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Fumio Kishida’s Five-nation Tour: An Assessment
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

After adopting a path-breaking measure to rearm Japan in December 2022 in the wake of North Korean threat and China’s belligerence, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida undertook a six-day, five nation tour starting with 8 January 2023 that took ....

February 02, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Taiwan Straits , Fumio Kishida , NPT Review Conference , Defense build-up , G-7 summit , Reciprocal Access Agreement , Indo-Pacific paradigm
The Unbroken Guru-Sishya tradition and The Continuity of Bharatvarsha
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

Bharatvarsh, the nation that is today Bharat, has an antiquity dating back to the Vedic period -- at least 3500 years before. There is no land and people on this earth who have been aligned like Bharatvarsh and Bharatiyas. Their alignment has an anti....

February 01, 2023 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Swami Vivekananda , Indian Civilisation , Upanishad , Guru Sishya tradition , Bharatvarsha , Purana , Sanatan
The Promise and Peril of Africa in 2023
Samir Bhattacharya Article

As the year 2022 ended, here is a brief recap of what happened in Africa over the past year. Most African countries were still battling to recover from the pandemic when the year began. However, a series of disruptions, such as supply shortages and s....

February 01, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , democracy , Climate Change , Africa , election , COVID-19 , AfCFTA , Military Coup , Scramble for Africa , Islamist terrorism , Horn of Africa , COP27 , Sahel
Geopolitics of Cyber Attribution
Divyanshu Jindal Article

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With the world witnessing a full-scale offensive as a part of the Russia-Ukraine conflict it now seems inevitable that all future conflicts will have a cyber component. As nations worldwide prepare to develop their capabilitie....

January 31, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , Geopolitics , Cyberspace , espionage , Cyber , cyberattack , Attribution , Cyberwarfare
Bangladesh in 2022: Year-End Review and Way Forward
Dr Anil Kumar Article

The Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus was threatening the world at the beginning of 2022, and the impact was more severe in developing countries like Bangladesh. The pandemic impacted overall growth and dented the economy to a great extent. Most ....

January 30, 2023 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Article , India , democracy , economy , Development , election , Bangladesh , Security , Infrastructure
US Critical and Emerging Technology Strategy
Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF Article

As a part of the wider modernisation agenda, the US Department of State announced on 3rd January 2023 the establishment of a new Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology. The purpose of establishing this office is to bring add....

January 30, 2023 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , India , US , China , Russia , AI , 14th Five Year Plan , Special Envoy , semiconductor , NSS , Made in China 2025 , NDS , Entity List , CET , Chips and Science Act , Export Control , NSIB , iCET
From the Global South to G20, with despair and concern
Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

India at 75 is not what it was during the Cold War, striving to preserve autonomy of national action between two hostile politico-military blocs. Those blocs are gone. At the World Economic Forum in Davos recently, captains of industry and ....

January 29, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , World economic forum , WEF
India China Border Dispute Packets of Information to Continuous Spectrum
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

China Factor: A Seven Decades Old Dispute Debated on Packets of Information
In recent times - especially after the Galwan incident of 15 June 2020, Sino Indian border dispute is the most intensely debated topic in Indian media. The cont....

January 27, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Aksai Chin , Sino-India border disputes , Depsang Plains , Annexation of Tibet , Kongka incident
Yudh Abhyas 22: Another Step Further in Deepening Indo-US Strategic Ties
Dr Sweta Kumari Article

Yudh Abhyas, a joint military exercise, held between the Indian Army and the US Army is one of the critical aspects of the defence cooperation between the two countries. This exercise takes place at the Battalion level with its joint planning at th....

January 25, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , US , Article , Indian Army , US Army , Yudh Abhyas , UN Mandate , Interoperability , HADR and Indo-US Defence Cooperation
West Asia and North Africa Review 2022
Dr Hirak Jyoti Das, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Responses to the Russia-Ukraine War
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war drew mixed responses among the West Asian and North African states based on their national interests and strategic objectives. Most states in the region do not necessarily ....

January 24, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Russia-Ukraine War; Israel-Palestine Conflict; Yemen; Libya; Syria; Saudi Arabia; Iran Protest
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