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Commentary: Forging a ‘Korean Nuclear Deal’: The Beginning of a Long Road

March 23, 2018 Dr Kapil Patil Commentary

In an unprecedented development last week, the U.S. President Donald Trump announced the acceptance of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s invitation to hold a summit meeting and discuss the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.1 Mr. K....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Commentary , US Summit , De-nuclearisation of North Korea , Korean Nuclear Deal , Donald Trump

Commentary: Vietnam-Australia Relationship Upgraded to Strategic Partnership: Adds to Regional Stability

March 20, 2018 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, after his visit to New Zealand and Australia in mid-March also attended the Australian-ASEAN Summit, the first ever such exercise being undertaken by Canberra. The Vietnamese leader’s visit took place af....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Commentary , ASEAN , Vietnam PM in Australia , Vietnam-Australia strategic partnership , Australia , Vietnam PM , Relation , embassy , Defence Minister , Dai Quang

Commentary: Ethiopia under State of Emergency - Prospects to Strengthen India-Ethiopia Ties

March 19, 2018 Dr Neha Sinha Commentary

Background Hailemariam Desalegn submitted his resignation as the Prime Minister of Ethiopia following years of unrest and crises in the country. His sudden withdrawal from the post of the Prime Minister and Chairman of the Ethiop....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa

Tags : Commentary , Ethiopia emergency , Ethiopia unrest , Ethiopia , Significance of India

Commentary: Cambodia inching closer to China: Regional Implications on the Indo-Pacific

March 16, 2018 Asha Sundaramurthy

The forcible dissolution of Cambodia’s opposition party Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), the seizure of its headquarters and the crackdown on reporters has resulted in condemnation from the West. The Cambodian senate elections that were condu....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : China-Cambodia’s partnership , Chinese aid to Cambodia

Commentary: Kazakhstan Concludes UNSC Presidency

March 13, 2018 Dr Rashmini Koparkar Commentary

Kazakhstan has recently concluded the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for one month. It had assumed the Non-Permanent Membership (NPM) of the UNSC in 2017 for the tenure of two years. As a matter of fact, Kazakhstan is the fi....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

Tags : Commentary , Kazakhstan , UNSC , Non-Permanent Membership , Security Council

Whither ‘Quad’ – Alliance or Alignment

March 07, 2018 Commodore Somen Banerjee

The congregation of the leaders of the US, Japan, India and Australia on the sidelines of ASEAN Summit in November 2017 in Manila has been a significant geo-political statement for the Indo-Pacific community. The timing and place for rekindling the o....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Indo-Pacific , China’s naval power , QUAD

राष्ट्रपति रूहानी का भारत दौरा

March 06, 2018 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

2003 में राष्ट्रपति खतामी के दौरे के लगभग 15 वर्ष बाद, राष्ट्रपति रूहानी 15-17 फ़रवरी तक भारत दौरे के लिए....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , India , modi , भारत-ईरान के संबंध , राष्ट्रपति रूहानी भारत दौरा , President Rouhani’s Visit

Commentary: China and Philippines Rapprochement: Implications for India

March 06, 2018 Asha Sundaramurthy Commentary

With the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Philippines conducting the second Bilateral Consultation Meeting on the South China Sea, there’s been a range of views on what this could mean for regional stability in the Indo-Pacific. While the USA....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Commentary , Quad Plus , South China Sea , Philippines-China

Commentary: Quad Plus - Time for New Stakeholders

March 05, 2018 Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

China’s rapid march westward through the Indo-Pacific region appears to be running into rough weather. Australia, India, Japan and the United States, the members of the ‘Quad’, an ‘association of like-minded nations’, have established a Qua....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Commentary , Indo-Pacific , Quad Plus , China’s assertiveness

Commentary: Strengthening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between India and Vietnam

March 01, 2018 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

Within a short period of less than two months there would have been two high level political leaders from Vietnam visiting India. Last month Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was in New Delhi as part of the India-ASEAN Commemorative Summit as also to w....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Commentary , India-Vietnam strategic ties , President Quang’s visit