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Is Japan’s LDP changing?
Amb Gurjit Singh Article

There is a change afoot in the normally placid politics of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which governs Japan. On Friday 17 September, four candidates emerged with varied views. This includes two women candidates. Their multiple candidacies, ....

September 20, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Covid , LDP , Abe , Suga , Kono , Kishida , Takaichi , Noda , Party elections
Blinken’s India Visit: Taking Strategic Partnership to the “Next Level”
K P Vijayalakshmi Article

The just concluded visit of the US Secretary of State Blinken to India merits keen scrutiny coming as it has on the cusps of regional developments in Afghanistan, global pandemic management, forthcoming meetings on the Indo Pacific and a host of ongo....

August 02, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , China , QUAD , Afghanistan , Indo Pacific , Covid , Human Rights , Blinken , Jaishankar
Tunisia- Ghost of Bouazizi Walks Again
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Tunisia, from where the Arab Spring started in 2010, has remained in churn ever since. But it has held out the hope that democracy and constitution can be relied upon by the people. It was a partial yet a success story as several governments have had....

July 27, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Arab Spring , Tunisia , Covid , President Kais Saied
Surely not a Faux Pas-China warns Bangladesh against Joining the QUAD
Dr Sreeradha Datta Commentary

It is out in the open and it took a Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh to say it straight. China does not want Bangladesh to join the QUAD. On 10 May 2021, Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming said Beijing-Dhaka ties would be “substantially dam....

June 01, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , China , Commentary , QUAD , Foreign Minister , Covid , South Asian region , Chinese ambassador
Vivekananda for Covid Times
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The Covid crisis has spread gloom and despair. Despondency is natural. So many people have died. The bad news is pouring in from all sides. In many families, several members have passed away within a few days. The virus is spreading to rural populati....

May 24, 2021 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Vivekananda , Covid , Civil Society , Sewa , Sikh culture
The Power of a Billion in Volunteering to Defeat COVID!
Dr Swati Mitra Commentary

The havoc wrecked by the pandemic has led to many theories, committees, criticisms, and calculations by luminaries across sectors on the handling of the COVID surge in India and the gaping hole in India’s public health system. This culminated in th....

May 20, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Covid , Socio-cultural , Civil Society , Public Private Partnership , Seva
Overcoming the Pandemic: Some Suggestions
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The country’s public health infrastructure is at a breaking point. Daily new cases have crossed the 400,000 mark and may increase manyfold in the coming days. The country has only approx. 75,000 ICUs whereas nearly every day, 75,000 ICU beds are ne....

May 02, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Covid , Healthcare , logistics , fresh doctors , human dimension , ICU beds , NGOs , nurses , Oxygen
Yearend Assessment of Vietnam’s Chairmanship of ASEAN in 2020
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

Vietnam took over the chairmanship of ASEAN in November 2019, and outlined that the objective of the next year of ASEAN meetings would be on ‘cohesiveness and responsive attitude’. This was meant to bring about better understanding within the ASE....

December 26, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , South China Sea , ASEAN Summit , Covid , COC , AOIP , community building , UNCLOS 1982
Leadership Transition in Japan and its Implications
Amb Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa Commentary

Japan swore in a new Prime Minister, Mr. Yoshihide Suga, on September 16, 2020. The leadership change came about due to the unexpected decision of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to step down a year before time citing ill health, ending a consecutive 8-yea....

September 28, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , China , QUAD , shinzo abe , Covid , GDP , Senkaku Islands , LDP , US Japan Alliance , Yoshishide Suga
US Presidential Elections
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The Republican and Democratic Conventions reflect the differing party philosophies and the contrasting personalities of the two candidates. President Trump emphasized national security, law and order, and low taxes. Biden called for social justice, r....

September 02, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Commentary , China , economy , International Relations , Covid , Taxes , Cold War , Democrats , Republicans , imigration , race relations
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