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Way Forward in India-China Relations after the Amendment of Article 370
September 24, 2019 Rajesh Soami Article

News has emerged that the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will not be visiting India on the 22nd of this month as had previously been scheduled. The request for the change of dates has ostensibly been made by the Indian side. Wang Yi is the Chinese ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Article , Sino-India relations , China’s India-averse policies , China’s meddling on Kashmir issue
Drone Attack on the Saudi Installation and Tensions in the Gulf
September 20, 2019 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The attack on Saudi oil field in Khurais and refinery in Abqaiq on Sunday has knocked out 5.7 million barrel per day of oil supplies. This is half of Saudi daily oil production; it amounts to 5 percent of global oil supply. There have been attacks on....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , Saudi oil supply , tension in Middle East , India’s energy requirements
China-Taiwan Conundrum
September 20, 2019 Dr Gunjan Singh Commentary

Chinese approach towards Taiwan has becoming increasingly assertive since Tsai Ing-wen became the President of Taiwan in 2016. Her position on not accepting the 1992 consensus has not gone down well with Beijing. She has adopted a very ‘independent....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , China’s Taiwan policy , US-Taiwan relations
The ongoing Political Struggle in Kyrgyzstan: Who is Responsible?
September 20, 2019 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

Kyrgyzstan is a small Central Asian Republic which has perceived political turmoil since it became independent after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. It is the only Central Asian republic which has been practicing democracy; however, it has ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

Tags : Commentary , Kyrgyz politics , political violence in Kyrgyzstan , Kyrgyz presidency rivalry
2019 Japan-South Korea Tensions: Why the ‘Past’ took Precedence over the ‘Future’?
September 18, 2019 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Since late last year, East Asia has been uneasy with wariness over the growing tensions between South Korea and Japan. Though, historical legacies and war memories of Imperial Japan continue to emerge as recurrent factors in the regional politics, th....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Article , Japan-Korea relations , GSOMIA pact , Japan-Korea-US tangle
Visit of Indian Prime Minister to Vladivostok
September 17, 2019 Major General (Retd.) Ajay Kumar Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM Article

Indian Prime Minister, Sri Narendra Modi, visited Vladivostok in Far East of Russia for two days; 04-05 Sep 2019. The PM had two main agenda points: First, to attend 20th Summit Level talk with the Russian President, Mr. Vladimir Putin; and second, ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia

Tags : Article , PM’s Vladivostok agreements , New vistas of India-Russia cooperation
Inner-Party Differences on Hong Kong Issue Pose Problems for Xi Jinping
September 16, 2019 Jayadeva Ranade Article

China’s leadership will have been incensed by the photographs and videos of protestors in Hong Kong carrying American flags and chanting “America please take over Hong Kong” on September 9, in apparent escalation of the protests against Chinese....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Article , Hong Kong protests , Chinese leadership’s Hong Kong dilemma
Boris Johnson and the Irish Backstop: Obduracy will only Work against the British and Irish Peoples` Interests
September 16, 2019 Gautam Sen Article

Britain is in a political crisis situation. Conservative Party premier, Boris Johnson has threatened to leave the European Union (EU) without a re-negotiated deal on Britain`s withdrawal arrangements with that multilateral body. The withdrawal arrang....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe

Tags : Article , Brexit complexities , Irish factor in Brexit , British parliamentary concerns on Brexit
What the US-Led Naval Buildup in the Persian Gulf Tells Us!
September 13, 2019 Rajesh Soami Commentary

Australia has joined the United States of America (US) led maritime security mission in the Persian Gulf. It is one of the three countries to have become part of the mission, the other two being the United Kingdom (UK) and Bahrain. All three countrie....

International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia

Tags : Commentary , Persian Gulf security mission , European’s role in Gulf , American unilateralism
India and Russia – Two decades of Strategic Dialogue and Partnership
September 11, 2019 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

In the middle of 1999, Vladimir Putin, the then Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) was appointed the Prime Minister by the ailing and drinking Boris Yeltsin- maverick of the Russian history. Within six months, before the year ended, Putin....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia

Tags : Article , Modi-Putin meetings , Indo-Russian partnership
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