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COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 29, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

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Coronavirus: How do biosafety laboratories work?
The biosafety laboratories are divided into four biosafety levels (BSL) or pathogen/protection levels. At the lowest level of biosafety, precautions may consist in reg....

April 29, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Australia , EU , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Export Restrictions , Biosafety Laboratories , Serum Institute , Paycheck Protection Program , Big Tech , S&P 500 , Digital Advertising , Global Tea Market , Starbucks , Oscars , Electricity Consumption , Xiaokang Shehui , Tokyo2020 , Port Authorities Roundtable , China Military Budget , Economic Coercion , Idlib
The Dichotomy of Economic Imperative and Security Dilemma: The Chinese Telecom Companies in India
Rup Narayan Das Article

The outbreak and spread of Covid-19 and Chinese government’s failure to share its timely information to the outside world have raised question mark about the transparency of the communist regime there. Concomitantly, it has also raised the securit....

April 29, 2020 Economic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , India , Australia , USA , Huawei , ZTE , National Security Council , smartphones , security threats
COVID-19 aftermath: An agenda for QUAD
Amruta Karambelkar Article

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the entire world. Once the world has overcome the pandemic, a lot of rethinking is likely to occur in global politics. Countries had always emphasised cooperation in their foreign policies. The present crisis has....

April 17, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , US , China , economy , QUAD , Australia , trade , Japan , Security , Wuhan , International order , BRI , WHO , COVID-19 , Pandemic , International cooperation
Indo-Pacific meeting on COVID-19
Amruta Karambelkar Commentary

On 20th of March a teleconference was held amongst some countries of the Indo-Pacific on the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting was called by US and the participating countries included India, Japan, Australia, South Korea, New Zealand and Vietnam. The o....

March 25, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , India , South Korea , US , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Australia , Japan , Vietnam , COVID-19 , Corona Virus , New Zealand , International cooperation
Interaction with Hon'ble Jason Clare, MP, Australia

The interaction with the Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister of Trade and Investment covered a gamut of issues impacting the regional and Indo-Australia bilateral relations and importance of economic component in strategic relations.....

April 26, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Australia , Indo-Australia bilateral relations
Think Tank Dialogue on the Quadrilateral Grouping: The ‘Quad-Plus Dialogue’- 2019, Sydney, Australia, February 19-21, 2019 (Report)

(A Track 1.5 dialogue hosted by think tanks from Australia, India, Japan, and the U.S., and Quad-Plus Partner France) Participants: Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA), The Heritage Founda....

March 26, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Seminars , India , US , Indo-Pacific , Quad Plus , Australia , Japan , Maritime Domain Awareness , Nuclear Forces Treaty
Commentary: Vietnam-Australia Relationship Upgraded to Strategic Partnership: Adds to Regional Stability
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, after his visit to New Zealand and Australia in mid-March also attended the Australian-ASEAN Summit, the first ever such exercise being undertaken by Canberra. The Vietnamese leader’s visit took place af....

March 20, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , ASEAN , Vietnam PM in Australia , Vietnam-Australia strategic partnership , Australia , Vietnam PM , Relation , embassy , Defence Minister , Dai Quang
Interaction with Dr. David Brewster on Multilateral Engagements in the Indo-Pacific Region

Dr. David Brewster, a well known Australian maritime expert and author of ‘India as an Asia Pacific Power’, held a comprehensive interaction with the VIF’s strategic faculty on 07 September 2016 aimed at analyzing potentials for developing a tr....

September 13, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Australia , Indo-Pacific Region , Act East Policy , David Brewster
The Quad Plus: Towards a Shared Strategic Vision for the Indo-Pacific Edited by Walter Lohman, Lt General Ravi K Sawhney, Andrew Davies & Ippeita Nishida
Lt General R K Sawhney, PVSM, AVSM, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, National Security and Strategic Studies & Internal Security Studies, VIF

Hardcover: 160 pages Publisher: Wisdom Tree (10 February 2015) Language: English ISBN-10: 8183283950 ISBN-13: 978-8183283953 Online Availab....

February 10, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Indo-Pacific , Quad Plus , Australia , USA , Japan , Book Published , Strategic Vision , ndia
Interaction with Ms. Kavita Kewal, Department of Defence, Australia

Ms. Kavita Kewal, Assistant Secretary, DOD, Australia along with other officials visited VIF on 22 July 2014 to interact with the VIF faculty on issues of mutual concern. Ms. Kavita Kewal explained Australian views on regional security environment in....

July 29, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Australia , Af-Pak , Indo-Australian defence relations
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