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Sino- Iran Proposed Accord: China’s Expansionism Continues

Major General (Retd.) Ajay Kumar Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM Article

Introduction

Sometime back there was a news item that Iran has decided to undertake construction of the Chabahar- Zahedan Railway Line on its own. The reason given was that India who was earlier building that Railway line was going slow on ....

August 19, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Climate Change , Article , India , China , PLA Navy , JCPOA , USA , Chabahar , IRGC , Zahedan , railway line , Khomeini

Dissecting Macro Focus-areas for India this Decade - World Order, Domestic Economy & Technology

Praveen Menon Article

With the age-old Ram Mandir issue resolved Indian civilization took a step ahead in 2020 even when global and Indian economy took several steps back due to pandemic. A great historic wrong has been corrected which was imposed on our ancestors and the....

August 13, 2020 Economic Studies , Article , China , agriculture , Economics , technology , USA , Indian Economy , Soft Power , Urbanization , Civilization , BRI , military , Geopolitics , FDI , innovation , Financial system , Banking sector , World Order , World War I , World War II , Bretton woods , History lessons , Research , Economic Growth , Farmers , Domestic Economy

Taiwan Deserves Support of Democratic Countries for its World Health Assembly Bid

Rup Narayan Das Commentary

Taiwan has attracted international media attention from time to time, particularly whenever there is news regarding supply of arms, like fighter air crafts by the U.S.A or there is sabre rattling in the Taiwan Straits by communist China. In recent pa....

May 17, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , China , Taiwan , USA , WHO , COVID-19 , WHA

The Dichotomy of Economic Imperative and Security Dilemma: The Chinese Telecom Companies in India

Rup Narayan Das Article

The outbreak and spread of Covid-19 and Chinese government’s failure to share its timely information to the outside world have raised question mark about the transparency of the communist regime there. Concomitantly, it has also raised the securit....

April 29, 2020 Economic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , India , Australia , USA , Huawei , ZTE , National Security Council , smartphones , security threats

Preparing for A Post-Corona World

Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Rajesh Isser, AVSM,VM (G)

The Novel Coronavirus has not only taken over the year 2020, it will have ramifications for decades to come. Changes to societal norms and developmental priorities, and de-globalisation forces gaining momentum are just some of the expected uncertaint....

April 23, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , economy , USA , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , lockdown , Chinese Virus , Post-Corona World , Human Issue , Urban Outbreak , Systemic Problem , World

Mike Pompeo’s Visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan: What to Expect?

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, will pay an official visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan from February 1-4, 2020. He will be chairing a meeting of the ‘C5+1 forum’ at Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Earlier, the visit was scheduled to take place in earl....

January 30, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , China , Russia , Central Asia , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , USA , Geopolitics , EAEU

The Doklam Paradox

Commodore Somen Banerjee

Indian and Chinese troops were engaged in a tense standoff for over two and a half months at Doklam till its resolution on 28^th Aug 17. The standoff was particularly marked by shrill and condescending voices from Chinese State run media. I....

September 21, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , India , China , Bhutan , BRICS , Doklam , 9th BRICS Summit , regional stability , USA , Law Warfare

Modi-Obama Meet in Paris: Taking stock of India-US Relations

Dr Harinder Sekhon

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama met in Paris on the sidelines of the crucial climate change conference, it was their sixth bilateral meeting in a little over one year, a very impressive tally by any reckoning. On Clima....

December 09, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , USA , Modi-Obama , US-India Relation