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India-Africa Counter-Terrorism Cooperation
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

“We are very conscious of the expanding threats posed by radicalism, fundamentalism, and terrorism to African societies. These have been the subject of our contemporary agenda of cooperation.”

- Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minster....

October 31, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , India , Islamic State , Africa , Terrorism , ISIS , Al Qaeda , Counter terrorism , France , Somalia , Mali , Nigeria , Al Qaida , JNIM , DRC
COP 27 and Africa
Olivia Rumble

In November 2022, COP27 will take place in Egypt. In this podcast episode, Samir Bhattacharya, Research Associate at Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) discusses with Olivia Rumble and Andrew Gilder some questions related to COP27 were discus....

October 28, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , BRICS , Podcast , climate justice , climate finance , COP27 , African Union , Environment Negotiation , Climate adaptation
Political Control on Use of Combat Power
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Russia-Ukraine War 2022 is emphasizing on a time-worn question: what is the balance between political control and military operational expertise in deciding military strategy? Consequent to the attack on Kerch Bridge, Russia struck with high-p....

October 28, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Ukraine , Infrastructure , Military Strategy , Kerch Bridge , missile attack , political control
Japan-Australia Sign “landmark” Security Pact
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction
Amid plummeting popularity at home after deciding to host the controversial state funeral for the slain former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo fully with tax payer’s money, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida decided to stem t....

October 27, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Senkaku Islands , South and East China Seas , LNG , Rare Earth , resource trade , landmark security pact , defence expenditure , declaration on security cooperation
First Russia-Central Asia Summit: A Reflection of Deep Connect between the Two Regions
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

Background
During the ongoing Ukrainian crisis, Russia’s relations with its near abroad, namely the Central Asian region, have been put to test. Central Asian Republics (CARs) have maintained a middle-ground approach, neither opposing n....

October 25, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , US , Russia , INSTC , Afghanistan , Taliban , Chabahar , Tajikistan , Ukrainian crisis , Unified Energy System , Transport Corridors , Astana
India and the Changing World Order
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF

On 19 October, during an in-house interaction, VIF Chairman, S Gurumurthy spoke at length on ‘India and the Changing World Order’. Currently serving as Central Board Director at Reserve Bank of India and editor of the Tamil political weekly, Thug....

October 21, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , globalization , FRBM law , Federal Reserve , Podcast , Ukraine Conflict , Financialization vs. Commodification , Real Estate
The Changing Nature of ‘Collective Leadership’ in Xi’s China Part II
Anushka Saxena Article

Return to Mao-era Politics: Death of Collective Leadership under Xi?
Loyalty, personal connections and familial ties (guanxi, 关系) are perhaps the defining element of Chinese elite politics. Some analystsOctober 21, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , 20th Party Congress , collective leadership , Unified Leadership
Stopping the Third World War
Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

The noted scientist Albert Einstein was quite puzzled when he was asked about the horrifying and dreadful impact of the World War 3 (WW3). He is on record to have....

October 20, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Russia , World war , Ukraine , Albert Einstein , civilian infrastructure , peacebuilders
Iran Protest and it's domestic and regional implications
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Amb. Anil Trugunayat, Distinguished Fellow at VIF dissects the core issues in recent protest in Iran and evaluates it's domestic and regional implications.....

October 20, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , US , Podcast , Gulf States , Mahsa Amini , Gender Justice , Islamic Republic of Iran
The Changing Nature of ‘Collective Leadership’ in Xi’s China
Anushka Saxena Article

Right before the third plenum of the fifth National People’s Congress in 1980, Deng Xiaoping, former Chinese leader-in-charge made a speech ‘On the Reform of the System of Party and State Leadership’.

October 19, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , 20th Party Congress , collective leadership
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