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Iraq Protests and the Problem of Ethno-Sectarian Balancing

Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

Iraq has been witnessing widespread protests that began in Baghdad on 1 October 2019 and spread throughout the state to express frustration about the deteriorating economic situation, corruption, unemployment, poverty, poor quality of services etc. T....

October 25, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Iraqi peoples’ woes , governance failures in Iraq

Interaction with the Delegation from Shanghai Institute of International Studies

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted a delegation from Shanghai Institute of International Studies on 19 September 2019 at VIF. The delegation was led by Dr Chen Dongxiao, the other members of the delegations were Liu Youfa (served a....

October 22, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , CPEC , US-China trade , India-China relations , Act Far East , Shanghai Institute , Middle East

Modi-Xi and the Chennai Connect: From Home Town Diplomacy to Civilizational Diplomacy

Dr Teshu Singh Commentary

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited India on the invitation of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the second informal summit. The previous one was held at the Wuhan in 2018. It was the 19th meeting between the two leaders at various multilateral a....

October 22, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , India-China relations , Mahabalipuram informal summit , Modi-Xi Jinping talks

West Asia Round Up: September, 2019

Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

Abstract

The Persian Gulf Crisis

The Middle East continued to worry the world especially in the wake of drone attacks on the two Saudi oil facilities that reduced the Saudi oil output by almost half. It displayed the vulnerabi....

October 15, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , West Asia , Saudi-Iran initiative , Iran’s regional actions

Interaction with the Delegation from Taiwan External Trade Development Council

A delegation from the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), Taiwan visited the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 20 September 2019. The delegation was led by Shih-Chung Liu, Vice-Chairman of TAITRA. Dr Arvind Gupta deliv....

October 14, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , artificial intelligence , Taiwan External Trade Development Council , TAITRA , Nano Technology , Economic security

Will DaMo help NaMo and Xi at Mahabalipuram?

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

It is strategic civilisational diplomacy at its symbolic best. Narendra Modi found that his second informal summit with Xi Jinping at Mahabalipuram in 2019 had been fixed 1,500 years ago by a prince of the Pallava dynasty, which ruled Mahabalipuram f....

October 11, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , Narendra Modi , India China Relations , Modi Xi summit

Indic Statecraft and Indo-Pacific

Dr Vijay Sakhuja Article

India’s cartographic delimitation of Indo-Pacific broadly encompasses sea space from the western Pacific Ocean through Southeast Asia to the western Indian Ocean along the east coast of Africa. In this sea space it pursues an ‘eclectic blend’ o....

October 11, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Indo-Pacific , Indian concept of Mandala , Mandala principles on foreign policy , India foreign policy

Rise of China, History, Technology, Policies: Implications for India

Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

Since opening up to foreign trade and investment and implementing free market reforms in 1979, China has become the world’s fastest-growing economy. China has transformed itself from a predominantly agricultural economy into a manufacturing powerho....

October 09, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Rise of China , China 2025 , Chinese Involvement in Indian Economy , India China Relations , Monograph

Can the Second Xi-Modi Summit Tackle the Really Difficult Issues

Jayadeva Ranade Article

In just around a fortnight in mid-October, Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to arrive in India for his second ‘informal’ meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the ancient coastal town of Mamallapuram near Chennai. Xi Jinpin....

October 04, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Upcoming Indo-China informal summit , President Xi Jinping’s India visit

Round Table Discussion on the Indo-Pacific

Preliminaries

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) held a Round Table Discussion (RTD) on the Indo-Pacific on 09 September 2019. Since the past few years the term ‘Indo-Pacific’ is widely used in the strategic circles though....

October 01, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Interaction , Indo-Pacific , Indian Ocean , BRI , Sub-continent , Arabian Sea , Eastern Africa , East China Sea