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U.S. eyes Mideast-India transport network to counter China
The U.S. is talks with Saudi Arabia, India and the United Arab Emirates about a massive transport infrastructure project as Washington steps up engagement wit....

May 31, 2023 Iran Nuclear Program , Saudi Arabia , NATO , Tourism , G7 , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Sittwe Port , Mideast transport corridor , Solar Panels , Hamburg port , US-China ties , PLA Rocket Force
NATO Welcomes Finland as its 31st Member, Sweden to Follow Soon
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The Russia-Ukraine crisis has assumed a new dimension as the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s main sore point, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), welcomed its new member Finland on 4 April 2023, upon depositing its instrument of acces....

April 11, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Security , NATO , Sweden , Finland , membership issue , alliance relationship
India Should Mobilise World Opinion for Ending the War
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

On the first anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war, the world is staring at a deeply unsettling, uncertain future. The political, security and economic environment has deteriorated to such an extent that there is open talk about among people about t....

February 23, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , India , China , Russia , Nuclear Weapons , Japan , PM Modi , NATO , G20 , Biden , Wang Yi , ending war
India’s Global Leadership: Revamped Agenda and Reformed Multilateralism Impacting Emerging World Order
Prof (Dr) Debasis Bhattacharya Article

India’s ascendancy as UNSecurity Council President in December 2022 for the second time in a span of only fifteen months remarkably reflect its growing global recognition as a formidable and credible power that is committed to strengthen the tenets....

February 10, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , NATO , UN Security Council , Multilateralism , World Order , Russia-Ukraine War
Russia’s Ukraine War and the Concept of Balance of Power since Congress of Vienna
Abhishek Das Article

Prologue
From Congress of Vienna to the beginning of the First World War; Europe survived for nearly a century without a major war like the one it saw ended with the Battle of Waterloo or the one it would see starting in 1914. During this....

December 07, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Russia , NATO , Ukraine , Cold War , Crimea , balance of power , Great Wars
Ukraine and the post-Cold War disorder
Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The war in Ukraine is in its sixth month, with no clarity on an endgame. Russia reiterates it will not back down, until it achieves its original objectives. Ukraine seeks more heavy weaponry from the West, to drive Russian forces back to their pre-wa....

August 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Russia , Europe , NATO , Ukraine , Cold War
Russia-Ukraine Conflict and International Developments: An Indian Perspective
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

(This is an updated version of the presentation made at an international conference organised by National Institute of International Strategy, CASS, Beijing on “Russia-Ukraine Conflict and International Developments” on 26 July 2022) The Russi....

August 01, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , India , Russia , NATO , Ukraine , energy crisis , Food Crisis
Shinzo Abe: Tragic Departure of a Colossus – Part I
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The morning on 8 July began with the devastating news that the former Prime Minister of Japan Abe Shinzo, a true friend of India with whom the author had a chance to briefly interact at the India International Centre as a member in August 2007 when h....

July 11, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , NATO , Abe Shinzo , nation mourns , Yamagami , assassination , nationalist , conspiracy theories , cult controversy , motivation , religious group
VIF Cyber Review: June 2022

National
“Cyber secure India is integral to national security and development”: Union Minister of Home Affairs
Addressing a national conference on cyber security and national security on 20 June 2022, the Union Minister of H....

July 08, 2022 India , China , Russia , Sri Lanka , BIMSTEC , NATO , 5G , cyber espionage , Canada , CERT-In , VIF Cyber Review , spyware , MeitY
China: Daily Scan, June 30, 2022

Chinese video gaming billionaire plans relocation with family abroad after draconian Shanghai lockdown: South China Morning Post
June 28, 2022
Huang Yimeng, the billionaire co-founder of one of China’s largest video gaming com....

June 30, 2022 Pakistan , ASEAN , Belt and Road , NATO , Wechat , Hong Kong , China Daily Digest , Tencent
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