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Myanmar Round Up: July 2020
Dr Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF Article

The country reported 353 confirmed COVID-19 cases and six deaths as on 31 July 2020. During the policy briefing on Southeast Asia, the United Nations (UN) positioned Myanmar in the vulnerable category due to a weak health care system and continuing h....

August 10, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , India , economy , Myanmar Elections , Arakan army , COVID-19 , Exports , Human Rights , EAOs , China BR
Countering the Dragon in the Skies
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

This is a linked brief with the previous work titled ‘Power Behind Arrogance’ carried on the VIF portal on 23 Jun 2020.1 The previous article dealt with the analysis of the air and missile arsenal of China. It analysed how the Chine....

August 08, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Chinese threat , PLAAF threat , IAF air and missile power
Floods in China: Yet another critical test for Xi Jinping
Dr Teshu Singh Article

Floods in China are an annual phenomenon. This year’s flood comes at the time when China is already battling the COVID-19 which has hit 27 out of 31 provinces of China. Since June, torrential rain in China has broken all records. It is the most dev....

August 07, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , Disaster , PLA , Li Keqiang , COVID-19 , Three Gorges Dam , Yangtze River , Floods , Black Swan
West Asia Round Up: July 2020
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

ABSTRACT:
China-Iran deal announced earlier this month continued to reverberate through the continent and elsewhere that has been dictated by the enhanced US-China and US-Iran rivalry. The proposed 25 years Agreement , which has b....

August 07, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Iran , Egypt , Yemen , Turkey–Egypt , Iraq-Iran , Turkey and Russia , Israel-Hezbollah , Iran-Iraq , China-Iran
Indonesia and the Growing Influence of Islam
Amb Gurjit Singh Article

Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim country but is not an Islamic State. It is governed by its doctrine of Pancasila enshrined in the Constitution1. Besides its belief in One God, the Constitution also recognises six religions in Ind....

August 06, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , democracy , Army , Saudi Arabia , Pakistan ISI , Tableeghi Jamaat , Hizbut Tahrir , Political Islam , Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) , Nahdlatul Ulama , Jemma Islamiyah , Jokowi
Pursuit of ‘Peace’ brings some of the last Hindus and Sikhs of Afghanistan to India
Dr Anwesha Ghosh Article

On 26th July, 11 members of the Hindu and Sikh communities of Afghanistan reached New Delhi after being granted priority visas by the Indian Embassy in Kabul.1 In the light of decades of persecution and the relentless attacks in the recent....

August 05, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , Afghan Hindus and Sikhs , religious minority , persecution , peace and conflict , asylum seeker , the Citizenship (Amendment) Act- 2019
Assessing India’s Abrogation of article 370, and Kashmir’s Journey Ahead
Abhinav Pandya Article

On August 5th, 2019, Modi government nullified the article 370 and scrapped article 35 A, the backbone of article 370. It was indeed a historic moment for India as article 370, in essence, had become a dead weight providing a robust protective shield....

August 05, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , Radicalisation , governance , ISIS , Turkey , ISI , Article 370 , Ladakh , AQIS , United Jihad Council
सीमा पर चीन का ख़तरनाक रुख : चीन से हो गई चूक
Air Marshal SS Soman (Retd.) Article

पिछले दो महीनों से पूर्वी लद्दाख़ में भारतीय और चीनी सैनिक ख़तरनाक ढंग से आमने-सामने हुए हैं और ....

August 05, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , ताइवान , चीन , तिब्बत , एलएसी , लद्दाख , गलवान घाटी , शिजियांग , एअर पॉवर , विस्तारवादी
Press Freedom under Siege in Pakistan
Dr Yatharth Kachiar Article

On July 22, 2020, Pakistani senior journalist Matiullah Jan, known for his critical views of the country’s judiciary and military, was abducted and later released by unidentified persons in Islamabad. The incident has once again focused a spotlight....

August 04, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , democracy , Imran Khan , Media , military , Press Freedom , Censorship , Hybrid regime , Journalism , Human Rights
Has a Cold War Started between U.S. and China?
Amb K P Fabian Article

China-U.S. relations are deteriorating at a rapid pace and some scholars have wondered whether we are witnessing the beginnings of Cold War 2 between the two biggest economies? On 21st July 2020, the U.S. State Department ordered that Chinese C....

August 04, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Article , US , China , Taiwan , Trump , Japan , Globalisation , COVID-19 , UN Security Council , Hong Kong , Cold War , Nixon
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