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Boris Johnson and the Irish Backstop: Obduracy will only Work against the British and Irish Peoples` Interests

Britain is in a political crisis situation. Conservative Party premier, Boris Johnson has threatened to leave the European Union (EU) without a re-negotiated deal on Britain`s withdrawal arrangements with that multilateral body. The withdrawal arrang....

September 16, 2019 Brexit complexities , Irish factor in Brexit , British parliamentary concerns on Brexit , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe

Britain does a ‘Britain’ as Europe Dithers like ‘Europe’

Rajesh Soami Article

The European Union (EU) has been labouring hard to prove that it is serious about carrying more political heft in the world. Statements emanating from Brussels have made all the right noises in this direction. However, it seems that the usual pulls ....

August 12, 2019 Brexit and EU , UK Navy in Persian Gulf , EU unity vs administration , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe

Challenges for the New President of European Commission

Gautam Sen Article

Sixty year-old, Ursula von der Leyen, the German defense minister, has been nominated by the national governments of the European Union (EU) to be president of the European Commission (EC). If the nomination is approved by EU Parliament, Leyen will b....

July 16, 2019 European Commission , new president of EC , EC president’s challenges , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe

Mrs. May's Resignation and European Parliament Elections

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Mrs. May’s resignation on 24^th May coincided with the European Parliament elections. The resignation was directly linked to Britain’s European Union (EU) policy, and her failure to get approval of British Parliament for the Brexit dea....

June 01, 2019 Europe , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , PM May’s resignation , Britain’s EU policy , Brexit

Brexit, EU and future of Regional Integration

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The EU Summit on 21^st March decided to extend the Brexit dead-line beyond 29^th March. However, it set two dead-lines instead of one. A slightly longer dead-line of 22^nd May is in case British Parliament approves the ....

March 29, 2019 Europe , International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , UK-EU Brexit deal , Brexit

Brexit - Mrs May Steps Back from the Brink?

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Mrs May has postponed a meaningful vote on Brexit deal to 12^th March. She assured the Parliament that in case the deal negotiated by her government is rejected, the MPs will be given a chance to vote whether they approve crashing out of Eu....

March 07, 2019 Brexit voting , Brexit dilemma , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe

An Underrated Summit: Macedonia

Aayush Mohanty, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

The Greek Prime Minister and the Macedonian Prime Minister on June 17 concluded an agreement which led to Macedonia renaming itself as Northern Macedonia.¹ This is expected to bring an end to a 27 year dispute over Macedonia’s name that ....

July 05, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Renaming Macedonia , Greek-Macedonia agreement , Europe

India’s Nordic Outreach

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

En route to UK for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Sweden on April 16 & 17. It will be a bilateral visit, with multilateral engagements, for the first Indo-Nordic Summit at St....

April 13, 2018 India-Sweden trade , Indo-Nordic Summit , International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe

14th EU-India Summit : The Need For A Fresh Perspective

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The Summit The 14th European Union (EU)-India Summit was held in New Delhi on 6th October, 2017. It showed the maturity of the process that began in 2000 with Lisbon Summit. Both the partners have gone through major changes since....

October 23, 2017 EU trade , EU-India Summit , International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe

Terror Strikes Europe: Testing Time for EU’s Collective Security

C D Sahay, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Even though Daesh has been facing serious setbacks in Iraq and Syria with its major strongholds getting demolished by the security forces, the month of August 2017 did not bring the expected joy across European cities. Three cities in Europe ....

October 04, 2017 collective security , Europe , Terrorism , International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe