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Has a Cold War Started between U.S. and China?
Amb K P Fabian Article

China-U.S. relations are deteriorating at a rapid pace and some scholars have wondered whether we are witnessing the beginnings of Cold War 2 between the two biggest economies? On 21st July 2020, the U.S. State Department ordered that Chinese C....

August 04, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Article , US , China , Taiwan , Trump , Japan , Globalisation , COVID-19 , UN Security Council , Hong Kong , Cold War , Nixon
The EU -USA- China Contradiction: the Friends Turned Foes and Vice Versa
Amb Gurjit Singh Article

The European Union (EU) is today facing a major contradiction. Its traditional ally, the USA has in several ways turned its back on Europe and is entering into trade and defence related quarrels. China which is the EU’s ‘systemic rival’ is on t....

July 20, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , China , Article , US , China , Climate Change , trade , Brexit , NATO , EU , UK , COVID-19 , FDI , TTIP , 2020 EU China Cooperation Agenda
Two Expansions: Which G7 should India Choose?
Aayush Mohanty Article

The United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union in June 2016 and Donald Trump becoming the President of the United States of America a few months later with the slogan “America First” has led to the offspring’s of globalisation, the....

July 02, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , US , China , UK , G7 , Expansion
Perceptions, Policies and Narrative about China over COVID-19 from the Indo-Pacific
Amruta Karambelkar Article

As the initial shock from the COVID-19 pandemic recedes in the past few weeks, there has been a rising criticism of China from nearly all over the world. This piece would survey China’s policies and popular narratives from the Indo-Pacific that hav....

May 27, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , US , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Australia , Japan , Vietnam , Southeast Asia , Singapore , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , ASEAN.
What happened at World Health Assembly?
Amb K P Fabian Commentary

There is considerable confusion as to what happened in the diplomatic bridge game between rising China and declining US, declining at an accelerated pace under President Trump, who holding trumps got trumped badly by President Xi Jinping who finessed....

May 25, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , US , China , Xi Jinping , COVID-19 , World Health Assembly
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 23, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

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US DOD Starts Tiered COVID-19 Testing Process to Ensure Safety
Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten and Deputy Defence Secretary David L. Norquist described the four-tiered system and all other aspects of DOD's support to ci....

April 23, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Donald Trump , Japan , Unemployment , WHO , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Remittances , Oil & Gas , Super tankers
Coronavirus: China’s New Diplomacy
Dr Teshu Singh Article

As on 15April 2020, the total number of coronavirus cases are 1,986,936, with 125,953 deaths worldwide. The origin of the virus remains unknown. It is widely believed that virus jumped species and is traced to the “wet market” in Wuhan. It is bel....

April 18, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , US , China , South China Sea , Xi Jinping , Europe , HDFC , Wuhan , India-China relations , BRI , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Pandemic , PPE , CDC , Debt Trap , 20th Party Congress , API , Neighbourhood
COVID-19 aftermath: An agenda for QUAD
Amruta Karambelkar Article

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the entire world. Once the world has overcome the pandemic, a lot of rethinking is likely to occur in global politics. Countries had always emphasised cooperation in their foreign policies. The present crisis has....

April 17, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , US , China , economy , QUAD , Australia , trade , Japan , Security , Wuhan , International order , BRI , WHO , COVID-19 , Pandemic , International cooperation
COVID-19 in West Asia: Implications for India
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

The COVID-19 crisis has reflected the significance of nation-state and national boundaries continue to remain the principle barrier to contain the transmission of the pandemic. The initial response in most states included the sealing off of land bord....

April 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , US , COVID-19 , Remittances , Indian migrants , China; Russia
Afghanistan: Taliban abandons the 'peace talks'
Dr Yatharth Kachiar Article

Amid the global pandemic, when the countries are fighting for their very survival, the war in Afghanistan is slowly simmering. On Tuesday, the Taliban directed their negotiating team to end the ongoing discussions with the Afghan government on 'priso....

April 09, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , India , US , War , Afghanistan , Terrorism , Taliban , Peace talks , troop withdrawal , COVID-19 , aid cut , minorities , Sikh minorities , Hazara minorities
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