Articles

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

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 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Trump , Quds Force , Nancy Pelosy , Kata'ib Hezbollah , Iran , India , 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 Post-American world , 2019 , America First policy , Trump , Sreeram Chaulia , Book Reviews

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

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

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

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

Dr Neha Sinha, Associate Fellow, VIF

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