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PAEAN TO COLONEL BABU AND HIS MEN | A POEM
Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

At those heights where the earth touches the sky The wind blows like a flurry of sharp spears That pierce the flesh without drawing blood When breathing becomes an ordeal And each step an act of determination to feel alive Our soldiers....

July 03, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , PLA , Uighurs , Col Suresh Babu , Tibetans , Stone Age warriors , Forbidden City , Galwan River , Hegemonic ambitions
Netanyahu’s Annexation Plan
Amb K P Fabian Commentary

Prime Minister Netanyahu tried to move heaven and earth, including Washington, to get the approval of the Knesset for annexing a part of the West Bank—details are yet to be revealed—by 1st July. He has failed. He could not get his Cabinet to agre....

July 01, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Trump , Netanyahu , Annexation plan. UN Partition Plan , Oslo Accords , EU MPs , Jared Kushner
Et Tu Caesar – Unending Plight of Syria!
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

“Et tu Brutus” has been synonymous with perfidy. But on June 17 when the USA invoked its “Caesar Act” against Syria and its embattled President Assad, pursuant to the geo-political games, Assad would have closed the caption by accusing Caesar....

June 29, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Russia , ISIS , Turkey , US Sanctions , refugees , Caesar Act , Hezoballah , China BRI , Assad
GAMES WITH CHINESE NAMES | A POEM
Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

To understand China’s conduct You have to from their names deduct The kind of persons they could be, It’s like solving a mystery. In social context these days one sees You use first names with so much ease, You could call Dev De....

June 23, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Politburo , Wang Yang , Zhao Leji , Wang Huning , Song Ping , Han Zheng , Yu Zhengsheng , Li Zhanshu , Hu Qili , Qiao Shi , Chen Boda , Li Lanqing , Wang Qishan , Wu Bangguo , Yao Yilin , Lui Yunshan , Zhang Gaoli , Li Changchun , Li Fuchun , Wang Hongwen
Hydroxychloroquine: Pandemic, Parasites and Politics
Radhika Daga Commentary

In this six month long mercurial quest for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients, winners are far from declared. Among the various antiviral treatments tested or deployed to inhibit the viral growth, hydroxychloroquine has had an unparalleled....

June 22, 2020 Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , artificial intelligence , Donald Trump , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Hydroxychloroquine , Vaccines , ICMR , Science
Tensions Return to the Korean Peninsula
Prof Rajaram Panda Commentary

At a time when the world attention is focussed in battling the Covid-19, two communist nations – China and North Korea – are engaged in different terrains as if to deflect the focus from containing Covid-19. Both are unfortunate developments and ....

June 19, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Kim Jong-un , Singapore , Pyongyang , Kaesong , Demilitarised zone , 2018 deal , Blue House , Moon Jae-in , Kim Yo Jong , sanctions relief , summits , Hanoi , dialogue , Roh Moo-hyun , Park Geun-hye , Covid-19 pandemic.
India’s Maoists: Business as usual
Dr P V Ramana Commentary

It has been business as usual for Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), even as the country has been fighting the challenge of COVID-19 pandemic. Incidents of violence by the Maoists, efforts at shoring–up their arsenal and extortion,....

June 18, 2020 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , weapons , Maoists , chhattisgarh , Extortion , Sukma
ऑटोनॉमस शस्त्र प्रणालियों के प्रयोग पर नियंत्रण
Mayuri Mukherjee Commentary

तकनीकी परिभाषाओं की चिंता करने के बजाय जोर इस बात पर हो कि मानव अपनी मशीनों पर नियंत्रण कैसे ब�....

June 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता , घातक स्वायत्त हथियार , उभरती प्रौद्योगिकियां , संयुक्त राष्ट्र CCW , अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मानवीय कानून
Ultra Virus | A Poem
Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

The road to the exalted status of Xi-ri Xi-ri Xi-ri Xi-ri Xi-ri Xi
In lanes behind Hotel Raffles In Singapore it still baffles Me how our dear friend Hu Noh Lai Knew I would be passing by. He softly whispered in my ea....

June 13, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , Xi , Ultra Plans , Ultra Virus , Propaganda Department
Pakistan: Worsening Economic Condition
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistan was already going through an economic slowdown when the COVID outbreak took place. It had received the US $ 6 billion of assistance from the IMF under Extended Fund Facility last year. The money came with conditions. The IMF policy of inflat....

June 12, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , China , Saudi Arabia , CPEC , World Bank , Covid , IMF , Inflation , negative growth , oil revenues
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