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Commentary: Japan’s Challenges and Indo-Japanese Connection - Perspectives for 2018

In the new year, Japan under Shinzo Abe faces many challenges on the foreign policy front. Some of these are perennial problems and others are relatively new. Among the continuing challenges is the threat of North Korea and its ballistic missile a

February 05, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Commentary, Japan’s foreign policy, Indo-Japan-ASEAN relations

Commentary: From Football Icon to Liberia President - Can George Weah Lead Liberia?

Dr Neha Sinha

Liberia is a country in West Africa which is bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea and Ivory Coast with an area of 111,369 square kilometers and population of approximately 4.6 million people. It has a republic system of government where the president is

January 31, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy, Africa, Commentary, Liberia President, Liberia, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast

उज्बेकिस्तान और अफगानिस्तान के बीच बढ़ती सहभागिता

Dr Rashmini Koparkar

अफगानिस्तान के राष्ट्रपति अशरफ गनी ने हाल में उज्बेकिस्तान का आधिकारिक दौरा किया। उज्बेक राष�

January 30, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Hindi

India rolls out the red carpet for ASEAN

Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Published in The Indian Express on 26 January 2018. Click here to read.....

January 30, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy, VIF Scholars Outreach, ASEAN, 26 January, red carpet, 69th Republic day

Containment Again: Will this be the Leitmotif of the ‘Quad’?

Pinaki Bhattacharya

Prologue When George F Kennan wrote his ‘Long Telegram’ from the Moscow embassy in February 1946, soon after the death of the three-term president of the USA, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), it was early in arriving. The lege

January 29, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Indo-Pacific, Act East, Quad Grouping

Commentary- Central Asia in 2017

Dr Rashmini Koparkar

Central Asia is India’s extended neighbour and a geo-strategically vital region. India’s relations with this region go back for centuries, and are based on commercial, cultural, and civilizational links. In June 2017, India received full membersh

January 24, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Commentary, Central Asian Republics, foreign policy, regional cooperation, CARs, Kyrgyzstan, Rajnath Singh, SCO, TAPI, INSTC, Chabahar Port

क्या ‘वन बेल्ट वन रोड’ चीन में आर्थिक उथलपुथल ला सकता है?

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

सन 2000 के बाद ही लगातार कई अर्थशास्त्रियों द्वारा चीनी अर्थव्यवस्था में गिरावट के कयास लगाये जा �

January 12, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Hindi, चीन की अर्थव्यस्था, घरेलु उत्पाद, बीआरआई

Commentary: North Korea Takes Advantage of Flags of Convenience Regime

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

Amid high decibel ‘verbal exchanges’ between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over latter’s nuclear ambition, the United Nations Security Council announced on 22 December 2017 new economic sanctions against Democrat

January 12, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Commentary, International shipping, UN sanctions, North Korea, South Korea, US, Regime, United Nations Security Council, China, Russia

Emerging India European Union Cooperation in Western Indian Ocean

Commodore Somen Banerjee

Donald Trump’s exhortation for European Union (EU) to do more for their own security, coupled with ‘Brexit’ has spurred the EU to review its security framework. This has been further convoluted by an assertive Russia and rising influence of Chi

January 11, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Western Indian Ocean, security cooperation, India – EU Cooperation