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International Relations and Diplomacy

A Perilous Quadrangle: Iran, United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia

The world is witnessing with increasing alarm the escalating tension in West Asia. We do not know whether there will be a war. But we have reasons to fear that hostilities might break out if there is no de-escalation. We do not see, as yet, any signs....

June 19, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Sanctions on Iran , Iran’s nuclear programme , Dangers of US-Iran confrontation

Interaction with the Delegation from the Prospect Foundation

The Vivekananda International Foundation hosted a delegation from the Prospect Foundation, Taipei led by Dr Mark Tan-sun Chen. The other members of the delegation were Dr Joanne Jaw-ling Chang Chyou, Dr Arthur Shufan Ding, Dr Ming-fang Tsai, Dr Mei-f....

June 18, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , foreign policy , Indo-Pacific , UNSC , Indian Ocean Region , Prospect Foundation , India-Taiwan Relations , Indo-Pacific Security

Contextualising the US-Iran Tensions

Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

The recent stand-off between Iran and the United States (US) is rooted in US President Donald Trump’s announcement to withdraw from Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on 8 May 2018, arguing that Iran was violating the spirit of the deal by ....

June 18, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Chabahar Port , US-Iran confrontation , withdrawal fro JCPOA , India’s oil imports

अमेरिकी प्रतिबंध, ईरान की प्रतिक्रिया और तेल की बिगड़ती स्थिति

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

राष्ट्रपति हसन रूहानी ने 8 जुलाई को राष्ट्रीय टेलीविजन पर अपने भाषण में ऐलान किया कि ईरान परमाण�....

June 18, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , ईरान तेल पर अमेरिकी प्रतिबंध , ईरान तेल निर्यात , ईरानी अर्थव्यवस्था पर संकट , कच्चे तेल का आयात

Tiananmen Square Incident @ 30

Dr Gunjan Singh Commentary

The year 2019 is very special in the calendar of China as it marks some of the most important anniversaries. But the one anniversary which Beijing refuses to acknowledge is the thirty years since the Tiananmen Square Incident. On June 3 and 4, 1989 h....

June 14, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Tiananmen 89 , Party surveillance in China

Seminar on ‘Shipping, Ship-ownership and Shipbuilding in India: Policies, Praxis and Prospects’

A seminar was organised on the above topic on May 16, 2019 at the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi. It was a sequel to ongoing discussions on the need for greater impetus on the shipping, ship-ownership and shipbuilding sector of India....

June 13, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Seminars , shipping , Shipbuilding in India , Sea , Ports , India’s economy

Where is Sudan Going?

Amb K P Fabian Article

We start with where Sudan is coming from. It is a young state with an impressively long history. The Kingdom of Kush in the region known as Nubia in antiquity had much interaction with ancient Egypt, and it provided a line of Pharaohs to the 25th dyn....

June 13, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , Sudan politics , Sudan in protests , Civilian government in Sudan

नज़रबायेव के बाद कज़ाकस्तान का भविष्य: आकलन

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

कज़ाकस्तान के राष्ट्रपति नूरसुल्तान नज़रबायेव ने 19 मार्च 2019 को टेलीविजन संदेश के जरिये ऐतिहास�....

June 12, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , कज़ाकस्तान के राष्ट्रपति का सत्ता हस्तांतरण , अंतरिम राष्ट्रपति का शपथ , सामाजिक-आर्थिक क्षेत्रों में चुनौतियों

West Asia Review, May 2019

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

US-Iran

May, the holy month of Ramadan, instead of ensuing peace, witnessed heightening of tensions in the Middle East region. On May 2, President Trump declared that no more waivers in purchase of oil will be allowed for the eight count....

June 10, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , West Asia developments , Confabulations in West Asia , Syria-India relation

Talk by H.E. Sidharto Suryodipuro, Ambassador of Indonesia to India

On 27th May Vivekanand International Foundation hosted the Ambassador of Indonesia to New Delhi, H.E. Sidharto Suryodhipuro. The Ambassador delivered a talk on ‘Indonesia and the Indo-Pacific’. The gist of his talk is given in the succeeding para....

June 09, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Indonesia , Maritime domain