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India-China Line of Actual Control: Increasingly Fuzzier…
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Though comparisons are odious, Line of Control (LOC) and Line of Actual Control (LAC) are chalk and cheese! The Karachi Agreement of 1949 delineated the Ceasefire Line (CFL), following directional paths in the absence of clear landmarks, by demarcati....

January 29, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , LoC , Aksai Chin , LAC , Pangong Tso , salami slicing , Simla Convention , Scarborough Shoal
Future of Tokyo Olympics Uncertain
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The Yoshihide Suga government in Japan is in a fix. The postponed Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to begin in six months from now on 23 July but in the wake of surging pandemic, there is increasing clamour both from the public and the opposition parties....

January 27, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , COVID-19 , Pandemic , Tokyo Olympics , Vaccines , Budget , Toshihide Suga , Kazuo Shii , Yukio Edano , Japanese Communist Party , Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan , draft bill
नई भू-राजनीति : 2021 में भारतीय विदेश नीति की चुनौतियां
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

कोविड-19 ने वैश्विक राजनीतिक और आर्थिक संतुलन को फिर से तेज कर दिया है, जो पिछले दो दशकों से चली आ र....

January 25, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , आसियान। एक्ट ईस्ट। यूएनएससी। क्वाड। न्यू कोल्ड वार। इंडो-पैसिफिक। बीआरआई। ईयू। कोविड-19। नेबरहुड फर्स्ट। मल्टीलेटरलिज्म।एलएसी। बाइडेन। मध्य-पूर्व। शी जिनपिंग का चीन।
The Pitfalls of the China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment
Jeff M. Smith Article

On December 30, leaders from Brussels and Beijing reached terms on a new China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI). After seven years of negotiations, the deal will reportedly grant the EU enhanced market access in China, in sectors such a....

January 24, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , China , Article , India-EU Relations , China-EU investment treaty , China-EU relations , Transatlantic China , Transatlantic cooperation , U.S.-Europe relations
What does Eighth Party Congress of North Korea Reveal?
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction
North Korea held the Eighth Congress of the Workers’ Party (WPK) after a gap of four and half years. It started on 5 January and lasted for unusually prolonged eight days until 12 January. The previous Congresses were held ....

January 21, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Donald Trump , Xi Jinping , sanctions , Kim Jong-un , Ballistic Missiles , Coronavirus , summits , Eighth Party Congress , SLBM , Kim Il-sung , Kim-Jong-Il , Jeo Biden
Annual Review of Islamic State and Al Qaeda: What is on the Horizon in 2021?
Soumya Awasthi Article

Background
The past year began with a pathological threat for the world which was detrimental not only for public health, politics, and economics but also for global security. The keywords for the year 2020 were COVID-19, geopolitical rea....

January 21, 2021 Terrorism , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , West Africa , Iran , Islamic State , ISIS , IS , Al Qaeda
Trends in West Asia in 2020
Dr Hirak Jyoti Das, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

COVID-19 in West Asia
The COVID-19 pandemic has a devastating impact on human lives and the economic situation in the West Asian and North African region. The UAE was the first state in the region to report a positive case on 29 January....

January 20, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , COVID-19; Abraham Accords; Israel-Palestine conflict; JCPOA
Xi Jinping Further Strengthens Chinese Communist Party’s ‘Magic Weapon’-The United Front Work Department
Jayadeva Ranade Article

China is making efforts to arrest the slide in US-China relations and lower temperatures after Joe Biden takes over as President on January 20. In addition to Chinese Politburo member and former Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi’s plans for visiting Was....

January 19, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , rejuvenation of Chinese nation , United Front Work Department , UFWD
किस तरह सुगा जापान की नीतियों को रूस की तरफ मोड़ रहे हैं ?
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

शिंजो अबे के प्रधानमंत्री पद से सहसा इस्तीफा देने के बाद योशिहिदे सुगा जापान के प्रधानमंत्री ब....

January 19, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , नार्दन टेरिटोरिज। शिंजो अबे। योशिहिदे सुगा। व्लादिमीर पुतिन। होक्काइडो। 1956 संयुक्त घोषणापत्र। टेरिटोरियल डिस्पुट। क्रीमिया। इतरूप। कुनाशीर। शिकोतन और हबोमाई
International Security: Review of 2020 & Projections for 2021
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The year 2020 shall be recorded as an unprecedented year in the modern history of humankind. The outbreak of China-origin Coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) has eclipsed the events in global security. On one side, the spread of coronavirus enforced....

January 18, 2021 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , India , Pakistan , Iran , Afghanistan , Islamic State , United States , al-Qaeda , International Security , Counter terrrosim , Review
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