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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)

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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

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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 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.

World’s Options on Myanmar Limited

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

A little over a month has passed since Myanmar’s army chief Min Aung Hlaing shocked the world by seizing power on 1 February from the democratically elected National League for Democracy (NLD), and arrested the country’s civilian leader Aung San ....

March 15, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , ASEAN , Tatmadaw , Aung San Suu Kyi , Act East Policy , Joe Biden , NLD , Neighbour First , junta , South Block , Min Aung Hlaing , Antonio Guterres , Milk Tea Alliance , ASEAN’s centrality

The Leadership Summit will Consolidate the Quad

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The historic leadership summit of the Quad counties held on 12th March 2021 was a milestone in the evolution of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue which was set up back in 2007 and revived in 2017. Hosted by US President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Mini....

March 15, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , US , Commentary , China , modi , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Biden , Suga , Morrison , Quad summit , Spirit of quad

Discussion on Recent Developments in Myanmar: Implications for India

On 11 February 2021, VIF organised a discussion on ‘Recent Developments in Myanmar: Implications for India’. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, welcomed the participants and delivered the opening remarks followed by brief presentations by Amb Gopalas....

February 17, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Interaction , China , democracy , ASEAN , QUAD , Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar Political Crises

Dr Cchavi Vasisht Commentary

Since the initiation of the election process in 2020, Myanmar has been surrounded with election-related controversies. Aung San Suu Kyi led National Democratic League (NLD) landslide victory was celebrated and recognised in the country and the world.....

February 04, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Commentary , ASEAN , US Sanctions , Election 2020 , MilitaryCoup , International Responses , Aung San Suu Kyi Arrest , India's Stand , China's Stand , Political Crises , Constitutional Crises