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Emerging Strategic Dynamics in Indo-Pacific and India-Vietnam Cooperation
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

International order is undergoing profound and rapid changes, which compel all powers to continually adapt their foreign and security policies, in order to protect their national interests to the extent possible. The term Indo-Pacific though over a d....

September 06, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Indo-Pacific concept , India-Vietnam Cooperation
Prospects for India–China Maritime Cooperation
Commodore Somen Banerjee Article

Introduction
The keynote address of Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered at the Shangri-La Dialogue on June 01, 2018, succinctly spelt out India’s Indo-Pacific strategy between the “shifting plates of global politics and the fault l....

September 05, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , India , China , Pollution of the seas , Maritime cooperation , Pollution
Release of the ‘Policy Recommendations by Quadripartite Commission on the Indian Ocean Regional Security’

Recognising that stability and security in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is extremely important for peace, prosperity and sustainable development of the international society, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) Japan, SPF USA, National Security Coll....

August 29, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Seminars , QUAD , Indian Ocean Region
दक्षिण चीन सागर के लिए आचार संहिता पर चीन-आसियान वार्ता
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

मीडिया में ऐसी खबरें आई हैं कि चीन और दस आसियान देश दक्षिण चीन सागर में आचार संहिता के लिए बातची�....

August 21, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , आसियान शिखर बैठक , दक्षिण चीन सागर आचार संहिता
Armed Forces of Vietnam
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Article

Introduction
The Armed Forces of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is known as the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN). The PAVN was formed by Ho Chi Minh and General Vo Nguyen Giap on 22 December 1944. The Service Branches comprise of the ....

August 10, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , : Vietnam armed forces , Vietnam’s Strategy Document
कोरियाई उपमहाद्वीप में नए अंत का आरंभ
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

उत्तर कोरिया में प्योंगचांग शीतकालीन ओलिंपिक खेलों से पहले लगभग साढ़े तीन महीने की उच्चस्तरीय �....

August 06, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , अमेरिका-उत्तर कोरिया संबंध , उत्तर कोरिया परमाणु निरस्त्रीकरण
Marine Debris Worry Indian and Indonesian Leaders
Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

The ‘Shared Vision of India-Indonesia Maritime Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific’1 announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joko Widodo of Indonesia lists several issues for practical cooperation. Broadly, the leaders iden....

August 02, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Featured , Commentary , Bay of Bengal plastic debris , India-Indonesia Maritime Cooperation
Two Years of PCA Judgement on South China Sea: An Analytical Perspective
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

On January 22, 2013 the Philippines had instituted an arbitral proceeding against China in the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) under Annex VII of the United Nations Conventions on the Laws of the Seas (UNCLOS) as case number 2013-19. After over ....

August 02, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , South China Sea , The Philippines-China dispute
China-ASEAN Negotiations on Code of Conduct for the South China Sea
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

It has been reported in the media that China and the ten ASEAN countries have agreed on a single draft of a negotiating text for a Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea (SCS). The formal announcement may be made soon. Negotiations on COC will ....

August 01, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , South China Sea , Code of Conduct
Working to a Game Plan: Kim Jong-un
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

One has got to give it to Kim Jong-un, or more appropriately, the neo international statesman, who now with a ‘winner’ lapel on his coat is already in the mop up mode of consolidating and furthering the gains of his Singapore Summit. In just a w....

July 18, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Kim Jong-un , North Korea’s economic re-construction
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