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Emerging Strategic Dynamics in Indo-Pacific and India-Vietnam Cooperation

September 06, 2018 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

International order is undergoing profound and rapid changes, which compel all powers to continually adapt their foreign and security policies, in order to protect their national interests to the extent possible. The term Indo-Pacific though over a d....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Article , Indo-Pacific concept , India-Vietnam Cooperation

BIMSTEC: Poised to make Progress?

September 06, 2018 Dr Sreeradha Datta Commentary

India’s commitment towards establishing regional connectivity has been reiterated once again at the Bay of Bengal initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit held at Kathmandu on August 30-31, 2018. According ....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , regional cooperation , BIMSTEC , 4th Summit at Kathmandu

Prospects for India–China Maritime Cooperation

September 05, 2018 Commodore Somen Banerjee Article

Introduction The keynote address of Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered at the Shangri-La Dialogue on June 01, 2018, succinctly spelt out India’s Indo-Pacific strategy between the “shifting plates of global politics and the fault l....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Article , India , China , Pollution of the seas , Maritime cooperation , Pollution

China Accused of Practicing Racial Discrimination by United Nations Watchdog Body

September 04, 2018 Amb Bhaswati Mukherjee Article

China’s aggressive efforts to position itself as a global leader recently came under challenge at the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the global watch dog on racial discrimination. CERD expressed serious concern ove....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Article , UNCERD Report , Persecution of Uyghurs , Human rights in Xinjiang

Current International Order in Flux: Opportunities and Threats

August 28, 2018 Pinaki Bhattacharya Article

Early this year, a Rand Corporation researcher wrote: “…. we find specific causal evidence that the elements of the order (International Order) were either a necessary condition or a strongly contributing variable to realising values ranging fro....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , India , China , International order

ईरान का परमाणु समझौता, तेल और अमेरिकी प्रतिबंध

August 24, 2018 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

संयुक्त समग्र कार्य योजना (जेसीपीओए) के तहत गठित संयुक्त आयोग की बैठक 6 जुलाई को वियना में हुई। स�....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , ईरान परमाणु विवाद , अमेरिकी प्रतिबंध

The Ottoman Syndrome

August 23, 2018 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The newly elected leader Imran Khan of Pakistan, in his very first tweet, commiserated with President Erdogan tweeting, “On behalf of the people of Pakistan and myself, I want to let President Erdogan and the people of Turkey know we are praying fo....

International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia

Tags : Featured , Commentary , Turkey-US relations , US trade sanctions

दक्षिण चीन सागर के लिए आचार संहिता पर चीन-आसियान वार्ता

August 21, 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

मीडिया में ऐसी खबरें आई हैं कि चीन और दस आसियान देश दक्षिण चीन सागर में आचार संहिता के लिए बातची�....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Hindi , Commentary , आसियान शिखर बैठक , दक्षिण चीन सागर आचार संहिता

Africa on Top Priority: Prime Minister Modi Visits Rwanda, Uganda and South Africa

August 13, 2018 Dr Neha Sinha Commentary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a five day, three-nation tour to Africa. The first leg of his visit was Rwanda, followed by Uganda where he addressed the Parliament of Uganda; and finally to South Africa to attend the 10th BRICS (Brazil, Ru....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa

Tags : Commentary , Prime Minister’s Africa visit , Indo-Africa engagements

Armed Forces of Vietnam

August 10, 2018 Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Article

Introduction The Armed Forces of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is known as the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN). The PAVN was formed by Ho Chi Minh and General Vo Nguyen Giap on 22 December 1944. The Service Branches comprise of the ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Article , : Vietnam armed forces , Vietnam’s Strategy Document