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Trends in Central Asia in 2020
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF

Introduction
The past 2020 is marked by Central Asia’s struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent socio-economic impacts. The pandemic turned out to be a litmus test for the already troubled economies of Central Asia. The ye

January 13, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Article, SCO, INSTC, Chabahar Port, elections, political turmoil, Eurasian Economic Union, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Economic reforms in Uzbekistan, India- Central Asia Dialogue, COVID-19, Remittances, power transition, India-Uzbek Virtual Summit, Labour Migrant, China's Belligerence, Foreign Trad
Assessing Indo-Pacific in 2021: Indian Perspective
Amruta Karambelkar

The year 2020 was a landmark event in and for the Indo-Pacific. The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed the regional perception of China. Until then the challenge from China was known but it had yet to manifest itself in its entirety. The major

January 12, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Article, India, US, China, Russia, Nepal, ASEAN, Indo-Pacific, Myanmar, QUAD, Australia, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Japan, Indian Ocean, COVID19, Galwan, Himalaya, Biden, Maritime
New US- China Cold War on Tibet and Take Aways for India
Vijay Kranti

(The tone and temper of the two latest laws of the USA on Tibet and Xinjiang that US-China honeymoon is over and we should be ready to witness a new phase of US-China cold war. Extraordinary coordination between Republicans and Democrats in both h

January 12, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies, US, China, Tibet, Article, CPC, Dalai Lama, reincarnation, Beijing-Dharamshala dialogue, CTA, Order-5, Sikyong, TPSA-2020, Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act 2020
China’s ‘Helmsman’ and the Game of Monopoly
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

China looms large on Indian public consciousness driven by cataclysmic COVID-19 virus that caused the global pandemic, aggression in 2020 and continued tense face-off in Eastern Ladakh. At the turn of the new decade three events stand out for mention

January 11, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, India, Xi, Chinese Dream, CMC, CCP, BRI, Uighur, National Defence Law, Mongols, National People's Conference
An Authoritative Chinese Assessment of How China Views India
Jayadeva Ranade

Far from any signs of an end to the military stand-off between India and China, or that tensions between the two will ease, China’s mood towards India is hardening. There are indications that China sees the current confrontation as the beginning of

January 08, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, CCP, PLA, Galwan valley, Line of Actual Control, CICIR, Hu Shisheng
शिंजो अबे का “वृहत्तर एशिया” और भारत जापान संबंध
Dr Anil Rawat

जापान के उत्तर-युद्ध काल के राजनीतिक इतिहास में, उसका कोई प्रधानमंत्री वैश्विक मीडिया, राजनीत�

January 08, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Hindi, Article, एएजीसी। प्रधानमंत्री मोदी। बृहत्तर एशिया। चोसु फाइव। मुक्त एवं खुला हिन्द-प्रशांत क्षेत्र। इतो हिरोबुमि। मीजी इशिन। नोबुसुके किशी। उत्तर-एशियावाद
West Asia – 2020 in Retrospect
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Year 2020 will go down in the history not only for the adverse impact of Covid-19 on global and regional economies, lower oil prices, budget deficits, health hazards but when the West Asia region nearly came to a catastrophic war between Iran

January 06, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, India, China, Russia, Trump, Saudi Arabia, Arab Spring, Turkey, Deal of the century, Netanyahu, Abraham Accords, Al Ula Summit
EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The EU and China announced a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment on 30th December. The announcement comes less than a month before the inauguration of the Biden Presidency. The development shows a rift opening up between EU and US positions even be

January 05, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Europe, China, Commentary, China, EU, FDI, Forced Labour, Jake Sullivan, Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, Paris Agreement on Climate
भारत और वैक्सिन डिप्लोमेसी
Amb Gurjit Singh

कोविड-19 वैश्विक महामारी के प्रकोप के बाद वैश्विक विमर्श इसके दुष्प्रभावों और इसके परिणामों से �

January 04, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Hindi, Article, कोविड-19। सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य। डब्ल्यूटीओ। दक्षिण एशियाई पड़ोसी देश। भारत बायोटेक। कोवैक्स
Expectations from India in the UN Security Council
Amb Asoke Mukerji, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

India starts her eighth two-year elected term in the UN Security Council from 1 January 2021. Three priorities have been identified by India when campaigning for elections to the Security Council. These are the countering of terrorism by enforcing Se

January 01, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, Commentary, UNSC, Countering Terrorism, Af-Pak region, P-5, PM Modii, reformed multilateralism
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