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China Debates Policy towards U.S. as Biden’s Administration Takes Over
Jayadeva Ranade Article

China’s leadership echelons have been very apprehensive about anti-China actions the Trump Administration might take in its last days. Zhou Li, a former career diplomat who is presently senior researcher at the Chongyang Institute of Financial Rese....

December 30, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , Qiao Liang , Biden , Jake Sullivan , six scenarios , US China competition , Xi Jinping thought
एपीईसी सार्थक क्षेत्रीय फोरम के बजाए कोरी गप्पबाजी।
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

एशिया-प्रशांत आर्थिक सहयोग (एपीईसी) का शिखर सम्मेलन 20 नवम्बर को मलयेशिया में किया गया। इस फोरम क�....

December 29, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Economic Studies , Article , आसियान। डोनाल्ड ट्रंप। वियतनाम। शिखर सम्मेलन। आरसीईपी। कोविड-19। महामारी। बहुपक्षवाद। टीटीपी। हनोई। सीएटीपीपी। कुआलालम्पुर। बराक ओबामा। मुक्त व्यापार। प्रशांत आइसलैंड सचिवालय
Yearend Assessment of Vietnam’s Chairmanship of ASEAN in 2020
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

Vietnam took over the chairmanship of ASEAN in November 2019, and outlined that the objective of the next year of ASEAN meetings would be on ‘cohesiveness and responsive attitude’. This was meant to bring about better understanding within the ASE....

December 26, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , South China Sea , ASEAN Summit , Covid , COC , AOIP , community building , UNCLOS 1982
China: Path to Hi-Technology
Jayadeva Ranade Article

The world is on the threshold of major technology advances that will translate what has so far been in the realm of science fiction to everyday reality. There is clear promise of transformational changes, with the next couple of decades being witness....

December 24, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , CCP , Robotics , AI , Civil Military Integration , Digital Belt and Road , SOEs , Thousand Talents programme
Dialectics of Political Aims, Modern War and Victory
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The PLA transgressions of 2020 in Eastern Ladakh, the large induction of units and formations that followed brought the PLA and Indian Army face to face, often in a nail-biting situation. The Agreements signed with China over three decades had been l....

December 22, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , LAC , Eastern Ladakh , future war , LOC. PLA transgressions , three warfares
The Drones of Nagorno-Karabakh....Where are we?
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

This article is a sequel to the author’s preceding work titled, “Why the drones turned the tide for Azerbaijan”1. The previous work analysed the reasons as to why Armenia suffered such crippling losses attributed mainly to drone ....

December 21, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Nagorno-Karabkh , drone strike , drone defence , drone threat from Pakistan and China
चीन द्वारा छल-कपट(धोखा), नकार, विखंडन और दुष्प्रचार (डी-4)
Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.) Article

छिपकली, गिरगिट और सारस अपने पर आए खतरों तथा अपने अस्तित्व को बचाने के लिए छल करते हैं। मनुष्य दू�....

December 18, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , सैन्य आधुनिकीकरण , पीएलए , छल-कपट , देंग जियाओपिंग , पीएलएआरएफ , सुन त्ज़ु , टेक्निट , 36 स्ट्रेटगेम्स , वेइ ची
Space Situational Awareness (SSA): AN Essential Strategic Requirement
Pushpinder Bath Article

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Usage of space by own forces and its denial to adversary has grown to become essential for modern militaries. Today, space is increasingly being viewed as enabler for conduct of own operations and the 'Achilles heel' which if targ....

December 17, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons , Atomic Flux , Space debris , Collision Avoidance , Near Earth objects , Space Data Association (SDA) , Directed Energy Weapon (DEW)
Information War Waged by China against India
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

In May 2020 the Indian media covered news of large scale Chinese intrusion in Ladakh1. This was followed by a series of articles by the mainstream media about how the current government had failed to safeguard the territorial integrity of ....

December 16, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Economic War , Political war , Chinese threat spectrum against India , IW
How is Suga Crafting Japan’s Policies towards Russia?
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction
After Yoshihide Suga became Japan’s Prime Minister following the sudden resignation of Prime Minister Abe Shinzo with little experience in foreign diplomacy, questions were raised if he would be competent to handle Japan’....

December 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Northern Territories , Abe Shinzo , Yoshihide Suga , Vladimir Putin , Hokkaido , 1956 joint declaration , territorial dispute , Crimea , Iturup , Kunashir , Shikotan and Habomai
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