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The United States’ and the United Kingdom’s overtures to Australia to help it acquire a fleet of nuclear-powered general-purpose attack submarines (SSNs) infuse a perilous complexity into the strategic Indo-Pacific environment, rendering it more ....

September 28, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , China , Indo-Pacific , South China Sea , PLA , Biden , AUKUS , Boris Jhonson , SSBN

Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: August 2021

Naval Jagota

In August 2021 eminent speakers, expert groups and bilateral discussions were organised by the Vivekananda International Foundation through webinar on events and topics affecting India’s interests worldwide. The diversity of the expertise of each o....

September 23, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Pakistan , China , Nepal , ASEAN , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , West Asia , Vietnam , BRI , Islamic Republic , South Asian region , China-Sri Lanka

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor, 06 September - 12 September 2021

Economic

Global Economic Warfare Intensifies as Military Conflict Recedes

The last American soldier had barely left Afghanistan when President Biden pledged that pressure on the Taliban would continue through other means, in parti....

September 14, 2021 China , Afghanistan , Economic , Bangladesh , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , military conflict , Global Economic Warfare

West Asia Roundup -August 2021

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Fast moving events in Afghanistan captured the regional and global attention as US forces withdrew in an unprecedented manner shortening their own timelines ceding space to Taliban as the Afghan national forces crumbled. Ta....

September 09, 2021 Israel , Pakistan , China , Russia , Kabul , Qatar , Saudi , Doha , Osama Bin Laden , West Asia Round Up

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor, 30 August - 05 September 2021

Economic

China’s Xi Jinping, Liu He move to reassure private sector as Beijing’s Big Tech crackdown rattles entrepreneurs

On Sept 06, both Chinese President Xi Jinping and his top economic adviser, Vice-Premier Liu He, sent st....

September 07, 2021 Israel , China , Russia , Myanmar , Climate Change , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , UAE , Biden

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor, 23 August - 29 August 2021

Economic

US regulators target oil and gas mergers as fuel prices surge

The Federal Trade Commission is examining ways to crack down on mergers and acquisitions in the oil and gas industry and investigate whether gas station franch....

August 31, 2021 US , China , Africa , Economic , EU , COVID-19 , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , President Joe Biden

Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: July 2021

Naval Jagota

Vivekananda International Foundation organized six experts group through webinar on events and topics affecting India’s interests worldwide in the month of July 2021. The expert groups provide layers of understanding and contextualized the present ....

August 24, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Pakistan , US , China , Russia , Indo-Pacific , Taiwan , India foreign policy , EU , Oman , FTA , SOMNE

Lost in Afghanistan

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Eleven days changed the fate of Afghanistan much faster than expected as the US withdrawal date seemed to have been advanced by a month instead of 9/11 - the 20th anniversary of the Twin towers demolition by Al Qaeda terrorists. A cryptic social medi....

August 20, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary , India , US , China , Taliban , Doha Agreement , Islamabad

Takeaways from the Fullerton lecture

Amruta Karambelkar Commentary

A high-level US visit was due in Southeast Asia. The region felt having been neglected from the previous administration. Lloyd Austin, the Secretary of Defense visited Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines in July. The choice of three specific coun....

August 19, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , US , China , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Taiwan

The Chinese Hand behind Terrorism in Northeast India

Terrorism, a nontraditional security threat has come to occupy centerstage in 21st century international relations, as the lines between how non-state actors and state actors use it have become increasingly blurred. India and China, the two leaders o....

August 19, 2021 Terrorism , North-East Insurgency , National Security and Strategic Studies , China , Terrorism , Global Times , CCP , Northeast India , International cooperation , Terrorism in Northeast India