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Commentary: From Football Icon to Liberia President - Can George Weah Lead Liberia?

January 31, 2018 Dr Neha Sinha Commentary

Liberia is a country in West Africa which is bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea and Ivory Coast with an area of 111,369 square kilometers and population of approximately 4.6 million people. It has a republic system of government where the president is ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa

Tags : Commentary , Liberia President , Liberia , West Africa , Sierra Leone , Ivory Coast

Containment Again: Will this be the Leitmotif of the ‘Quad’?

January 29, 2018 Pinaki Bhattacharya

Prologue When George F Kennan wrote his ‘Long Telegram’ from the Moscow embassy in February 1946, soon after the death of the three-term president of the USA, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), it was early in arriving. The lege....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Indo-Pacific , Act East , Quad Grouping

Commentary- Central Asia in 2017

January 24, 2018 Dr Rashmini Koparkar Commentary

Central Asia is India’s extended neighbour and a geo-strategically vital region. India’s relations with this region go back for centuries, and are based on commercial, cultural, and civilizational links. In June 2017, India received full membersh....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

Tags : Commentary , Central Asian Republics , foreign policy , regional cooperation , CARs , Kyrgyzstan , Rajnath Singh , SCO , TAPI , INSTC , Chabahar Port

क्या ‘वन बेल्ट वन रोड’ चीन में आर्थिक उथलपुथल ला सकता है?

January 12, 2018 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

सन 2000 के बाद ही लगातार कई अर्थशास्त्रियों द्वारा चीनी अर्थव्यवस्था में गिरावट के कयास लगाये जा �....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Hindi , चीन की अर्थव्यस्था , घरेलु उत्पाद , बीआरआई

Commentary: North Korea Takes Advantage of Flags of Convenience Regime

January 12, 2018 Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

Amid high decibel ‘verbal exchanges’ between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over latter’s nuclear ambition, the United Nations Security Council announced on 22 December 2017 new economic sanctions against Democrat....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Commentary , International shipping , UN sanctions , North Korea , South Korea , US , Regime , United Nations Security Council , China , Russia

Emerging India European Union Cooperation in Western Indian Ocean

January 11, 2018 Commodore Somen Banerjee

Donald Trump’s exhortation for European Union (EU) to do more for their own security, coupled with ‘Brexit’ has spurred the EU to review its security framework. This has been further convoluted by an assertive Russia and rising influence of Chi....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Western Indian Ocean , security cooperation , India – EU Cooperation

Commentary: President Trump and Jerusalem

January 04, 2018 Amb K P Fabian Commentary

President Trump’s decision announced on 6th December 2017 to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to order the transfer of US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem reminds one of the 1917 Balfour Declaration that paved the way for the esta....

International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia

Tags : Commentary , Jerusalem , Israel , Palestine , UNGA resolution

Commentary- Uzbekistan and Afghanistan Enhance Cooperation

January 02, 2018 Dr Rashmini Koparkar Commentary

President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani has recently paid an official visit to Uzbekistan. His meeting with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has resulted in signing of 20 agreements in fields of trade, transit, security, electricity and education. As....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

Tags : Commentary , International Relations/Diplomacy - Central Asia

Uzbekistan, Uzbeks and Terror: Complex Realities

December 27, 2017 Dr Rashmini Koparkar

The New York terror attack has time and again alarmed the international community about the rising terror attacks carried out by persons of Central Asian origins. On 31 October, a 29-year old Uzbek national, called Sayfulla Saipov, drove a truck down....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

Tags : Extremism in Uzbekistan , self-radicalization , State enforcement , Uzbekistan