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India’s Hard Power through the Prism of Gandhi’s Soft Power of Non-violence
Rup Narayan Das Commentary

When the world will be observing Gandhi’s birthday as International Day of Non-violence as declared by the United Nations and at a time when India has emerged as one of the major powers in the world demonstrating its prowess, a natural question ari....

October 01, 2024 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , modi , Galwan , Gandhi , Nuclear test Vajpayee , Pokhran
China: “Soft use” of “Hard power”
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

China’s geopolitical aims and global ambitions are not a secret. President Xi sees China the most pre-eminent power in Asia and eventually, the world, consolidating trans-continental routes and waterways, and assured political influence among large....

July 03, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , India , Soft Power , PLA , COVID-19 , LAC , Galwan , Hard power
China: Daily Scan, November 7, 2022

(CIIE) Full Text: Remarks by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the opening ceremony of the fifth China International Import Expo: Xinhuanet
November 4, 2022
The following is the full text of the remarks made by Chinese President X....

November 07, 2022 Covid , Huawei , China Daily Digest , Galwan , Xinjiang , Xizang , TCM , Zhengzhou , Foxconn
China: Daily Scan, June 16, 2022

Former head of state reserves authority under probe: Xinhuanet
June 15, 2022
Zhang Wufeng, former director of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, is being investigated for suspected severe violations of di....

June 16, 2022 Russia , Taiwan , BRICS , Japan , Beijing , China Daily Digest , Galwan , Anhui , monkeypox , Malawi
Galwan: A Centrepiece of CPC’s Military Propaganda
Raj Gupta Article

A standoff between India and China that started in May 2020, eventually leading up to the deadly clashes on June 15, saw 20 and 4 (though some reports put PLA’s toll at 38-40 killed) soldiers reported dead by India and China respectively. Although ....

June 01, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , India , China , CPC , PLA , Social Media , Galwan , Propaganda , Winter Olympics , Pangong lake , Qi Fabao
India-China Military Standoff at LAC in Ladakh Sector - Whither from here?
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The 14th round of Corp Commander level military to military talks took place on 12 Jan 2022 to diffuse the ongoing military standoff between India and China. The situation emerged almost two years ago in May 2020 after China undertook military build-....

February 11, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , China , PLA , Aksai Chin , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan , Pangong Tso , Podcast , Kailash Range , Buffer Zone , CBM , Chushul-Moldo , Gogra
China: Daily Scan, February 02, 2022

Xi-Putin get-together for Winter Olympics to open new chapter in China-Russia relations: China Military
February 2, 2022
China is celebrating the Chinese New Year and under a global gaze for hosting the Winter Olympics. Adding t....

February 02, 2022 Russia , China Daily Digest , Galwan , Olympic , Bird's Nest , Argentina
Eastern Ladakh – In Focus Again!
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

With a meeting of the EAM Jaishankar with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Eastern Ladakh has come in focus again. Most information and analysis of the events in Eastern Ladakh of 2020 and the first half of 2021 have been analysed in fine detail, an....

July 19, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , PLA , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan , Pangong Tso , Kailash Range , media centre
One Year of Chinese Aggression: Case of Unintended Consequences
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The consequences or outcomes of any deliberate aggression can never be foreseen in exactitude, many will be unintended and many a time unanticipated and with unexpected drawbacks. Indeed, many outcomes will have unexpected benefits, that can f....

May 27, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , PLA , LAC , Galwan , buffer zones , military talks
Agreement on Disengagement on LAC: A Short, Positive, Step Forward…
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Phased, coordinated and verified manner is the operative part of the agreement on disengagement in Eastern Ladakh, commencing with the North and South Bank of the Pangong Tso. It was also accepted that there are still some outstanding issu....

February 15, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , PLA , LAC , Depsang , Galwan , Chushul , 1959 Line , Disengagement Agreement , Kailash Range , Pangong Tso. Spanggur Gap
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