Articles

The Quad vs AUKUS Debate: Implications for India

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

In recent years, there has been an upsurge of minilaterals in the Indo-Pacific to bolster a more diversified regional security architecture alongside the traditional US-led alliance system. The Indo-Pacific’s strategic significance lies in its vita....

November 28, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , South China Sea , regional security architecture , PLAN , AUKUS , Minilaterals , Collective security frameworks

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (16-22 September 2024)

Economic

Chinese deal activity shifts toward emerging markets and into greenfields

Chinese outbound foreign investment is shifting away from such advanced economies as the U.S. and Europe to emerging markets and are increasing....

September 30, 2024 China , QUAD , Japan , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Netanyahu , Germany , Sri Lanka Election , China ICBM , Overcapacity , Salt Typhoon

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (29 July- 04 Aug)

Economic

The U.S. Has Been Spending Billions to Revive Manufacturing. But China Is in Another League.

Countries around the world are throwing tens of billions of dollars at manufacturing in a race to dominate clean energy, com....

August 13, 2024 QUAD , BRICS , Gwadar , Manufacturing , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , BYD , IPEF , Maduro , Haniyeh , Nikkei , Li Hui , Prisoner Swap

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (03-09 June)

Economic

Gold Surpasses Euro, Challenges Dollar Dominance in Global Reserves

Sturdy central bank gold buying since 2009 and a rising gold price has grown the precious metal’s share of global international reserves to the det....

June 27, 2024 Palestine , QUAD , South China Sea , Dollar , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , OPEC+ , Hezbollah , Black Sea , gold , South Korea-Africa Summit

Multilateralism Digest: February 2024 - Issue 2

I. India in the UN

Malabar 2023: Reinforcing Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The 27th edition of the Malabar series of maritime exercises, which started in 1992 as a bilateral exercises between the Indian Navy and the US Navy evolved over the years into a symbol of cooperative maritime security between the four Quad countries....

September 11, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , QUAD , Maritime Security , Malabar Exercise , AUKUS , INS Vagir , INS Sahdayri , INS Kolkata , JS Shiranui , AUSINDEX , INS Sindhukesari

Multilateralism Digest: May 2023 - Issue 5

I. India and the UN

Way forward on the IGN on UN reforms
India helps LLDCs with disaster risk reduction

II. India’s G20 Presidency

August 16, 2023 SCO , ASEAN , QUAD , Terrorism , Japan , G20 , COVID-19 , WTO , Migration , NDB , Multilateralism Digest , UNDP , Outer Space , UN reforms , Multilateralism digest , disaster risk reduction , Islamic development bank , Chemical Weapons Convention

NATO’s Outreach into the Indo-Pacific – Part II

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

When the Quad idea was floated for the first time by the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in his address to the Indian Parliament in August 2007, popular for its title “Confluence of the two Seas” there was no unanimity among the propose....

July 21, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , QUAD , AUKUS , : NATO’s eastern outreach , submarine deal , Malacca dilemma , maritime route , pleading peace

Economic

Chinese deal activity shifts toward emerging markets and into greenfields

Economic

The U.S. Has Been Spending Billions to Revive Manufacturing. But China Is in Another League.

Economic

Gold Surpasses Euro, Challenges Dollar Dominance in Global Reserves

I. India in the UN

Contents

I. India and the UN

II. India’s G20 Presidency

In this Issue

I. Defence and Security

Defence