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Commentary: Implications of Pakistan on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Grey List

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Commentary

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) The ‘Group of Seven’ countries, commonly referred as G-7, was conceptualised prior to the 1973 oil crisis. It started with an informal meeting between the US Secretary of the Treasury and....

April 23, 2018 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , FATF Grey List , Pakistan’s terror-finance , FATF

Commentary: PLA Navy’s Major Exercise in the South China Sea: An Analytical Perspective

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

The massive People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy exercises conducted in the second week of April near Hainan and further east, and review of the same by President Xi Jinping come in the wake of evolving strategic situation at the global and regional....

April 19, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , South China Sea , Chinese naval exercise , PLA Navy

Commentary: China’s Maritime Infrastructure Projects in the Indian Ocean: Lend and Lease Agreements

Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

Economic corridors, connectivity and port projects, and strategic access arrangements in the Indian Ocean Region resonate in the contemporary oration. Further, China’s 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (MSR), under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI),....

April 03, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China’s maritime lease , China in Indian Ocean

Commentary: Uzbekistan and Tajikistan Press the Reset Button

Dr Rashmini Koparkar Commentary

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan has recently paid a two day State Visit to Dushanbe. His first tour of Tajikistan since coming to power reflects the improving relationship between the two neighboring republics. It also underlines Mirziyoye....

March 28, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , Uzbekistan-Tajikistan relations , President Mirziyoyev’s visit to Dushanbe

Commentary : Xi Secures his Wish List for the ‘New Era’

Gunjan Singh Commentary

The past month has witnessed significant political developments in China which have altered the structure of the Chinese domestic political system and may lead to an acute concentration of power and Mao-style personality cult. The developments have a....

March 26, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China’s 13th NPC , China’s CPPCC , New Era , political developments in China , NPC , Xi , CPC , Chinese Parliament

Commentary: The Tapi Pipeline: Economics vs Politics

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Commentary

In February 2018, leaders from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India inaugurated the 1700 km Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. Functions were held in Serhetabat and Herat with the leaders expressing hope that trade and ....

March 23, 2018 Economic Studies , Commentary , India , Pakistan , TAPI , Tapi Pipeline , Afghanistan , Kabul , Internal Security , TAPI security

Commentary: Forging a ‘Korean Nuclear Deal’: The Beginning of a Long Road

Dr Kapil Patil Commentary

In an unprecedented development last week, the U.S. President Donald Trump announced the acceptance of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s invitation to hold a summit meeting and discuss the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.¹ Mr. K....

March 23, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , US Summit , De-nuclearisation of North Korea , Korean Nuclear Deal , Donald Trump

Commentary: The Neela Hauz Constructed Wetland System

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

22^nd March is commemorated as ‘World Water Day’. Only two percent of the water on the globe is fresh water. Of this nearly 70 percent is locked in the polar ice sheets and the rest is distributed unevenly. Recycling of waste water is a....

March 22, 2018 Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , India , World Water Day , Neela Hauz , Constructed Wetland System , CWS , Delhi , Water , Delhi University , Prof CR Babu , The Neela Hauz

Commentary: International Solar Alliance - India’s Radiant Multilateralism

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

On March 11 ,2018 India led the world into a new era of mutually beneficial multilateral effort, so necessary for the survival of the humanity, through the inauguration of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) in New Delhi by Prime Minister Narendra....

March 22, 2018 Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , International Solar Alliance , Solar Mission , Climate Change