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Myanmar Round Up: October 2020
Dr Cchavi Vasisht Article

Myanmar is scheduled to conduct the third general elections in November 2020. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services, during the fifth anniversary of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on 15 October stated that....

November 09, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , Arakan army , COVID-19 , Rohingya , Elections 2020 , Indiain Myanmar , Violence EAO , Chinainterventions , Online Media
Assessing Pompeo’s Five-nation Asian Visit
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

In a rather unusual diplomatic move a week ahead of the important Presidential elections in the United States on 3 November and amid the raging pandemic on a global scale, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo decided to undertake a five-country tour....

November 07, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China’s assertiveness , South China Sea , Bay of Bengal , Maritime Security , Indian Ocean , COMCASA , 2+2 Dialogue , LEMOA , BECA , Pompeo , Gotabaya Rajapaksa , Nguyen Xuan Phuc , Pham Binh Minh , Malabar naval exercises
Uyghur Forced Labour in China
Dr Hirak Jyoti Das, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The availability of cheap workforce has significantly contributed in transforming China into an industrial powerhouse in the present century. The labour force in China however, faces systematic abuses and they are denied protection of workers’ righ....

November 06, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Human Rights , Arbitrary detention , Re-education camps , Forced Labour , ILO
गांधी जी की समकालीन प्रासंगिकता
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

महात्मा गांधी जी का जन्म 2 अक्टूबर 1869 ईस्वी में हुआ था। यह उल्लेखनीय है कि उनके जन्म के 150 वर्षों क�....

November 06, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , नश्वरता। भगवद्गीता।अहिंसा। सर्वोदय। सत्याग्रह। स्वराज्य
Second India-Central Asia Dialogue: Major Takeaways
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction
Central Asia is considered India's extended neighbourhood. In the absence of direct land connectivity, India-Central Asia relations have been marginalized in the post-Soviet period. India and Central Asian Republics (CARs) sh....

November 05, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , China , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Afghanistan , Uzbekistan , USA , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Grants , Extended Neighborhood , Developmental partnerships , Line of Credit , C5+1
Tatmadaw’s Strategic Perspective on the Coco Islands of Myanmar
Dr Naing Swe Oo Article

In the contemporary era, growing strategic competition among major powers and their power projection efforts in the Indo-Pacific region raise the importance of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean. Along with the changing security landsc....

November 04, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , Myanmar , Andaman & Nicobar Islands , Coco Islands , Malacca Strait , SLOCs
Infrastructure Development as a Force Multiplier
Major General (Retd.) Ajay Kumar Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM Article

Introduction
India and China share border of 4056 Km in length (as per Ministry of Home Affairs). Compromised by China’s military aggression in 1962, the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh’s Sub Sector North (SSN) delineates that p....

November 04, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Ladakh , Defence infrastructure , Border Area Road construction , Road- rail-air connectivity
Redefining Two-Front War
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

On taking over as COAS, Gen Bipin Rawat, in December 2016 had said: “The two-front is a real scenario… the army, navy and IAF are now jointly very much prepared for such an eventuality.” In his first press conference as COAS, Gen Manoj N....

November 03, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , China , LoC , Information war , Cyber war , LAC , Eastern Ladakh , battle space , electromagnetic spectrum , multidomain
मध्य एशिया में चीन का कर्ज-जाल
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

पृष्ठभूमि
मध्य एशिया में चीन के अपने कई स्वार्थ हैं। पहला तो यही कि उसे अपने उत्तर-पश्चिम�....

November 03, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , China , Article , चीन। किर्गिस्तान। कजाखस्तान। तजाकिस्तान। भ्रष्टाचार। बीआरआइ। कर्ज-जाल। कर्ज। एआइआइबी। प्रेडेटरी लेंडिंग। चीन विरोधी मानसिकता। क्रेडिट्स। भूभाग पर दावे
India – US 2+2 Dialogue: Forging a Predictable Defence Relationship
Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction
The recently concluded India – US 2+2 dialogue (October 26- 27, 2020), third in this series, is a pointer towards the two countries converging substantially in overcoming the often lamented `hesitation of history’. Coming....

November 02, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , US , Article , China , Indo Pacific , DTTI , CAATSA , BECA , Counter terrorism , Cyber Dialogue , ISA , major defence partner , STA
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