Articles

Prime Minister Netanyahu tried to move heaven and earth, including Washington, to get the approval of the Knesset for annexing a part of the West Bank—details are yet to be revealed—by 1st July. He has failed. He could not get his Cabinet to agre....

July 01, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Trump , Netanyahu , Annexation plan. UN Partition Plan , Oslo Accords , EU MPs , Jared Kushner

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 1, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Medical

Flagship US medical academy backs EU efforts for global virus response

Victor Dzau, National Academy of Medicine president, appealed to Ursula von der Leyen, his European Commission counterpart, to boost global develop....

May 01, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Trump , Wuhan virus , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , US medical academy , Global virus response , Interior Ministry , MSMEs , G20 Fundraiser , Covid-19 Drugs

Diaspora in Doldrums

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Covid 19 virus has brought the world to a standstill and imposed an overly defensive mode. Countries are cut off with one another with increasing restrictions on movement. Only stranded citizens or some special categories have been allowed to be repa....

April 28, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Trump , Indian Diaspora , COVID-19 , Immigration , Evacuation

US and Iran in an Uneasy Calm

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

President Trump has the uncanny habit of surprising the world by his unique and often contentious tweets on foreign policy issues. But this time it pleased many. “All is Well” tweeted President Trump after 20 odd Iranian missiles apparently targe....

January 10, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , West Asia , Commentary , JCPOA , Trump , Arab Spring , Soleimani , Javad Jarief , missiles attack , unconditional talks

As the Killing of Top Iran General marks a Tipping Point in the Crisis in the Middle East, Who has the Most to Fear

Col Rajeev Agarwal Article

In the early hours of 03 January, Iran's most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani was killed by an air strike at Baghdad airport in a precision strike carried out by the US. The attack, based on specific intelligence, was carried out....

January 06, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , India , Iran , Trump , Kata'ib Hezbollah , Quds Force , Nancy Pelosy , Ali Khameini

Sreeram Chaulia, Trumped; Emerging power in a post-American world, 2019, Bloomsbury, New Delhi.

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

Sreeram Chaulia’s thought-provoking book, Trumped; Emerging Powers in a Post-American World is likely to trigger a debate on the impact of the disruption in the global order brought out by Trump’s ‘America First’ policy. The author�....

December 17, 2019 Trump , Book Reviews , America First policy , 2019 , Post-American world , Sreeram Chaulia

Politics and Implications of US Withdrawal from the UNESCO

Amb Bhaswati Mukherjee

On Thursday, 12^th October, 2017, the Trump Administration abruptly announced that United States would withdraw from its membership of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation or the UNESCO. Israel made a similar....

October 23, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , India , US , UNESCO , Trump , Bhaswati Mukherjee , US Withdrawal

The False Euphemism of ‘New Cold War’

Vivek Sugandh

Introduction Russia’s relationship with West has been on a downward trajectory for a very long period of time. It is under this pretext that an eminent discourse of ‘A New Cold War’ has emerged in the official and academic c....

October 17, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia , US , Russia , Trump , New Cold War , Asia pivot , geo-politics in Asia , Edward Lucas , Putin

America's Future is with India and Israel

James Jay Carafano

Diplomatic Transformation From the Indo-Pacific to the Mediterranean, a diplomatic transformation is underway. The winds of change are blowing not from Beijing, but from Delhi. President Donald Trump has an opportunity to harness ....

August 10, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Israel , modi , Trump , US strategy , Indo-US partnership , India- America relation

Trump's 100 Days in Office: The Highs and Lows for Africa

Dr Neha Sinha

April 29th, 2017 ushered in hundred days of Donald Trump’s presidency. Many media outlets have examined the significance of his presidency for the United States of America (USA), and also, for the country’s foreign policy. It is but natural that ....

May 08, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Africa , Donald Trump , Africa , Trump , Trump's 100 Days , US Policies; US-Africa , United States of America , Quartz Africa , USAID