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‘Great Rejuvenation’ of the Chinese Nation to Continue: Xi’s Message at the CCP Centenary Celebrations

July 06, 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The Chinese Communist Party celebrated its 100th birth anniversary. CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered a much anticipated speech on the occasion. Being a centenary speech, it had obvious political significance. It sums up the state of affair....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Commentary , Xi , CCP , PLA , Party Congress , Centenary , China rejuvenation

Origin and Growth of Sino Pak Nexus against India: Suggested Tenets of Indian Response

July 06, 2021 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

An Assertive and Proactive India The Surgical Strike in Uri Sector (20161, Doklam standoff (2017)2 and air strike in Balakot3 have portrayed an assertive and proactive Indian response to the Chinese and Paki....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan

Tags : Article , Belt and Road Initiative , Aksai Chin , Sino Pakistan Nexus

टोक्यो ओलम्पिक के निरस्तीकरण का मामला

July 06, 2021 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

इस लेख के लिखे जाने के समय (9 जून 2021), टोक्यो में ओलम्पिक खेलों के आयोजन की बात हो रही थी पर असाधारण व....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , Article , कोरोना वायरस। महामारी। टोक्यो ओलम्पिक्स। योशिहिदे सुगा। सेकौ हाशिमोतो। सुपर स्प्रेडर। कोसुके ताकाहाशी। तारो कोनो। थॉमस बाख। सर कीथ मिल्स।

The Raisi Presidency in Iran and its Implications

July 05, 2021 Kingshuk Chatterjee Article

It is much too early to make out straight away what the well-predicted election of Ebrahim Raisi, the incumbent Chief of Iranian Judiciary, to the Presidency of Islamic Republic of Iran is likely to bode for Iran and the world. Since his election to....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , JCPOA , USA , New Delhi , IRGC , Ebrahim Raisi , Khamenei , resistance economy

Role of India and Japan in the Myanmar Crisis

July 02, 2021 Akash Sahu Commentary

The ousted leaders from National League for Democracy (NLD) party in Myanmar have formed a shadow ‘National Unity Government’ (NUG) to challenge the military or the ‘Tatmadaw’ which came to power through a coup in Feb, 2021. Many analysts pre....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Myanmar

Tags : Commentary , India , China , Indo-Pacific , Myanmar , QUAD , Japan , Security , Negotiations

हमास फैक्टर

July 02, 2021 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

लगभग एक शताब्दी पुराने फिलिस्तीनी आंदोलन की जटिल परिस्थिति के अपने आंतरिक आयाम हैं, सत्ता के ल�....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , Article , यरुशलम। इजराइल। फिलिस्तीन। अमेरिका। गाजा। हमास। दो राष्ट्र समाधान।

Is Taiwan’s Ongoing Drought a Wake –Up Call for the Rest of the World?

July 01, 2021 Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

The increased frequency and severity of droughts across the globe is becoming a matter of huge concern. In 2018, the global media was flooded with the news of the capital city of Cape Town of South Africa running out of water as the city experienced ....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , agriculture , Water crisis , Drought , microchips , semiconductors , heatwaves , typhoons , blackouts , Island , manufacturers , Tourism.

Netaji’s Tryst with Taiwan

July 01, 2021 Rup Narayan Das Commentary

At a time when India is commemorating the 125th birth anniversary of the indomitable Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, and his disappearance and passing away is still shrouded in mystery, it is worth a while to revisit a seminal work, Verdict from Formo....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , Netaji , Formosa , KMT , Cines Communist Party , air crash , Taipeh

Foreign Secretary’s talk on Global Rebalancing and India's Foreign Policy, Vivekananda International Foundation (June 30, 2021)

June 30, 2021 Article

Good evening. I would like to thank my senior colleague and friend Arvind Gupta, Director of the Vivekananda International Foundation, for inviting me to deliver today’s VIMARSH Talk. Let me begin by referring to something that our host for t....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , foreign policy , ASEAN , BIMSTEC , G7 Summit , G20 , Global Rebalancing , Ministry of External Affairs , Foreign Secretary

What to Expect from Ebrahim Raisi Presidency in Iran

June 30, 2021 Dr Hirak Jyoti Das Article

Iran’s current Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi has been elected as the new President receiving 61.95 percent of total votes. The presidential election held on 18 June 2021 saw the lowest turnout at 48.8 percent since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Intere....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , JCPOA; Ayatollah Khamenei; US; Gulf states