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July 01, 2020 Amb K P Fabian Commentary

Prime Minister Netanyahu tried to move heaven and earth, including Washington, to get the approval of the Knesset for annexing a part of the West Bank—details are yet to be revealed—by 1st July. He has failed. He could not get his Cabinet to agre....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , Trump , Netanyahu , Annexation plan. UN Partition Plan , Oslo Accords , EU MPs , Jared Kushner

Lebanon Protests amidst Covid-19 Crisis

July 01, 2020 Dr Hirak Jyoti Das Article

Political Blocs in Lebanon March 8 Alliance: Development and Resistance Bloc Free Patriotic Movement Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc (includes Hezbollah) Nasserite Popular Movement ....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , Corruption , sectarianism , Confessional system , Clientalism , Lebanon Protests , Covid-19 Crisis

Chinese Activity in Central Asia; beyond Trade, Transport and Economy

June 30, 2020 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Background China has invested in energy, infrastructure, transportation, railways and roads, communications etc. in Central Asia. Recently, Chinese Huawei has signed around one billion deal with Uzbekistan for digitalization of the countr....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

Tags : Article , China , SCO , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , military base , Security , Tajikistan , BRI , COVID-19 , Kyrgyz Republic , Gas pipeline , Badakhshan , Loans , Grants , Debt repayment , Military Exercises

Revisiting Korean War in its 70th Anniversary

June 30, 2020 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

June 25, 2020 marked the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. It was on this day when Communist North Korea invaded the US-backed South triggering a three-year long war that killed millions from both sides. On this occasion, the two al....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , Kim Jong-un , Ceasefire , 70th Anniversary , UN , Demilitarised zone , Moon Jae-in , Korean War , Syngman Rhee , 60 Para Field Ambulance , Prisoners of war , Communist , Panmunjom

Et Tu Caesar – Unending Plight of Syria!

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

“Et tu Brutus” has been synonymous with perfidy. But on June 17 when the USA invoked its “Caesar Act” against Syria and its embattled President Assad, pursuant to the geo-political games, Assad would have closed the caption by accusing Caesar....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , Russia , ISIS , Turkey , US Sanctions , refugees , Caesar Act , Hezoballah , China BRI , Assad

Managing the LAC: Rules are Handrails, and Not Handcuffs!

June 27, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Dragon is awake, and is vigourously seeking to establish Pax Sinica! Of the two milestones of the 100th anniversaries of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 2021 and 2....

National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Border and Coastal Security , China

Tags : Article , PLA , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan , CBMs , Agreement for Maintenance peace & Stability , Pangong Tso , Border Maintenance Posture , ROE

US’ Priority: Pacific, within the Indo-Pacific

June 26, 2020 Dr Vijay Sakhuja Article

The ongoing operational maneuvers by the US military in the Pacific Ocean, establishment of the Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, and a new approach towards Taipei through the Taiwan D....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Article , Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021;Taiwan Defence Act; US Indo-Pacific Strategy; Guam Homeland Defense System-Guam (HDS-G); DF-21D and DF-26; US’ Indo-Pacific strategy; Quadrilateral Security Dial , Ladakh.

The Future of China-Japan Relations

June 25, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The China-Japan Bilateral Relationship has had an enduring impact on international relations. Usually territorial disputes, conflicting political interactions, anticipated military conflicts are all associated with reduced trade flows and states with....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Article , Banking , United States , Supply chains , Abe-Xi Summit , Senkaku Islands , Southwestern Wall Defense , Pinghu Oil and Gas Field

Refugees, not Settlements, are the Bigger Impediment to Israeli-Palestinian Peace

June 24, 2020 Mayuri Mukherjee Article

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent comments that his new government, with support from the Trump Administration in the US will annex parts of the West Bank have, as expected, caused quite a flutter in the international community. Ma....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , Israel , Palestine , refugee crisis , Naqba day , first war of independence , UNRWA

GAMES WITH CHINESE NAMES | A POEM

June 23, 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

To understand China’s conduct You have to from their names deduct The kind of persons they could be, It’s like solving a mystery. In social context these days one sees You use first names with so much ease, You could call Dev De....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Commentary , Politburo , Wang Yang , Zhao Leji , Wang Huning , Song Ping , Han Zheng , Yu Zhengsheng , Li Zhanshu , Hu Qili , Qiao Shi , Chen Boda , Li Lanqing , Wang Qishan , Wu Bangguo , Yao Yilin , Lui Yunshan , Zhang Gaoli , Li Changchun , Li Fuchun , Wang Hongwen