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Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: August 2021

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

Myanmar Round Up: August 2021

It has been six months since the declaration of the military coup, protests and demonstrations have continued. During the month, week, anti-coup demonstrations were reported in Kachin and Shan states, Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing, Tanintharyi, and Yango....

September 10, 2021 Protests , ASEAN , COVID-19 , refugees , Rohingya , India in Myanmar , Myanmar Round Up , civilwar , NUG , Unite Nations , Chinain Myanmar

Irrawaddy Imperatives: Reviewing India’s Myanmar Strategy

Jaideep Chanda

Myanmar, the Golden Land, has for ages been the last frontier, steeped in mysticism and mystery. However, knowledge about Myanmar remains woefully inadequate in most spheres including Indian academia, media and in some cases, even foreign policy. The....

August 31, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , ASEAN , Book Published , Northeast , Irrawaddy , India’s Myanmar strategy , Irrawaddy Imperatives

China’s Vaccine Diplomacy in Southeast Asia

The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed power play amongst nations. The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a race of sorts to provide essential medical supplies and in the second year, a competition for vaccines is underway. Vaccine diplomacy, as it....

August 20, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , ASEAN , Southeast Asia , COVID-19 , COVAX , Vaccine Diplomacy , Sinovac , Sinopharm , Chinese Vaccines

Takeaways from the Fullerton lecture

Amruta Karambelkar, Research Associate, VIF 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

Foreign Secretary’s talk on Global Rebalancing and India's Foreign Policy, Vivekananda International Foundation (June 30, 2021)

Article

Good evening. I would like to thank my senior colleague and friend Arvind Gupta, Director of the Vivekananda International Foundation, for inviting me to deliver today’s VIMARSH Talk. Let me begin by referring to something that our host for t....

June 30, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , foreign policy , ASEAN , BIMSTEC , G7 Summit , G20 , Global Rebalancing , Ministry of External Affairs , Foreign Secretary

The 8th ADMM Plus Meeting: Major Takeaways

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction

The 15th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM) and the 8th ASEAN Plus Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM+) was hosted by this year’s ASEAN Chair Brunei Darussalam from 15-16 June, wherein a number of conceptual documents ....

June 25, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Rajnath Singh , ASEAN , South China Sea , FATF , Maritime Security , UNCLOS , Senkaku Islands , Yoshihide Suga , EEZ , ADMM+ , “full acess” , freedom of navigation and over-flight

ASEAN’s Future

Amruta Karambelkar, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

Since the advent of the Indo-Pacific paradigm and the Quad, there has been a sense of pessimism from the ASEAN about these new developments. The overarching sense is that both the Indo-Pacific and the Quad will upset regional dynamics and ASEAN will....

June 04, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , China , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Myanmar , QUAD , South China Sea , Security , Southeast Asia

India Supports ASEAN in its Myanmar Initiative

Amb Gurjit Singh Commentary

The ASEAN leaders meeting on 24 April overcame expectations of its viability. Despite hesitations it achieved more than anticipated.¹ Initially, ASEAN Chair Brunei was reluctant to have the first ASEAN summit of 2021. Preparatory work was ....

May 10, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , ASEAN , Myanmar , Indonesia , Gen Min Aung Hlaing , Special Envoy

Myanmar’s Return to Tragic Past, Set for a Long Haul

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

At a time when Myanmar was leapfrogging to give a sound footing to its nascent experiment of democracy after decades of military rule, the military takeover on 1 February put the clock back to where it was with debilitating consequences. The junta re....

May 04, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , ASEAN , Tatmadaw , Xi Jinping , Aung San Suu Kyi , POSCO , Free and open Indo-Pacific , junta , Min Aung Hlaing , Asian NATO , Rohingya Muslims , UN arms embargo.