Articles

"Work in Progress": Visits from Washington to Beijing

Dr Sweta Kumari, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has made a trip to China. Prior to her, Secretary of State Antony Blinken was on a two-day visit to Beijing on June 18-19 and met President Xi Jinping. These high-level delegations are an effort by Washington t....

July 11, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , US , China , South China Sea , Taiwan , trade , President Xi Jinping , East Asia , Secretary Antony Blinken , Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen

India and SCO: Tashkent Summit and Beyond

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

India came one step closer to becoming a full-fledged member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), at the summit held last month. Some of the required procedures were yet to be completed. For instance, there are about 28 documents which hav....

July 20, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , SCO , Prime Minister Narendra Modi , President Xi Jinping , Tashkent Summit

Upgraded Sino-Pak Relationship Increases Pressure on India

Jayadeva Ranade

At times individual events irreversibly change the dynamics of regional geopolitics and texture of bilateral relations. Xi Jinping’s well publicised two day (April 20-21, 2015) visit to Pakistan, barely three weeks prior to Indian Prime Minister Na....

March 04, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , China , PM Modi , Sino-Pak Relationship , President Xi Jinping