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A Case for the USA to Embrace Strategic Clarity in the Taiwan Strait
Harshit Sharma Article

Abstract
The American policy of Strategic Ambiguity towards the “Taiwan Question” profoundly impacts stability in the Taiwan Strait. The United States of America has been following this policy to foster the maintenance of the status ....

July 15, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , USA , PRC , cross-strait relations , strategic ambiguity , ROC , Strategic Clarity
Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: May 2022
Naval Jagota

In the month of May 2022 Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized five expert group interactions and one think tank interaction with most of them being hybrid. The dominant theme in most of the interactions was the Ukraine-Russia conflict....

July 04, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Pakistan , China , Indo-Pacific , Taiwan , Europe , USA , West Asia , PM Modi , Russia Ukraine war , impact on India
China: Review of 2021 and Preview of 2022
Prof Srikanth Kondapalli, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Professor Srikanth Kondapalli, Distinguished Fellow at VIF briefs on the key developments in China in 2021 while speculating the trends to come for the year ahead and the global implications. ....

March 10, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , CPC , technology , Xi Jinping , Taiwan , USA , Wuhan , Ukraine , COVID-19 , Podcast
Some Chinese Assessments of India’s Geo-economic and Foreign Policies
Jayadeva Ranade Article

A good indication of Chinese thinking on India is discernible from the Chinese print and social media. While China’s English-language publications, like China Daily and Beijing Review, are intended for the English-speaking foreign audience, the Chi....

December 28, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , Indo-Pacific , USA , Global Times , CCP , PLA , border issue
Stray Thoughts Relating to Developments in Afghanistan; India’s Policies Relating thereto and Implications for India
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

Despite increasing evidence that Taliban 2.0 is little different from Taliban 1.0 in terms of its being no more than a bunch of terrorists aided and abetted by Pakistan, a horde of apologists have arisen in its favour in many parts of the world. This....

August 28, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , India , Pakistan , USA , Taliban
The Raisi Presidency in Iran and its Implications
Kingshuk Chatterjee Article

It is much too early to make out straight away what the well-predicted election of Ebrahim Raisi, the incumbent Chief of Iranian Judiciary, to the Presidency of Islamic Republic of Iran is likely to bode for Iran and the world. Since his election to....

July 05, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , JCPOA , USA , New Delhi , IRGC , Ebrahim Raisi , Khamenei , resistance economy
Pakistan External and Internal Developments
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Pakistan remains mired in complexities and uncertainties. On the external front, Post US withdrawal from Afghanistan, what will be Pakistan's role in Afghanistan? How far it's own security will be affected in case of Taliban gaining the upper hand in....

June 26, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , economy , Afghanistan , USA , Security , Taliban , Podcast
Post-Election Crisis in Kyrgyzstan
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction
Recently, Kyrgyzstan faced one of the worst political crises in a decade. The current political turmoil is no different from the previous two popular revolutions of 2005 and 2010. The 'Tulip Revolution' of 2005 marked the the....

November 09, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , India , China , Russia , Kyrgyzstan , Protests , USA , Political Crisis , Jeenbekov , Parliamentary elections , Clan Politics , North-South Divide , Rigged Elections , Sadyr Japarov
Second India-Central Asia Dialogue: Major Takeaways
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction
Central Asia is considered India's extended neighbourhood. In the absence of direct land connectivity, India-Central Asia relations have been marginalized in the post-Soviet period. India and Central Asian Republics (CARs) sh....

November 05, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , China , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Afghanistan , Uzbekistan , USA , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Grants , Extended Neighborhood , Developmental partnerships , Line of Credit , C5+1
Iran Revisited: Analysing India-Iran Relations
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

A friend in need is a friend indeed. Only recently President Rouhani took a dig at their so called strategic partners and friends who failed to stand up to the bullying by the USA even during the pandemic that had affected Iran probably worst in the ....

September 14, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , China , Rajnath Singh , INSTC , JCPOA , sanctions , USA , CPEC , Chabahar , Ali Khamenei , EAM , railway project
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