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Syrian Unrest: A Decade of Misery for Syrians
March 17, 2021 Amb VP Haran Article

18th March 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the commencement of unrest in Syria. The arrest and ill treatment of 15 schoolboys in Darra, a town on the border with Jordan led to about 3000 people holding a demonstration after Friday prayers, demandi....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , Israel , US , UNSC , Arab Spring , Turkey , Golan Heights , Bashar al Assad , Gulf States , Kurds
भूआर्थिक रणनीति की रूपरेखा
March 16, 2021 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

सहस्राब्दियों से राष्ट्र-राज्य ने शक्ति की अपनी राजनीति में आर्थिक उपकरणों का बेधड़क उपयोग कि�....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , China

Tags : Hindi , Article , भारत। चीन। हिंद-प्रशांत क्षेत्र। वैश्वीकरण। आरसीईपी। भूआर्थिकी। उदारीकरण। संशोधनवाद। यूएसटीआर। घरेलू बाजार। टिक टॉक।
Japan-South Korea Entente Vital for Peaceful Indo-Pacific
March 16, 2021 Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal Article

The Indo-Pacific region has gradually assumed a centrality in the global strategic balance for peace and security. The stability and tranquility of the four decades after the conclusion of the Vietnam War is being challenged by an aggressive China. ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Article , US , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Japan , Biden
The Leadership Summit will Consolidate the Quad
March 15, 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The historic leadership summit of the Quad counties held on 12th March 2021 was a milestone in the evolution of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue which was set up back in 2007 and revived in 2017. Hosted by US President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Mini....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , US

Tags : Commentary , China , modi , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Biden , Suga , Morrison , Quad summit , Spirit of quad
India’s Cyber Deterrence Against China
March 12, 2021 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

Cyber Threats from China: Chinese Offensive Capabilities and Modus Operandi China raised cyber war units way back in 20031. Major objectives of these units has been cyber surveillance, manipulating network data, disseminating p....

National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Cyber Security

Tags : Article , Cyber Deterrence , Cyber war , Media War , ICT Adaption , Cyber Weapons
सकारात्मक दृष्टिकोण के साथ वियतनाम की 13वीं नेशनल पार्टी कांग्रेस का समापन
March 12, 2021 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

वैश्विक महामारी कोरोना का अचानक प्रकोप हो जाने से कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी ऑफ वियतनाम (सीपीवी) की 13वीं....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , Article , दक्षिण चीन सागर। कोरोना वायरस। गुयेन फु त्रुंग। पार्टी कांग्रेस। प्रणय वर्मा। गुयेन थी नगन। इकोनामी ब्लूप्रिंट। फॉक्स एंड टेक्नोलॉजी को लिमिटेड। सैमसंग इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स को. एंड इंटेल क्रॉप।
Quad Summit: An Opportunity to Define the Contours of the Post Covid Indo-Pacific
March 11, 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Indian Prime Minister Modi, US President Biden, Prime Minister Scott Morrisonof Australia and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan will hold the first summit level meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, popularly known as the Quad, on 12 M....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , US

Tags : Commentary , India , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Australia , Japan , Biden
The Indo-Pacific: A Pause in the Game
March 10, 2021 Vice Admiral Anil Chopra Article

The State of Play As a Covid-wounded global community steps gingerly into 2021, a year ‘trumpeting’ a change of guard in the US, the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and an ongoing military stand-off between India and Chi....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , China

Tags : Article , India , US , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Australia , Japan , Biden , Suga
Analysing Biden’s Interim National Security Strategic Guidance
March 08, 2021 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

The US has come out with an Interim National Security Strategic Guidance on 03 March 2021 that will not only form the basis for Biden administration’s National Security Strategy but also would find its reflection in the forthcoming US Budget and es....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US , National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Commentary , US , China , Trump , NATO , Biden , Forever Wars , modernising military
Japan’s Dilemma in Dealing with the Junta in Myanmar
March 03, 2021 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction The military takeover of the democratically elected government and the dubious civilian-military power sharing agreement has been criticised by the global community. At a time when Myanmar was navigating through its nascent d....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar

Tags : Article , sanctions , Abe Shinzo , Yoshihide Suga , Foreign Assistance Act , Chinese Coast Guard vessels , Yasuhide Nakayama , National Defense Academy , ODA.
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