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India – US 2+2 Dialogue: Forging a Predictable Defence Relationship

November 02, 2020 Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction The recently concluded India – US 2+2 dialogue (October 26- 27, 2020), third in this series, is a pointer towards the two countries converging substantially in overcoming the often lamented `hesitation of history’. Coming....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , US

Tags : Article , China , Indo Pacific , DTTI , CAATSA , BECA , Counter terrorism , Cyber Dialogue , ISA , major defence partner , STA

India Gifts Submarine to Myanmar – An initiative in Line with the SAGAR Vision for Collective Growth and Security of Maritime Neighbours

October 31, 2020 Shashank Sharma Article

India is gifting a Russian Kilo class submarine to Myanmar1. The diesel-electric submarine, INS Sindhuvir, was inducted in the Indian Navy in 1988 and continues to be in service. The submarine refurbished by the Hindustan Shipyard Ltd a De....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Maldives , Media Studies , Indian Ocean Region

Tags : Article , China , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Bay of Bengal , Maritime Security , Mauritius , Bangladesh , Indian Navy , SAGAR , Submarine , INS Sindhuvir , Sittwe , Kyaukphyu , Seychelles , EEZ Surveillance , Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

A Case for Deepening India-Taiwan Ties

October 30, 2020 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction The changing geopolitical environment in the Indo-Pacific region in recent times has demanded reorientation of foreign policy priorities by many countries in the region. The single factor driving this new thrust is China’s ....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , ASEAN , Malabar , 2+2 Dialogue , Tsai Ing-wen , BECA , Coronavirus , Huawei , One China policy , ITA , TECC , milk-tea alliance , National Day , red-line.

Australia joining the Malabar exercises will strengthen the Quad

October 29, 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

In a landmark decision, India has invited the Australian Navy to join the Malabar naval exercises 2020. India’s invitation comes on the heels of the Tokyo meeting of the foreign ministers of the Quadrilateral (Quad) grouping comprising of India, th....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , China , QUAD , South China Sea , Australia , Japan , NATO , Malabar exercises

ईरान का दौरा फिर से : भारत ईरान संबंधों का विश्लेषण

October 29, 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

जो वक्त पर काम आए वही असल दोस्त है। अभी हाल ही में ईरान के राष्ट्रपति रूहानी ने अपने तथाकथित रणन....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , Commentary , चीन। राजनाथ सिंह। आईएनएसटीसी। जेसीपीओए। प्रतिबंध। अमेरिका।सीपीईसी। चाबहार। अली खामेनेई। ईएएम। रेलवे प्रोजेक्ट।

The '2 plus 2' Indo-US Dialogue; a Fillip to Indo-US Security Cooperation

October 28, 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

India and the US concluded the 3rd edition of the ‘2+2’ ministerial dialogue in New Delhi on 27 October 2020. Defence Minister Raj Nath Singh, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar from the Indian side and Defence Secretary Mark Esper, Secretary o....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Commentary , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Make in India , defence cooperation , BECA , Indo-US dialogue , multipolar Asia

Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Rivalry has begun

October 28, 2020 Aayush Mohanty Article

The last two years have seen the U.S-China rivalry ramping up, threatening to engulf the world in a new Cold War. The new Cold War would not be the same as before, based on ideology, but, who has better technology and is equipped to deal with global ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China

Tags : Article , US , China , Aircraft , EU , Manufacturing , Boeing , Airbus , COMAC , commercial

Logistic Support Agreements- A Growing Footprint

October 27, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Open sources are abuzz with the news that in the annual bilateral summit between India and Russia slated in November 2020, the Agreement on Reciprocal Logistic Support or ARLS is likely to be signed1. In the above context, this article ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia

Tags : Article , BECA , Logistic Support Agreement , LSA , ARLS , MSLA

PLA: Reading Tea Leaves¹

October 26, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Any study of PLA gets hit by the wall of opacity or broad based sources, lacking as it is of military transparency and accountability. Xinhua or People’s Daily or Global Times tend to enjoy official patronage and state the official line in t....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Article , Xi Jinping , CMC , CCP , LAC , Ladakh , corruption PLA , Gen Zhang Yang , peace disease , 1959 Line

The Quad: Is Security the Galvanizer?

October 26, 2020 Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The significance of the Quad Foreign Ministers meeting in Tokyo on 6 October 2020 lies in the fact that it happened in person despite the pandemic – last year the Quad foreign ministers had met on the margins of the UNGA. The level of this annual m....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , India , China , ASEAN , Quad Plus , Australia , LAC , Wang Yi , Blue Dot Initiative , Free and open Indo-Pacific , Malabar exercises , PM Suga , Resilient Supply Chains