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Shifting Dynamics: What a Second Trump Presidency Could Mean for US-Africa Relations
December 19 , 2024 Umang Bhansali, Research Assistant, VIF
Article Views: 864
Presidential elections in the United States of America (US) hold profound implications for regions across the globe. Consequently, the outcome of US presidential elections has been closely observed by t...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : African Growth and Opportunity Act , AGOA , Biden Administration , China and Africa Relations , critical minerals , Donald Trump , Global Trade , Immigration , Project 2025 , Prosper Africa Initiative , Trade and Tariffs , US Africa Relations , US Foreign Policy

Iran: Review of Situation as of December 2024
December 18 , 2024 Kingshuk Chatterjee
Commentary Views: 665
Right from the beginning of the Gaza Conflict triggered by the outrage of 7th October 2023, it was very clear that Iran did not want a war with Israel. This was partly because Israeli military capabilit...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Benjamin Netanyahu , Hezbollah , IRGC , Israel , Masoud Pezeshkian

Reimagining India’s Economic Engagement with the West Asian Region
December 17 , 2024 Prof Sameena Hameed
Commentary Views: 607
India's economic engagement with the West Asian region, of which many countries are in its extended neighbourhood, is more of an impulse driven by age-old civilisational exchanges.

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : CEPA , I2U2 , IMEC , India , INSTC

Prime Minister Modi's Global Footprint: A Journey Through Soft Power, Pragmatism, and International Recognition
December 16 , 2024 Pankaj Phanase
Commentary Views: 671
For the first time in the diplomatic manoeuver in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has transformed India's approach toward international engagements with a prime focus being placed on soft power diplomacy and international goodwill.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Diplomacy , India , PM Modi , Soft Power

Is It a Temporary Economic Blip or Not?
December 13 , 2024 Praveen Menon
Article Views: 693
On 29th November 2024, the National Statistics Office released data that revealed that the Indian economy drastically missed the growth expectations in Q2. [1] In the July to September period, the gro...

Economic Studies

Tags : Economic Growth , Financial Growth , GDP , Indian Economy

Great Power Competition for the Semiconductor/Chip and India’s Way Ahead
December 11 , 2024 Rahul Pandey
Commentary Views: 788
Semiconductors, or chips, the tiny yet powerful components that power everything from smartphones to supercomputers, have emerged as the central battleground of the global great power competition. These...

Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : Chips Act , Great Power Competition , Huawei , Industry , modi , Nvidia , Samsung , Science Act , semiconductor , TSMC

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