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Mrs. May's Resignation and European Parliament Elections
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Mrs. May’s resignation on 24th 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 21st March decided to extend the Brexit dead-line beyond 29th March. However, it set two dead-lines instead of one. A slightly longer dead-line of 22nd 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 12th 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
Ukraine Developments: US/ EU Attempt to Stretch Europe’s Frontiers?
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Developments in Ukraine should be understood as part of US/EU's project of stretching the frontiers of "Europe" eastwards as far as possible in order either to eventually topple the present Russian political and economic order from within and make Ru....

March 13, 2014 Russia , US , Europe , International Relations and Diplomacy
Back From The Brink
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Contrary to all expectations, the Italian marines have returned to India for trial. After having formally announced that the marines will not come back, the Italian government has dramatically reversed its position. This suggests that the hardliners ....

March 29, 2013 Europe , International Relations and Diplomacy
Italy goes back on its word
Amb Kanwal Sibal

The latest turn of events in the Italian marines case is most unfortunate for both India and Italy as the bilateral relationship is being put under serious strain. The Indian side had greater reason to feel aggrieved by the cause of the crisis. In....

March 19, 2013 Europe , International Relations and Diplomacy
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