Anil Trigunayat

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.
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Global Power Dynamics and Terrorism: The Resurgence of the Syrian Conflict

West Asia is never quiet. As if the ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon are not enough, let alone the simmering ones in Libya, Yemen, and Sudan, the past week’s conflagration in Syria has yet again proved that the causes of conflict must also be definitively addressed, especially when a highly complex situation is allowed to take deeper, divisive roots with external powers having their own axe to grind every step of the way.

India’s Strategic Concerns: The Risks of an Unstable Middle East

In the past dozen or so years, India has effectively transformed its "Link West" policy into an "Act West" policy. The transactional partnerships of previous decades have been replaced by a comprehensive, strategic relationship, expanding, renewing, and reigniting the intensity of exchanges at the highest levels.

Donald Trump’s Presidency and the Reality Behind His ‘End of Wars’ Promise

Ever since Donald Trump has made history in US politics through a sweep across the political spectrum garnering electoral college votes way ahead along with popular votes and securing the Senate and Congress control, the international challenges and the two wars in the European and Middle Eastern context have acquired the center stage as he often made lofty statements of immediately ending them—especially the Russia-Ukraine war.

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