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Is South Asia ready to develop a robust Regional Value Chain?

The first transhipment cargo between India and Bangladesh was received at the Agartala (Tripura) Integrated Check on 23 July 2020 morning. The Indo- Bangladesh Coastal Shipment agreement signed in 2018 led to the cargo movement on the first trial con....

July 27, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Tripura , transhipment , regional value chains , multimodal transportation , sub-region

AIR DEFENCE IS EVERYWHERE

Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction

The term Air Defence (AD), is simplistically understood by most as defence of a nation’s territory from an enemy’s air attacks. For a professional air power practitioner however, AD today means much more. It encompasses a....

July 24, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Air defence , surveillance , AD Command , Air Space Management , Counter Air Operations , Counter Surface Force operations , Battlefield Air Support , Air Interdiction , Control & Reporting , Integrated Area Defence

The ‘Party’ that Controls the Gun!

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

In analysing the aggression shown by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in Eastern Ladakh since May 2020, and the intransigence apparent in the consequent negotiations to return to status quo, it is imperative follow the hierarchy dictating the sam....

July 23, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , CPC , PLA , Ladakh , Mao , Western Theatre Command , political commissar , 2019 White Paper China National Defense , C4ISR

The India - EU Summit: Implementation Remains the Key

Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Strategic Partnership between India and EU was forged in 2004. The precursor to this partnership was a Joint Political Statement (1993) and a cooperation Agreement (1994)both of which laid the basis of this partnership. India and EU also agreed o....

July 22, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Article , India , Maritime Security , strategic partnership , UNCLOS , 5G , EU , WHO , WTO , Atmanirbhar Bharat , UN , BTIA , Euratom , DAE , natural partners

Igniting Total Factor Productivity Growth in Indian Economy

Praveen Menon Article

For decades, India has looked upon China as competitor in the economic sphere and rightly so. Indian civilization has historically been an economic superpower for centuries ahead of China. It was inevitable in contemporary economic history that a gia....

July 21, 2020 Economic Studies , Article , China , Indian Economy , Global supply chains , ROI , reforms , Purchasing Power Parity , R&D , spending , Total Factor Production , Research Excellence

भारत-चीन टकराव: रिश्तों में आया मोड़

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

लद्दाख में कई स्थानों पर और सिक्किम के नाकू ला में भारत और चीन के बीच जारी टकराव के कारण दोनों दे�....

July 21, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , भारत , चीन , LAC , लद्दाख , फिंगर्स क्षेत्र , गैलवान घाटी , संयुक्त राष्ट्र मानवाधिकार परिषद

Parliament and India-China relations

Rup Narayan Das Article

The recent accusation and allegations by the opposition parties particularly Congress with regard to the government’s handling of the India-China relations, in the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the India-China border was unfortunate and irrespons....

July 20, 2020 China , Governance and Political Studies , Article , China , foreign policy , opposition parties , Territorial integrity , LAC , Tibet , national interest , Members of Parliament , India-China war 1962 , Prof. NG Ranga , McMahon Line , forthcoming Parliament Session

The EU -USA- China Contradiction: the Friends Turned Foes and Vice Versa

Amb Gurjit Singh Article

The European Union (EU) is today facing a major contradiction. Its traditional ally, the USA has in several ways turned its back on Europe and is entering into trade and defence related quarrels. China which is the EU’s ‘systemic rival’ is on t....

July 20, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , China , Article , US , China , Climate Change , trade , Brexit , NATO , EU , UK , COVID-19 , FDI , TTIP , 2020 EU China Cooperation Agenda

Finding a Solution to the Nile Dispute

Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

The construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) since April 2011 has emerged as a bone of contention between Egypt famously known as the ‘Gift of Nile’ and Ethiopia that controls 85 percent of the water flow of the river. The dispu....

July 17, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam; Nile River Basin; Comprehensive Framework Agreement (CFA); 1929 and 1959 agreements; Water and Food Security