Articles

One year of Russia’s war on Ukraine: A war of attrition, with no exit options in sight

Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

No one has a clear definition of victory or end goals. The Western bloc is enthusiastically pursuing sanctions against Russia for the moment but countries like India have wisely chosen to prioritise its own economic needs The Russia-Ukraine war is....

February 24, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Russia , Politics , Ukraine , World , Vladimir Putin , Russia-Ukraine War , Volodymyr Zelenskyy

The man who brought down the Iron Curtain

Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has frequently been quoted as saying that the breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical disaster of the twentieth century. Mikhail Gorbachev, the last President of the USSR, who passed away in Mosco....

September 02, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Soviet Union , Vladimir Putin , mikhail gorbachev , nobel peace prize , warsaw pact

Ukraine: As history returns to haunt the world

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

In the early 1990s, Francis Fukuyama proclaimed that with the liberal democracy and the free market economy of the West finally emerging as a one-size-fits-all model for all nations, all conflicts that were the source of history had ended. That becam....

March 28, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Globalisation , NATO , Ukraine , America , Vladimir Putin

The Impact of Russia-Ukraine Crisis on the West Asian Region

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Amb. Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow at VIF evaluates the impact of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict on the West Asian region.....

March 24, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Israel , India , Russia , Iran , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , Ukraine , UAE , Vladimir Putin , Podcast

West Asian and North African states’ Response to Russia-Ukraine Crisis

Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

On 24 February 2022, Russia launched military campaign against Ukraine after months of posturing, military build-ups and breakdown of the Minsk agreement that failed to stall the conflict between Russian-backed separatists in the two breakaway region....

March 19, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Russia , North Africa , Ukraine , Food Security , Oil and Gas , Vladimir Putin

Russia’s Action in Ukraine: Germany’s Response

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Russia’s military operations in Ukraine influenced other countries’ long-standing foreign policy stances, with some reviewing their stances. Switzerland abandoning its 200-year old policy of neutrality and siding with the NATO countries is one. I....

March 11, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , sanctions , NATO , Oil and Gas , Vladimir Putin , stock markets , energy crisis , Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline , Olaf Scholtz

Russia-Ukraine Crisis and Japan’s Response

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special military operation, seen as an invasion by the world, is an unprecedented event that has shaken the world. Though geopolitical and strategic considerations drove Putin to take this measure, his actions hav....

March 08, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , economic sanctions , shinzo abe , Vladimir Putin , Fumio Kishida , Hibakusha , deterrence , nuclear- sharing , Hiroshima , Nagasaki

Takeaways from the Biden-Putin Summit

Dr Himani Pant Commentary

The downturn in the trajectory of US-Russia ties has become more pronounced since 2014. The differences over Ukraine, Middle East and others have been further exacerbated by charges of election meddling, cyber attacks levelled against Russia. At pres....

June 21, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia , Commentary , US Foreign Policy , Cyber Security , Joe Biden , Vladimir Putin , US-Russia ties , Biden-Putin Summit , Geneva Summit , Russian Foreign policy

How is Suga Crafting Japan’s Policies towards Russia?

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction

After Yoshihide Suga became Japan’s Prime Minister following the sudden resignation of Prime Minister Abe Shinzo with little experience in foreign diplomacy, questions were raised if he would be competent to handle Japan’....

December 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Northern Territories , Abe Shinzo , Yoshihide Suga , Vladimir Putin , Hokkaido , 1956 joint declaration , territorial dispute , Crimea , Iturup , Kunashir , Shikotan and Habomai