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Keeping Conflicts at Bay - Need for Bay of Bengal Community In today’s geopolitical landscape, regions are the locus of competition, conflict and cooperation. The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is too diverse and large to always comp....

November 09, 2017 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Indian Ocean Region , Conferences , China , ASEAN , Bay of Bengal , BIMSTEC , OBOR , SAARC , Rohingya Solidarity Organisation

The Impact of China’s “One Belt, One Road” Strategy on Political, Military and Economic Situations in the Asia Pacific Region

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Retrospect When one talks about Silk Road it conjures up visions of traders and caravans travelling from Occident to the Orient and vice versa. There have been many versions of silk roads which have been used by both traders and ....

September 27, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , OBOR , Asia Pacific Region , Economic Situations

Belt and Road Initiative: Implications for Central Asia

Dr Rashmini Koparkar

The Belt and Road Forum (BRF) sought attention of the international community and made headlines everywhere in mid-May. The event was organized by China in Beijing on 14-15 May 2017 with the purpose of promoting its ambitious project called the Belt ....

June 14, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , India , China , Central Asian Republics , Central Asia , One Belt One Road , OBOR , CAR , Belt and Road Forum

Asia- Africa Growth Corridor: Can It Be a Game Changer?

Dr Neha Sinha

AAGC Vision Document - Origin and Institutions behind its Creation? Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC) supported by Japan and India was unveiled on 24th May, 2017 during the 52nd Annual Meeting of the African Development Bank (AfD....

June 05, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , India , Africa , Japan , OBOR , Asia , AAGC , African Development Bank

Interaction with a visiting Delegation from Fudan University, China

A four-member delegation of Fudan University (China), led by Prof. Zhang Yi, Executive Vice Director, Fudan Development Institute (China), and comprising Prof. Sun Lijian, Prof. Shen Dingli, and Prof. Lin Minwang as members of the delegation, visited....

May 30, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , National Congress , OBOR , CPEC , US-China relations , Fudan University

China’s Belt and Road Initiative: India Must Stay Out

Brig Gurmeet Kanwal Article

Furthering China’s Grand Strategy Leaders from almost 30 countries gathered in Beijing this week to endorse President Xi Jinping’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) initiative, now called ‘Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The p....

May 25, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , POK , OBOR , China’s Belt and Road Initiative

South Asia in Global Economy and the ‘One Belt One Road’ (OBOR)

Prof Hari Bansh Jha

Background The present century is Asian century in which South Asia plays a pivotal role. Though occupying only 3.4 per cent of world’s land surface area, it inhibits 24 per cent of world population¹. Until a few deca....

May 19, 2017 Economic Studies , economy , One Belt One Road , OBOR , South Asia , regional trade , South Asia in Global Economy

जिसकी लाठी उसकी भैंस: चीनी (और पाकिस्तानी) शासनकला का राग

Rear Admiral Sudarshan Y Shrikhande, AVSM, IN, (Retd)

क्लॉजेवित्स की ‘ऑन वॉर’ में ‘डिफेंस’ नाम के उबाऊ शीर्षक वाली छठी पुस्तक के पहले अध्याय में उनक�....

May 02, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , China , OBOR , चीन , दावे , कब्जा , पाकिस्तानी , अखंड चीन , हिमालय पर डाका , ओबीओआर , Defense

Strategic Discourse On The People’s Republic Of China: Military, Power and Politics Edited by Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

Hardcover: 239 pages Publisher: Pentagon Press; (2017) ISBN-13: 978-8182749337....

April 24, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , OBOR , Chinese Military , Silk Road , Book Published , PLAAF , Republic of China , India–China Relations , White Paper

25 Years of Uzbekistan-China Relations: Enhanced Economic Engagements marked by Political Understanding

Dr Rashmini Koparkar

Introduction Uzbekistan and China recently celebrated 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. In recent years, the two countries have developed robust bilateral ties marked by high degree of economic engagements. Chin....

February 16, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , China , Uzbekistan , OBOR , Economic ties