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The India-U.S. Partnership: Building Upon the Joint Efforts of a Quarter Century
Vice Admiral Girish Luthra (Retd.) Commentary

The India-U.S. partnership embarked on a new trajectory at the turn of the century when strains that appeared post India’s nuclear tests in 1998 were replaced by....

January 01, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Commentary , QUAD , Indo Pacific , Multilateralism , US India strategic partnership , Geoploilitics and Geoeconomics , US India Defence and Security Cooperation , Global and Regional Cooperation , Trump 2.0
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

Contents

I. India and the UN

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
Science and Technology (S&T)Digest - 16-31 May 2023, Issue 14

In this Issue

I. Defence and Security

  1. Value of Defence Production Crosses Rs One Lakh Crore in FY 2022-23
  2. 164 PIL Items Indigenised by DPSUs within Stipulated Timelines
    June 16, 2023 QUAD , DRDO , NITI Aayog , G20 , AI , G7 , TSMC , ISRO , Science & Technology , Nuclear energy , IAEA , semiconductor , INS Vikrant , PLI , Startup , Mig-29K , OpenAI , Chandrayaan , DPSUs , Micron , C-DAC , FNPP , GRSE , NVS-01 , Positive Indigenisation List
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