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Commentary: China and Philippines Rapprochement: Implications for India

With the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Philippines conducting the second Bilateral Consultation Meeting on the South China Sea, there’s been a range of views on what this could mean for regional stability in the Indo-Pacific. While the USA....

March 06, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , Quad Plus , South China Sea , Philippines-China

Commentary: Quad Plus - Time for New Stakeholders

Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

China’s rapid march westward through the Indo-Pacific region appears to be running into rough weather. Australia, India, Japan and the United States, the members of the ‘Quad’, an ‘association of like-minded nations’, have established a Qua....

March 05, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , Indo-Pacific , Quad Plus , China’s assertiveness

Commentary: Strengthening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between India and Vietnam

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

Within a short period of less than two months there would have been two high level political leaders from Vietnam visiting India. Last month Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was in New Delhi as part of the India-ASEAN Commemorative Summit as also to w....

March 01, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , India-Vietnam strategic ties , President Quang’s visit

जॉर्डन का मसला – भारत एवं हाशेमाईट साम्राज्य

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

महामहिम राजा अब्दुल्लाह-इब्न-हुसैन, जॉर्डन के हाशेमाईट साम्राज्य के वारिस एवं उनकी महारानी रा�....

February 27, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , India , भारत-जॉर्डन मैत्रेयी , भारत-जॉर्डन व्यापार एवं निवेश , Jordan Matters , Hashemite Kingdom

Commentary: China’s Growing Naval Footprint in Pakistan

Dr Teshu Singh Commentary

China’s Jiwani Initiative Recently, media reports have raised the possibility of Jiwani being developed as a naval base in Pakistan by the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). Pakistan has six ports: Karachi, Muhammad Bin Qa....

February 26, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Featured , Commentary , Pakistan , China , Chinese naval base , Jiwani

Commentary: Taiwan in the Evolving Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific

Dr Teshu Singh Commentary

The New Southbound Policy In January 2016, Tsai Ing-wen, leader of Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) secured 56 percent of the total votes and became the first female president of Taiwan. The cross-strait relation was....

February 23, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy , US-Taiwan relationship

Commentary: Jordan Matters – India and the Hashemite Kingdom

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

His Majesty King Abdullah Ibn Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan accompanied by Her Majesty Queen Rania will be on his second State visit to India at the end of this month, close on the heels of transit visit of PM Modi earlier this month ....

February 22, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , King of Jordan’s visit to India , trade Agreements , Counter-terrorism

Commentary: President Rouhani’s Visit to India

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

President Rouhani’s visit to India from February 15-17, 2018 took place after a gap of almost 15 years, since President Khatami’s visit in 2003. In between, there was a transit visit by President Ahmadinejad in 2008. There was a long gap before t....

February 21, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , India , Chabahar Port , Rouhani’s visit , India-Iran relationship , Iran

Commentary: India, Hopeful to Expand its Influence in the Indo-Pacific, Signs Pact with Seychelles

Dr Neha Sinha

The Republic of Seychelles is an archipelago which lies in the Indian Ocean. The country has 115 islands with Victoria as its capital. Some of the nearby islands and territories to Seychelles are Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar, Comoros, etc. The coun....

February 21, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific