the last five years, and it is also expected that by 2020, nearly a....

November 02, 2018 Africa , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Cybercrime , African Forum 2018
पश्चिम एशियाई घटनाक्रमः सितंबर 2018
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा (यूएनजीए) में अपने संबोधन में इजरायल के प्रधानमंत्री बेंजामिन नेतन्या....

October 29, 2018 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , पश्चिम एशियाई क्षेत्र में तनाव , इजरायल-तुर्की-ईरान संबंध
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s Visit to India Charts a New Course in the ‘Strategic Partnership’
Skand Ranjan Tayal Commentary

The 2nd President of independent Uzbekistan was in India on 30 September and 1 October 2018 on a significant State visit. After the death of the first President Islam Karimov in September 2016, the then Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev w....

October 24, 2018 Central Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Uzbek Presidential visit , India-Uzbekistan
Pakistan Withdrawal from Combined Task Force 151: Does it Presage a Lethal Military Bloc – An Alliance of Four (Ao4)?
Commodore Somen Banerjee, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistan Navy’s Pull-out
It was reported by Al Jazeera that the Pakistan Navy had pulled out of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 on October 08, 2018. However, there has been no official confirmation by the Pakistan Navy. CTF 151 was establ....

October 16, 2018 Combined Task Force , Arabian Sea Lanes , Pakistan Navy , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific
West Asia Developments: September, 2018
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Iran: Nuclear Issue
Speaking at the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu brought to fore their penchant for Iran bashing, claiming that Iran was hiding an atomic warehouse in Tehran. He called for the IAEA to begin in....

October 11, 2018 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , West Asia , Iran-Israel
Libya in Turmoil
Amb D P Srivastava, Senior Fellow & Cluster Leader, VIF Article

Nearly seven years after the revolution, Libya remains in the grip of civil war. The country’s ranking in terms of the UN Human Development Index has continued to fall from 43rd in pre-revolution period (2010) to 50th in the immediate post-revoluti....

October 01, 2018 Africa , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , post-revolution Libya , Libyan turmoil
Address of Shri. T. S. Tirumurti, Secretary (ER), at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), on ‘Enhancing India-Africa Cooperation’, 26 Sep, 2018
T. S. Tirumurti

Dr. Arvind Gupta, Amb D P Srivastava, High Commissioner of Rwanda to India Ernest Rwamucyo, Shri Tulsi Tanti, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen. It is indeed a great pleasure for me to be present here for the inaugural session of ‘Enhancing In....

September 28, 2018 India-Africa Cooperation , Rwanda , Prime Minister Modi , Ugandan , International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa
Korean Peninsula – Two Steps Forwards, One and a Half Steps Back
Amb Vishnu Prakash Commentary

A productive inter-Korean summit was held in Pyongyang on 18 to 20 September - the third since April 2018. The historic first North Korea-USA summit took place in Singapore on 12 June. Preparations for the second are afoot. President Xi Jinping a....

September 27, 2018 Indo-Pacific , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , North Korea denuclearisation , Korean peace
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