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Modi’s Message: India Can and Will Defend its Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The brutal killing of 20 Indian soldiers by the Chinese troops at the Galwan river area on the Indian side of the India-China Line Of Control (LAC) in Ladakh on 15-16th June has led to national outrage in India. The brave Indian Army soldiers were in....

June 18, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , PM Modi , Territorial integrity , Befitting reply , sovereignty , soldiers sacrifice , China's aggressiveness , bilateral relationship
Eastern LADAKH (EL) and Siachen: The Geo-Strategic Obstruct
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Indeed, the Soltoro Ridge with the Shyok River to its West, the Siachen Glacier and the Nubra Valley and the Saser Muztagh with the Shyok River to its East, is a great geostrategic obstruct to any collusive designs of Pakistan and China. With the Sha....

June 17, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , China , Siachen , Aksai Chin , Galwan , Eastern Ladakh , Gilgit-Baltistan , Shyok , Trans Karakoram Tract , ISR
US Naval Transformation Challenges PLA Navy
Dr Vijay Sakhuja Article

Numerous commentaries and essays have argued and concluded that the military gap between the US and China is closing and the numerical naval balance between the two Pacific powers has converged. The PLA Navy is growing rapidly, and in the last five y....

June 17, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Article , 4IR technologies; Warfighter Development office; Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO); Ghost Fleet; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV); US Navy; PLA Navy; Sea Hunter
The United States and the COVID Challenge: it’s Impact on the 2020 Presidential Election
Dr Harinder Sekhon Article

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the United States. In June, the US crossed the two million mark in infected cases and has reported over 117 thousand deaths. Of these, New York alone has recorded over 382,000 cases, far higher than most nat....

June 16, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , Donald Trump , US elections , Pandemic , New York , US economy , Immigration , Paycheck Protection Program , COVID Challenge , US Demographics , US Unemployment , Great Depression , CARES Act , America's troubles , H1B Visas , Epicentres of the disease , Rural America.
वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा पर भारत-चीन टकराव का विश्लेषण
Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.) Article

हाल ही में एक प्रतिष्ठित लेखक ने एक प्रमुख भारतीय अखबार में एक लेख में भारत-चीन सीमा विवाद के बा�....

June 16, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , विभिन्न धारणाएं , गालवान घाटी , एलएसी , लद्दाख , नकुल , सिक्किम
Russia and Turkey Embroiled in Libya
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

For over a decade the biggest problem and misfortune of the Libyans has been the competition among the rival powers. This included the regional and non-regional interventionists who continue to support their favourite militias or quasi governments wh....

June 16, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Putin , Tripoli , Tobruk , GNA , Erdogan , Gen. Haftar , UN , Berlin Process
COVID-19 in Tajikistan: From Denial to Full-scale Crisis
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Despite being surrounded by the countries with positive cases of coronavirus, the Tajik Government had consistently denied the existence of the virus until April 30 when 15 cases were reported. This announcement was made when the World Health Organiz....

June 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , India , China , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , poverty , Unemployment , Tajikistan , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , World Bank , Pandemic , IMF , Remittances , Pneumonia , Medical Diplomacy , Vande Bharat
The Virtual Summit between India and Australia: how Significant?
Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Connected by the Indian Ocean, Commonwealth, the English language and shared democratic values, Australia has never loomed larger in the Indian consciousness than in the last decade. The relationship has seen its highs and lows but here has been a st....

June 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , Australia , strategic partnership , defence cooperation , Cyber Security , diaspora , Mutual Logistics Support , Indo--Pacific
The Disarray in the Gulf Cooperation Council
Amb K P Fabian Article

The 5th of June 2020 marks a sad day in the annals of the 6-member GCC (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain) founded in 1981. On 5th June 2017 the Crown Princes of Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. broke off relations with ....

June 12, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Iran , Qatar , GCC , Saudi Arabia , Arab Spring , U.S. , Muslim Brotherhood , 13 Demands and Ultimatum , Gas Fields , Al Jazeera
Notes from the Sub-continent – May 2020
Mayuri Mukherjee Article

In this latest compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we start with Bangladesh, where the people had to deal with a super cyclone even as they struggled to cope with the novel coronavirus pand....

June 11, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Pakistan , Nepal , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Taliban , Amphan , Twitter , Lipulekha
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