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West Asia Monthly Round-Up: August 2019
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

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West Asia continues to be fraught with uncertainty and mixed diplomatic discourse. On the one hand US-Iran spat continues but showed the signs of fissure in the so called “Alliance of the Willing” as UK released the detained....

September 06, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , West Asia diplomacy , French-Iran-US matters , UAE power-posturing
Japan Promotes Indo-Pacific in African Strategic Thinking
Dr Vijay Sakhuja Article

In his opening address at the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), Prime Minister Abe sought support from the African nations to join hands with Japan and work together to “safeguard the Indo-Pacific, which connects Af....

September 06, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Japanese initiatives in Indo-Pacific , Japan in African development , Yokohama Declaration
Recent Transgressions by China in the South China Sea
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Article

Activities of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)
China along with Vietnam is the largest claimants of islands in the South China Sea. China has built military bases to include berthing sites for war ships, air strips for fighter a....

September 06, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China’s latest territorial transgressions , South China Sea and Vietnam
Comments on Draft National Education Policy 2019
Prof. K.K. Aggarwal, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Ministry of Higher Education has brought out the Country’s First Education Policy of this century, which is nearly after three and a half decades of the earlier policy. Looking to the rate of change in the end of last century and still faster i....

September 06, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Education Policy , college education , Science and & technology education
Sri Lanka-US military Ties in the Indo-Pacific
Mayuri Mukherjee Article

On August 18, Sri Lankan media reported that the United States had decided to suspend bilateral negotiations with Colombo on the controversial Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) until after the presidential election in the island nation1. W....

September 05, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , Sri Lanka-US force agreements , Sri Lanka-US-China relations
Repeal of Article 370: Pakistan’s reaction, UN Resolutions and Contemporary Realities
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

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Repeal of Articles 370 and 35 A has brought sharp reaction from Pakistan. These were provisions of Indian Constitution, which had long outlived their historical relevance. Their repeal represents an internal change defining relat....

September 04, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan’s false propaganda , Pakistan’s hypocrisy on PoK
Narendra Modi’s visit to UAE and Bahrain
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 23-24 August 2019 and Bahrain on 24-25 August 2019. The visit by the Indian Prime Minister marks the first visit to the UAE and the West Asian region after coming back to p....

September 04, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , UAE and Bahrain’s gestures , UAE and Bahrain’s solidarity
दबाव के बावजूद चीनी राष्ट्रपति के शी जिनपिंग की दखलकारी नीतियों में कोई बदलाव नहीं
Jayadeva Ranade Article

चीनी राष्ट्रपति शी जिनपिंग और चीनी कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी (सीसीपी) पिछले 18 महीनों से अमेरिका के साथ �....

September 03, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , चीन की हठधर्मी नीतियां , चीन की आक्रमणकारी भंगिमाएं
दक्षिण एशियाई उपमहाद्वीप में पखवाड़े की हलचल
Mayuri Mukherjee Article

बांग्लादेश: न्यायिक प्रक्रिया के बगैर हत्याओं में न्याय नहीं
हत्या के एक आरोपी की जुलाई मे....

August 27, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Article , बांग्लादेश न्यायिक प्रक्रिया , पाकिस्तान का कर्ज , नेपाल फिल्म समारोह , श्री लंका में मृत्युदंड विरोध
The 74th Session of the UN General Assembly (2019-2020)
Amb Asoke Mukerji, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Top Priorities
The 74th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) will be held from mid-September 2019 till mid-September 2020. The African Group’s candidate Professor Tijjani Muhammad-Bande of Nigeria, a political scientist, educationi....

August 23, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , UNGS session , agenda for the UN , India in UNGA
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