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West Asia Round Up: September, 2019
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF

Abstract The Persian Gulf Crisis The Middle East continued to worry the world especially in the wake of drone attacks on the two Saudi oil facilities that reduced the Saudi oil output by almost half. It displayed the vulnerability of crucial Sa

October 15, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, West Asia, Saudi-Iran initiative, Iran’s regional actions
West Asia Monthly Round-Up: August 2019
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Abstract West Asia continues to be fraught with uncertainty and mixed diplomatic discourse. On the one hand US-Iran spat continues but showed the signs of fissure in the so called “Alliance of the Willing” as UK released the detained Iranian

September 06, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, West Asia diplomacy, French-Iran-US matters, UAE power-posturing
Narendra Modi’s visit to UAE and Bahrain
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 23-24 August 2019 and Bahrain on 24-25 August 2019. The visit by the Indian Prime Minister marks the first visit to the UAE and the West Asian region after coming back to p

September 04, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, UAE and Bahrain’s gestures, UAE and Bahrain’s solidarity
Constitutional Amendment - Responses from West Asia
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF

Responses of individual West Asian States on India’s decision to annul to revoke Article 370 and Article 35A has been multi-faceted and mostly focused on controlling the situation rather than any direct criticism for change in India’s policy. Sau

August 28, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Commentary, Article 370, India’s constitutional amendment, West Asia on Kashmir
West Asia Review – July 2019
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Abstract The US-Iran spat continued despite some signs of a thaw and a possible dialogue since both sides continued with sabre rattling and mutual recriminations. Meanwhile the mutual detention of the cargo ships by Iran and the UK in the Gulf a

August 06, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, US-Iran developments, events in West Asia, shipping in Hormuz
Linking the Events from the Strait of Gibraltar to the Strait of Hormuz
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF

On 4 July 2019, the United Kingdom’s Royal Marines seized an Iranian oil tanker, Grace I in the Strait of Gibraltar on the charges that Iran was breaching the European Union’s (EU) sanctions by supplying 2 million barrel of oil to a Syrian govern

July 30, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, shipping in Strait of Hormuz, Oil tanker movement in Gulf, UK-Iran ship seizing
US Policy and India’s Energy Needs
Aayush Mohanty

The United States of America has decided to roll back the waivers on its sanctions on entities or countries engaged in oil trade with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The waivers known as Significant Reduction Exemption (SRE) expired on 2 May 2019. Non

July 15, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Iran sanctions, Oil supply, India’s energy security
West Asia Round up - June 2019
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF

Abstract June was a particularly hot month in so far as the developments in the Middle East are concerned. In the US-Iran imbroglio one witnessed a ‘hot & cold’ approach with the US continuing with its maximum pressure tactics while Iran d

July 05, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, US-Iran confrontation, Iran attacks US drone, Kushner’s Deal of the Century, Israel-Syria air attacks, Protests in Sudan
Contextualising the US-Iran Tensions
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF

The recent stand-off between Iran and the United States (US) is rooted in US President Donald Trump’s announcement to withdraw from Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on 8 May 2018, arguing that Iran was violating the spirit of the deal by

June 18, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, Chabahar Port, US-Iran confrontation, withdrawal fro JCPOA, India’s oil imports
Israel’s Dissolved Knesset
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF

On 9 April 2019, national election was held in Israel in which the incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assumed victory. The ruling party, Likud maintained its lead in the 120 members Israeli Parliament, Knesset with 35 seats. Likud’s allies

June 07, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, Israel elections, Netanyahu’s political test, political dissonance in Israel
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