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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

Quad acquires Stronger Teeth as Australia joins Malabar Naval Exercises

October 24, 2020 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The decision of India to invite Australia to join the annual Malabar naval exercises after a gap of 13 years is a substantial strategic move whose significance in the region’s strategic landscape shall hereafter acquire greater heft. This also mean....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Maritime Security , Malabar , COMCASA , LEMOA , BECA , MDA , PASSEX , JIMEX

The Frozen Conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh Flares up again

October 23, 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Nagorno Karabakh is one of the frozen conflicts in Eurasia for over a quarter century. However, on September 27 the two contenders and neighbours Azerbaijan and Armenia fired up the conflict yet again resulting in hundreds of casualties and attacks o....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia

Tags : Article , India , Pakistan , Russia , Iran , Putin , Turkey , Oil , Azerbaijan , Erdogan , Armenia , CSTO , OSCE Minsk group