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International Relations and Diplomacy

Will Indo-US Relations Survive The Strain of Geopolitics?

The US permanent envoy to the UN Nikki Haley, known for her hardline views on Iran and Russia, visited India from June 26-28, 2018. The visit should have strengthened Indo-US relations but the impact seems to have been just the opposite. The percepti....

July 02, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Commentary , Russia , Indo-US partnership , US sanctions on Iran

Is ‘Democratic Quad’ a Viable Construct?

Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD) members - Australia, India, Japan and the United States (US) - met in June 2018 in Singapore on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) senior officials’ meeting, and later issue....

July 02, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , QUAD , RIMPAC , Strategic Pertnerships

Xi Jinping Continues China’s Repressive Policies in Xinjiang

… The CCP has adopted harsh repressive measures towards Xinjiang since the very beginning … has been pushing policies to change the basic religious and cultural fabric of Xinjiang as it wants a more ‘tailor made’ Uighur population, which will....

June 29, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Repressive measures in Xinjiang , Persecution of Uighurs , Uighurs

Beginning of a New End in the Korean Peninsula

Dr Teshu Singh Commentary

After almost three and a half months of high-powered diplomacy leading up to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in North Korea, the first meeting between a sitting United States and a North Korean leader took place on 12 June 2018 in Singapore. The mee....

June 28, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , US-North Korea relations , Denuclearisation of North Korea

Nuances of a Skewed Agreement- An Analysis

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

As the dust has settled down on the much hyped meeting between President of the United States (POTUS) Mr. Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, the supreme leader of North Korea (DPRK), and after the experts have had their say on denouncing the outcome of t....

June 28, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Trump-Kim meeting , De-nuclearisation of Korean Peninsula

Discussion on ‘India’s Recent Foreign Policy Moves in Wuhan, Sochi, Singapore and Qingdao’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) held a Round Table Discussion on ‘India’s Recent Foreign Policy Moves in Wuhan, Sochi, Singapore and Qingdao’, with the Director, VIF, moderating the discussions. Imperatives of whether strateg....

June 27, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Conferences , foreign policy , Wuhan , Sochi , Singapore , Qingdao

China’s Economic Dilemma

Aayush Mohanty Article

In September 2017, the Chinese Government, to make the State Owned Enterprises (SOE) “navigate towards development direction”, revised certain rules and regulations, giving more power to the Communist Party units. This was done with the belief th....

June 26, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Chinese economy , Party control of economy

Jordan is at the Cross Roads

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

During the last weeks of the month of Ramadan, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan faced the public wrath and continued demonstrations due to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sponsored taxation regime and a poor state of the economy and opportunity ....

June 21, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Jordan unrest , Government change in Jordan

Maritime Power through Blue Economy in the Indian context

Commodore Somen Banerjee

Preface At the outset, this monograph has sought to resolve the ambiguities in comprehending the oft-used phrase ‘maritime power’. It has established that constituents are those permanent attributes which make a country easier....

June 21, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Blue Economy , Monograph , Maritime Power

The Trump-Kim Summit: A Mixed Bag

Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The fact that the much talked about Summit meeting between President Trump and Chairman Kim happened on June 12 in Singapore is an achievement by itself. The world would have been on edge without it. The short document signed, even though shorn of c....

June 20, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , US-North Korea Summit , Denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula