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Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The cinders of the Arab Spring of 2010-11 have been reignited after smouldering for a while given the mixed outcomes and unfulfilled promises and expectations. The countries starting with Tunisia, that underwent the revolutions, witnessed minor chang....

November 11, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Turmoil of protests in West Asia , Popular angst against regimes in Arab world , External meddling in Levant , Arab Spring 2.0

Narendra Modi’s visit to Saudi Arabia

Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Commentary

On 28 and 29 October 2019, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a visit to Saudi Arabia and met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud and the crown prince, Mohammed Bin Salman. The Indian Prime Minister also met with Saudi Environment, Water and....

November 08, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , India , India-Saudi Arabia relations , Strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia , Modi’s visit to Saudi Arabia

हॉन्ग कॉन्ग मसले पर पार्टी के भीतर मतभेद शी चिनफिंग के लिए समस्या

Jayadeva Ranade Article

चीन का नेतृत्व हॉन्ग कॉन्ग में 9 सितंबर को हुए विरोध प्रदर्शन की तस्वीरों और वीडियो से भड़का जरू....

November 06, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , चीन , हॉन्ग कॉन्ग , हॉन्ग कॉन्ग में जारी प्रदर्शन

US-Iran Conflict and its Impact on Central Asia: An Assessment

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The Central Asian Republics (CARs) and The Islamic Republic of Iran have followed a mutual policy of increased political and economic cooperation in recent times, which is primarily based on age-old ethnocultural and historical ties between the two r....

November 04, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , Iran and the CARs , SCO and Iran , US-Iran issues

एक्ट फार ईस्ट नीति: भारत की विदेश नीति में नया अंग

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी रूस के राष्ट्रपति व्लादीमिर पुतिन के न्योते पर 4-5 सितंबर 2019 को ईस्टर्....

October 25, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article

Iraq Protests and the Problem of Ethno-Sectarian Balancing

Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

Iraq has been witnessing widespread protests that began in Baghdad on 1 October 2019 and spread throughout the state to express frustration about the deteriorating economic situation, corruption, unemployment, poverty, poor quality of services etc. T....

October 25, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Iraqi peoples’ woes , governance failures in Iraq

Interaction with the Delegation from Shanghai Institute of International Studies

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted a delegation from Shanghai Institute of International Studies on 19 September 2019 at VIF. The delegation was led by Dr Chen Dongxiao, the other members of the delegations were Liu Youfa (served a....

October 22, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , CPEC , US-China trade , India-China relations , Act Far East , Shanghai Institute , Middle East

Modi-Xi and the Chennai Connect: From Home Town Diplomacy to Civilizational Diplomacy

Dr Teshu Singh Commentary

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited India on the invitation of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the second informal summit. The previous one was held at the Wuhan in 2018. It was the 19th meeting between the two leaders at various multilateral a....

October 22, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , India-China relations , Mahabalipuram informal summit , Modi-Xi Jinping talks

West Asia Round Up: September, 2019

Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

Abstract

The Persian Gulf Crisis

The Middle East continued to worry the world especially in the wake of drone attacks on the two Saudi oil facilities that reduced the Saudi oil output by almost half. It displayed the vulnerabi....

October 15, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , West Asia , Saudi-Iran initiative , Iran’s regional actions

Interaction with the Delegation from Taiwan External Trade Development Council

A delegation from the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), Taiwan visited the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 20 September 2019. The delegation was led by Shih-Chung Liu, Vice-Chairman of TAITRA. Dr Arvind Gupta deliv....

October 14, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , artificial intelligence , Taiwan External Trade Development Council , TAITRA , Nano Technology , Economic security