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West Asia Round Up-April 2021

Abstract:
Iran and US continued to indirectly discuss full compliance and Washington’s lifting of sanctions and return to JCPOA (Iran Nuclear deal) at Vienna with the assistance and mediation of E3 (France, Germany, UK) + China and ....

May 19, 2021 Yemen , West Asia Round Up , Iran-US Talks , Vision 2030 Saudi Arabia , Israel-US Engagement , UAE-Pakistan Ties
Ten years since Arab Spring and its implications on the West Asian Region
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Join Amb. Anil Trigunayat and Hirak Jyoti Das unfold the legacy of Arab Spring and explore its political intricacies and regional dynamics". ....

March 31, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Syria , Arab Spring , Libya , Yemen , Bashar al Assad , Podcast , Muammar Gaddafi , Houthi movement
Saudi Arabia Announces Cease Fire in Yemen- Will it hold This Time?
Col Rajeev Agarwal Article

On 22 March 2021, Saudi Arabia announced a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict in Yemen. Announcing the peace initiative, the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan urged the Iran-backed Houthi militia to join the initiative and said, “We wa....

March 24, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Iran , Saudi Arabia , Arab Spring , Conflict , Yemen , Houthi , Ceasefire , MBS , Hodeidah , Marib , Riyadh Agreement , Jamal Khashoggi , Stockholm Agreement , Socotra
West Asia Round Up: July 2020
Hirak Jyoti Das, Research Associate, VIF Article

ABSTRACT:
China-Iran deal announced earlier this month continued to reverberate through the continent and elsewhere that has been dictated by the enhanced US-China and US-Iran rivalry. The proposed 25 years Agreement , which has b....

August 07, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Iran , Egypt , Yemen , Turkey–Egypt , Iraq-Iran , Turkey and Russia , Israel-Hezbollah , Iran-Iraq , China-Iran
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 27, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic
IMF, WTO Urge Caution on Export Restrictions
The International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization warned on April 24 that export restrictions on medical supplies and food "can be dangerously counterproduct....

April 27, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , South China Sea , Afghanistan , Yemen , Tourism , COVID-19 Daily Scan , IMF , WTO , lockdown , Export Restrictions , Job loses , Job Market , Green Deal , UV light , Robots , Military Spending , Diplomats , Zalmay Khalilzad , Sudan , Arab World , Kim Jong Un , National People’s Congress , Tory Party , Sanofi , Hydrochloroquine
West Asia and North Africa Roundup 2019
Hirak Jyoti Das, Research Associate, VIF Article

A Year of Protests
In 2019, protests emerged in Algeria against the decision of the 82-year-old incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to contest in the presidential election for a fifth term which was originally scheduled on 18 April ....

January 06, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Syria , West Asia , Libya , Yemen , Israel-Palestine Conflict , Election Review
Developments in West Asia, August 2018
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Jordan-Palestine Confederation
President Trump had spoken about his “ Deal of the Century” for resolving the Palestinian issue. He also created a huge controversy and immense setback to the prospects of the Middle East Peace Process w....

September 12, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Yemen , Jordan- Palestine , Iran-US
Interaction with Dr. James M. Dorsey on ‘Review of Major Conflicts in West Asia and the Way Forward’

On Mar 10th, 2018, Members of the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) faculty had an interactive session with Dr James M. Dorsey, Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), discussing together major conflicts in West ....

March 23, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Interaction , Syria , Libya , Yemen , North Africa , Middle East , James M. Dorsey
Saudis’ Yemeni Quagmire
Abhilash Prasann

Introduction In the month of March 2015, a Saudi led coalition consisting of ten nations, decided to carry out an aerial bombing campaign against Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East in support of its deposed President Ha....

March 15, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Saudi , Yemen , Houthi
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