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African Union G20 Membership: Opportunities and Challenges

The Group of Twenty (G20) is a global platform for the world's largest economies to discuss and coordinate global economic and financial policies. The African Union (AU) offers the continent a legal and institutional framework to combat post-cold War....

November 01, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , G20 , Agenda 2063 , AU , African agency , Pan Africanism

Resilience to Economic Authoritarianism, Treachery and Wars

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Today’s security environment is utterly unpredictable, the world saw three black swan events in as many years –Covid19, Russia-Ukraine War and more recently Israel-Hamas War! In 2023 itself threats originated from state and non-state aggressors, ....

October 31, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , Pakistan , China , economic interdependence , resilience

Does Intelligence Always Fail-Invariably?

Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.) Article

Since their inception, humans have been interested in knowing about the adversary. Examples abound in history. The blind king’s desire to know events in Kurukshetra; Moses tasking his 12 spies before sending them to Canaan; Trojan Horse; the first ....

October 27, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Gaza , Hamas , Intelligence failure

Hamas Attack on Israel: A Tough Road Ahead

Sunil Yadav, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

The surprise and audacious attack by Hamas on Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 Oct 23 has drawn parallels with the 9/11 terror attacks on United States in terms of surprise, shock action and casualties. Several media & state reports have even compare....

October 26, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Palestine , India , US , Iran , Gaza , UN , Humanitarian Crisis , Hamas

Questionable Stance of Cambodia’s Policy on China as Manet attends 3rd BRI Forum Meeting in Beijing

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Cambodia’s cosiness with China is a matter of worry for the ASEAN grouping. Cambodia pursued a pro-China policy during the outgoing rule of Hun Sen, one of the world’s longest-serving Prime Ministers and who announced his relinquishment of the to....

October 25, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , ASEAN , Maritime Security , ASEAN Centrality , BRI , Digital economy , Malacca Strait , Ream Naval Base , naval drill idea , CRCC

Malaise in China’s Political System

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Not everything seems to be going well in Xi Jinping’s government in China. There have been reports, though unsubstantiated under an authoritarian system, about the intense economic inequality in the society. Information control by the system has pr....

October 17, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , ADIZ , Qin Gang , Li Shangfu , Flawed political system , Lack of transparency , Security forum dialogue , Su-35 combat Aircraft , Taiwan factor , high-level military communications

New Malaria Vaccine: Watershed Moment for India’s Vaccine Diplomacy with Africa

Samir Bhattacharya Article

On 2nd October, when India celebrated both Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayanti, there was one more reason to celebrate this year. On 2nd October 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) approved a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, to prevent malaria in ....

October 16, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , India , Africa , WHO , COVID-19 , Serum Institute , Vaccine Diplomacy , India in Africa , Malaria , Global Health

Israel-Hamas War: What Next?

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

World woke to the worst horror stories and visuals of an unprecedented and well-coordinated attack by the internationally designated terrorist group Hamas based out of Gaza on Israeli civilians and settlers breaching the hitherto impregnable borders ....

October 12, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary

Unusual Developments in China

Jayadeva Ranade Article

The interest of governments and observers of China have got heightened with some unusual developments taking place in China particularly since the past few months. These have included the "removal" of high Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials, pur....

October 12, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , PLA , PLARF , Li Qiang , Li Shangfu , Chinal

Russia Pitches for a Non-hegemonic, Multipolar World Order

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

(The following is a summary of key take aways from the 20th Annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, Sochi, 02-05 Oct 2023) The Valdai Discussion Club held its 20th annual meeting in Sochi from 02-05 Oct 2023. The meeting was addressed....

October 11, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Commentary , India , China , G20 , Russia Ukraine war , BRICS Plus , multipolar world order , Valdai Club