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COVID 19 and Emerging Geo-politics
Shreyas Shende

A meeting of the US Experts Group at VIF comprising Director, VIF, Dr Arvind Gupta, Ambassador Arun K Singh, former Ambassador of India to the United States Former Foreign Secretary, Ambassador Kanwal Sibal, Defence experts Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney, Lt Ge

May 18, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, US, China, Article, Post COVID Emerging Geopolitics; US China De coupling; Challenge to US led Global Order; US China Relations; Economic Challenge to Global Order; Future Trajectory; India's Options; Policy; Choices for India; Skilling India; India's Security Challenges; In
Taiwan Deserves Support of Democratic Countries for its World Health Assembly Bid
Rup Narayan Das

Taiwan has attracted international media attention from time to time, particularly whenever there is news regarding supply of arms, like fighter air crafts by the U.S.A or there is sabre rattling in the Taiwan Straits by communist China. In recent pa

May 17, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, Commentary, India, China, Taiwan, USA, WHO, COVID-19, WHA
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 15, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Strategic
From Japan to US, pandemic 'exit plans' take shape
Japan, its Asian neighbours, European countries and the U.S. are all looking to carve their own unique paths toward the same destination -- an exit from the coronavi

May 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, Trade deal, COVID-19, COVID-19 Daily Scan, Daily scan, WTO, logistics, Green Deal, Rohingya, TSMC, Mental Health
Tale of Panchatantra and The Wuhan Virus | A Poem
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Getting the right perspective when Such pandemic starts to unfold, Of Elephant and the blind men Is tale that needs to be retold. How leaders felt the pachyderm In parts but could not see the whole, And let this deadly Chinese germ I

May 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, India, Pakistan, British, Italy, Spain, Brazil, France, Elephant and blind men, Chinese germ, Sweden, Korea, U.S.
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 14, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Economic
China refuses to give up developing country status in WTO
Despite the Trump administration's strong protests against China's unfair trading advantages in the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Chinese representative

May 14, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, shipping, COVID-19 Daily Scan, WTO, Huawei, Jay Powell, PPP Loans, Coal, Food Security WHO, GDP growth target, France, Antibodies, Borders
COVID-19 Opens up Pressures and Opportunities for Quad
Aayush Mohanty

Before the Indian Government initiated a nationwide lockdown from March 25, 2020, the Foreign Secretary of India participated in a telephonic discussion with representatives of some countries of the Indo-Pacific. Issues related to countering the COVI

May 14, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Commentary, China, Indo-Pacific, QUAD, COVID-19
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 13, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Economic
Japan, US affirm need for WTO reform
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer affirmed the need for reforms to the World Trade Organization in a phone call on May 12, the Fore

May 13, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, Taiwan, Unemployment, COVID-19 Daily Scan, IMF, WTO Reform, Toyota, Consumer Prices, Energy Storage, Currency Crisis, Wuhan Probe, JL-3
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 12, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Economic
Investment between U.S. and China Falls as Tensions, Coronavirus Take Toll
Investment between the U.S. and China is off to a weak start in 2020 and could worsen, according to a report published on May 11 that tallies

May 12, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, Russia, national security, Belt and Road Initiative, VAT, Wuhan, COVID-19, Social distancing, COVID-19 Daily Scan, Daily scan, Supply chains, US-China investment, Phase One deal, Small Business aid, Carbon Economy
Central Asia's Labour Migration amid Coronavirus
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF

1. Introduction
The term 'migrant' is often stereotyped as a person who is an undesirable burden and their economic contribution to national economies is seldom measured. The correlation between migration and remittances can be understood

May 12, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Article, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Uzbekistan, poverty, Unemployment, Tajikistan, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pandemic, Remittances, Migration, Labour, EEU
The Idea of Non -Alignment @ 65
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The idea of Non- Alignment (NAM) in the international discourse is often being scoffed as anachronistic and archaic especially in the 21st century political hyphenism where brute power plays out at will. Multilateralism and its notional institutions

May 11, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy, Commentary, India, International Solar Alliance, PM Modi, COVID-19, Multilateralism, Bandug conference, NAM, NAM Contact group
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