Israel’s Tactical Victory: The Aftermath of Precision Strikes and Global Ramifications
Ceasefire in Gaza may be nearer as Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu could feel victorious
Anil Trigunayat
Former Indian Ambassador to Jordan, Libya, and Malta; Distinguished Fellow and Head of the West Asia Experts Group at the Vivekananda International Foundation.
Navigating New Alliance: Why India Should Prioritize an Invitation to Dissanayake
Foreign policy in the neighbourhood turns out to be a sine curve, but that’s what engineers the constant recalibration and rejuvenation of relationship, writes former diplomat Anil Trigunayat in his exclusive Op-Ed on the impacts of the regime change in Sri Lanka on India.
India-GCC Dialogue: A New Chapter in Strategic Partnership and Regional Connectivity
Anil Trigunayat On 9th September, India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) held the first ever meeting of the Foreign Ministers in Riyadh, thereby institutionalizing the much-awaited dialogue and format which also attests to both sides attaching high importance to…
The Abraham Accords: A New Dawn or a Mirage?
Four years into the Abraham Accords, the devastating conflict in Gaza reveals a painful truth: Ignoring the Palestinian issue doesn’t eliminate it, it makes it explode. A course correction is urgently needed.
Transforming Ties: India’s Strategic Triumph in West Asia
This is not even arguable that one of the biggest successes of the present government is its West Asia policy, which, although proverbially called ‘Link West’, in reality is an ‘Act West’ policy. West Asia and India never had it so good when the much-needed highest-level exchanges have occurred with such regular frequency and special emphasis as has happened in the past decade.
Strategic Ambiguity and Proxy Warfare: The Middle East Crisis
July 31 was the casting date for a much-feared escalation in the Middle East as Israeli leadership acknowledged killing of the Hezbollah leader Fouad Shukr (July 30) but keeping enigmatic silence on the killing of the Hamas top leader and negotiator Ismael Haniyeh in Tehran under the nose of the almighty Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC). It happened when the new reformist- conservative Iranian President Dr Pezeshkian was just sworn in who hoped for some improved relationship even with the West. Iranians obviously were livid not only that Haniyeh was killed but killed in Tehran violating their sovereignty. They concluded Israeli hand and vowed revenge including by the 3Hs- Hezbollah, Hamas and Houthis and add the Shia militias in Iraq to the list, which makes a powerful and potent mix of resistance groups so called “Axis of Resistance” against their wily enemy -whose very existence is an anathema for them. Major powers came into action.