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Inner-Party Differences on Hong Kong Issue Pose Problems for Xi Jinping
Jayadeva Ranade

China’s leadership will have been incensed by the photographs and videos of protestors in Hong Kong carrying American flags and chanting “America please take over Hong Kong” on September 9, in apparent escalation of the protests against Chinese

September 16, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, Hong Kong protests, Chinese leadership’s Hong Kong dilemma
Boris Johnson and the Irish Backstop: Obduracy will only Work against the British and Irish Peoples` Interests
Gautam Sen

Britain is in a political crisis situation. Conservative Party premier, Boris Johnson has threatened to leave the European Union (EU) without a re-negotiated deal on Britain`s withdrawal arrangements with that multilateral body. The withdrawal arrang

September 16, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, Europe, Article, Brexit complexities, Irish factor in Brexit, British parliamentary concerns on Brexit
What the US-Led Naval Buildup in the Persian Gulf Tells Us!
Rajesh Soami

Australia has joined the United States of America (US) led maritime security mission in the Persian Gulf. It is one of the three countries to have become part of the mission, the other two being the United Kingdom (UK) and Bahrain. All three countrie

September 13, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Commentary, Persian Gulf security mission, European’s role in Gulf, American unilateralism
India and Russia – Two decades of Strategic Dialogue and Partnership
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

In the middle of 1999, Vladimir Putin, the then Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) was appointed the Prime Minister by the ailing and drinking Boris Yeltsin- maverick of the Russian history. Within six months, before the year ended, Putin

September 11, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, Russia, Article, Modi-Putin meetings, Indo-Russian partnership
दक्षिण चीन सागर में हालिया समुद्रीय घटनाएं
Amruta Karambelkar

दक्षिण चीन सागर में पिछले कुछ हफ्तों में दो समुद्रीय घटनाएं हुई हैं। पहली घटना फिलिपींस और चीन �

September 11, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Hindi, Article, : दक्षिण चीनी सागर, चीन की समुद्रीय हठधर्मिताएं, चीन-वियतनाम-फिलिपींस गतिरोध
Act Far East policy: A New Construct in India’s Foreign Policy
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

Prime Minister Modi visited Vladivostok for the 5th meeting of the Eastern Economic Forum as the Chief Guest on 4-5 September 2019 on the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The 20th India-Russia Annual Summit was held in Vladivostok foll

September 09, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Article, Indo-Russian cooperation, new opportunities in Russian Far East, Indian PM in Vladivostok
West Asia Monthly Round-Up: August 2019
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Abstract
West Asia continues to be fraught with uncertainty and mixed diplomatic discourse. On the one hand US-Iran spat continues but showed the signs of fissure in the so called “Alliance of the Willing” as UK released the detained

September 06, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, West Asia diplomacy, French-Iran-US matters, UAE power-posturing
Japan Promotes Indo-Pacific in African Strategic Thinking
Dr Vijay Sakhuja

In his opening address at the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), Prime Minister Abe sought support from the African nations to join hands with Japan and work together to “safeguard the Indo-Pacific, which connects Af

September 06, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Article, Japanese initiatives in Indo-Pacific, Japan in African development, Yokohama Declaration
Recent Transgressions by China in the South China Sea
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

Activities of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)
China along with Vietnam is the largest claimants of islands in the South China Sea. China has built military bases to include berthing sites for war ships, air strips for fighter a

September 06, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, China’s latest territorial transgressions, South China Sea and Vietnam
The Hong Kong Imbroglio
Gautam Sen

The present public upsurge in Hong Kong, administratively known as the Hong Kong Special Administered Region (HKSAR) of Peoples Republic of China (PRC), is now nearly three-month old. The latest trigger for the present unrest has been the HKSAR admin

September 05, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Commentary, Hong Kong protests, China’s domestic differences, China’s ‘two systems’ on test
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