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Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Economic Planning in India

January 22, 2022 Dr Arpita Mitra Article

In the past few decades, public discussion on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose has been so mired in the controversy around his death that we forgot to pay attention to his life. Netaji’s contribution to the Indian national movement is in any case under r....

Tags: Governance and Political Studies , Article , Socialism , Planning Commission , Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose , Economic Planning , Five-Year Plan , Haripura Address

Houthi Strike at Abu Dhabi

January 22, 2022 Hirak Jyoti Das, Research Associate, VIF Article

The Houthi attack using ballistic missiles and drones at an oil refinery in Abu Dhabi’s Musaffah Industrial City that killed two Indians and one Pakistani national on 17 January 2022 has drawn attention to the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s role in....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Houthis; Abu Dhabi; STC; Indian Diaspora

Climate Change – A Review of 2021 and Outlook for 2022

January 21, 2022 PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction This article analyzes some of the key findings of the latest scientific reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s leading authority on climate science, as well as those from leading resear....

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , COP26 , Paris Agreement , net-zero emissions , IPCC Sixth Assessment Report , Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) , COP27 , Glasgow Climate Pact.

2022 में संभावित भू-राजनीतिक रुझान

January 21, 2022 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

हमें नए वर्ष 2022 में दुनिया की महान शक्तियों के बीच घमासानी प्रतिद्वंद्विता और इसके चलते भू-राजन�....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Hindi , Article , भारत। पाकिस्तान। अमेरिका। चीन। रूस। लोकतंत्र। हिंद-प्रशांत क्षेत्र। शी जिनपिंग। ताइवान। पड़ोसी देश। बाइडेन।

The Himalayan Conundrum: Nepal and Bhutan in 2021

January 20, 2022 Rishi Gupta, Research Assistant, VIF Article

Nepal The year 2021 can be surmised as a year of political upheavals, economic downfall, and geo-political uncertainties for Nepal. Also, when countries worldwide were engaged in making arrangements to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, Nepal’....

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Bhutan , Article , Nepal , economy , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Year in Review 2021 , Himalayan , Nepal-China , India-Bhutan , Bhutan-China , geo-politics

The Institutionalised Approach to Sustainable Disaster Risk Reduction

January 20, 2022 Dr Swati Mitra Commentary

Eminent Physicist & Cosmologist Prof. Stephen Hawking said, “there is nothing called heaven, it is a fairy tale for people who are afraid of the dark”. It is antithetical to the heart-rending stampede that was easily avoidable yet took place on D....

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies , Disaster Management , Commentary , Disaster , PLAN , Kumbh Mela , pilgrims

Engage Taiwan in Cyber Security Exercises

January 19, 2022 Rup Narayan Das Commentary

Earlier this month the National Security Council of India virtually hosted the first Security Conclave on Developing Regional Cyber Security capabilities on Defensive Operations. Delegates from Members and Observer States of the Colombo Security Conc....

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Cyber Security , Commentary , China , Xiaomi , CERT-In cyber security , Colombo security conclave , DSCI , Lithuania

चीनियों को चिंतित कर रहा है, साझा समृद्धि का शी जिनपिंग का नया नारा

January 19, 2022 Jayadeva Ranade Article

'आम समृद्धि' अगस्त 2021 के बाद से चीन के जनवादी गणराज्य में नया मूलमंत्र बन गया है। यह शब्द लोगों के �....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Hindi , Article , शी जिनपिंग। सीसीपी। सांस्कृतिक क्रांति। साझा समृद्धि।

America’s Diplomatic Boycott Policy for Beijing Olympics

January 18, 2022 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

No bigger international sport event than the Olympics escaped from the impact of the on-going pandemic when the global event scheduled to be held in Tokyo in 2020 was postponed for a year and finally held in 2021 amid plenty of protocols in place and....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Article , Xi Jinping , Senkaku Islands , IOC , Winter Olympics , Fumio Kishida , boycott , Pyeongchang , Olympic truce , political manipulation

Developments in the US: A Review of 2021 and Emerging Trends Ahead

January 18, 2022 Amb Arun K Singh, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Amb. Arun K. Singh, Distinguished Fellow at the VIF, recaps and examines the key developments in the United States in 2021 while speculating on the trends to come for the year ahead and the implications of these events for India. ....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Russia , Afghanistan , Taliban , Biden , Podcast , Ukraine Crisis , Indo-US ties