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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

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

Commentary: Japan’s Challenges and Indo-Japanese Connection - Perspectives for 2018

Aftab Seth Commentary

In the new year, Japan under Shinzo Abe faces many challenges on the foreign policy front. Some of these are perennial problems and others are relatively new. Among the continuing challenges is the threat of North Korea and its ballistic missile a....

February 05, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , Japan’s foreign policy , Indo-Japan-ASEAN relations

Containment Again: Will this be the Leitmotif of the ‘Quad’?

Pinaki Bhattacharya

Prologue When George F Kennan wrote his ‘Long Telegram’ from the Moscow embassy in February 1946, soon after the death of the three-term president of the USA, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), it was early in arriving. The lege....

January 29, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Indo-Pacific , Act East , Quad Grouping

Commentary: North Korea Takes Advantage of Flags of Convenience Regime

Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

Amid high decibel ‘verbal exchanges’ between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over latter’s nuclear ambition, the United Nations Security Council announced on 22 December 2017 new economic sanctions against Democrat....

January 12, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , International shipping , UN sanctions , North Korea , South Korea , US , Regime , United Nations Security Council , China , Russia

Emerging India European Union Cooperation in Western Indian Ocean

Commodore Somen Banerjee

Donald Trump’s exhortation for European Union (EU) to do more for their own security, coupled with ‘Brexit’ has spurred the EU to review its security framework. This has been further convoluted by an assertive Russia and rising influence of Chi....

January 11, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Western Indian Ocean , security cooperation , India – EU Cooperation

मोदी के मनिला दौरे का विवरण

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

जैसा कि प्रत्येक विदेश दौरे में होता आया है उसे कायम रखते हुए इस बार भी प्रधानमंत्री ने मनिला के....

December 12, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , प्रधानमंत्री मनिला दौरे , चतुर्पक्षीय बातचीत , हिन्द-प्रशांत क्षेत्र रक्षा , Manila Visit

Commentary - Takeaways from Joint Exercises; Some Tangible Mostly Intangible

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

Indian armed forces continue to engage with a large number of friendly foreign counties for the conduct military exercises. Most of these are yearly or biannual events conducted alternatively in each other’s location. For instance, in our immediate....

December 01, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , Joint military exercises , strategic partnership