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Fumio Kishida’s Priorities and India-Japan Relations
Dr Anil Rawat

On 29th September 2021 when Fumio Kishida emerged as the winner in a struggle for party leadership the issue of next Prime Ministership of Japan was unequivocally settled. The election was necessitated by Yoshihide Suga’s announcement to step down

October 11, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, India, Indo-Pacific, Japan, Covid 19, Olympics, Kishida, Priorities
China’s Military Planes Pass through the ADIZ of Taiwan and its Implications
Dr Ming-Shih Shen

Since last year China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has been sending aircrafts to pass through the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) of Taiwan. As of early October of this year, there have been more than 600 sorties of intrusi

October 09, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Commentary, China, South China Sea, ADIZ, middle line, PLAF, Strait
Taiwan and China Tussle over Joining CPTPP
Prof Rajaram Panda

Taiwan filed an official application on 22 September 2021 to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade group amid concerns of opposition from China. Taiwan’s application came about a week after Bei

October 08, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Trump, Obama, Modi-Xi Jinping talks, WTO, Biden, Senkaku, CPTPP, Motegi, South and East China Seas, air incursions
Sudan-South Sudan Rapprochement and Its Implications for the Region and Beyond
Samir Bhattacharya

After a decade-long impasse, the borders between Sudan and South Sudan reopened on 1st October, 2021. With this first step of rapprochement, two countries can now slowly advance towards stabilizing the ties between them. On 12th September Sudanese Pr

October 06, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Africa, Article, India, China, South Sudan, genocide, Oil, Sudan, India Africa Forum Summit, Civil war, Connectivity, Liberalism, Military Takeover, rapprochement, debt-trap
Elections in Qatar
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Arab Spring (2010) may have failed in some respects after forcing removal of Mubarak and Gaddafi as all the countries including Ben Ali’s Tunisia continue to go through the political churn but it had showed the way to the youth and disenfranchise

October 05, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Commentary, elections, Doha, women rights, Arab, Emir, Shura, Elections in Qatar
China’s Export of Wealth – Options for India within Hybrid Battle space
Abhishek Das

Prologue
China’s rapid growth in last couple of decades since Deng Xiaoping started economic reforms in 1978 followed by the restructuring of its economy by Premier Zhu Rongji in 2001 when China joined WTO; helped generate disproportion

October 02, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, India, China, Hybrid Warfare, BRI, Debt Trap, Hybrid Battle space, Haiwai, Hybrid options
ब्राजील : तूफान की निगाहों में
Amb JK Tripathi

दक्षिण अमेरिका का सबसे बड़ा एवं सबसे अधिक ताकतवर देश ब्राजील इस सदी के संभवतः सबसे गंभीर संकट क�

October 01, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Hindi, Article, भारत। जलवायु परिवर्तन। ब्रिक्स। बोल्सानारो। कोवैक्सीन। लुला।
Japan shall have a new Prime Minister in Fumio Kishida
Prof Rajaram Panda

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) picked its new leader in a poll on 29 September who shall be sworn in as Japan’s 100th Prime Minister when Parliament convenes on 4 October. Since the LDP has a majority in both the Lower and Upper Ho

September 30, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, shinzo abe, Diet, Fumio Kishida, Sanae Takaichi, vaccination, Liberal Democratic Party, Seiko Noda, nuclear policy
Profound Transformation in China in the “NEW ERA”
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

In a surprising statement, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman on 22 September 2021 stated that the “…Galwan incident took place because India violated all signed agreements and treaties and encroached upon Chinese territory and illegally cross

September 29, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, China, QUAD, New Era, CCP, PLA, LAC, Party Congress
Using AUKUS to Brazen it Out
Sarosh Bana

The United States’ and the United Kingdom’s overtures to Australia to help it acquire a fleet of nuclear-powered general-purpose attack submarines (SSNs) infuse a perilous complexity into the strategic Indo-Pacific environment, rendering it more

September 28, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Article, China, Indo-Pacific, South China Sea, PLA, Biden, AUKUS, Boris Jhonson, SSBN
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