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Revitalization of INSTC and Prospects of the Greater Eurasian Connectivity
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF

The geostrategic significance of Central Asia is very much important from India’s foreign policy and domestic policy points of view. Central Asia shares a border with China in the East, Caspian in the West, Russia in the North, and Iran and...

December 30, 2022 Download
Tags: Central Asia, Central Asia, Chabahar Port, China, INSTC, Iran, North-South Transport Corridor, Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy
India-Maldives Policy Brief
Dr Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF

The Maldives has attracted international attention due to the increased importance of the Indian Ocean and the Indo-Pacific region. India-Maldives relations have made immense progress in the past years. The relations have seen significant...

December 13, 2021 Download
Tags: China, Geostrategic, India in Maldives, Indian Ocean, Indo-Pacific, Maritime Security, OBOR, SLOCs, Tourism, Maldives, Neighbourhood Studies
The Chinese Hand behind Terrorism in Northeast India
Dr Sriparna Pathak

Terrorism, a nontraditional security threat has come to occupy centerstage in 21st century international relations, as the lines between how non-state actors and state actors use it have become increasingly blurred. India and China, the two...

August 19, 2021 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, CCP, China, Global Times, International cooperation, Northeast India, Terrorism, Terrorism in Northeast India, Terrorism, North-East Insurgency
The Curious Case of Huawei
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF

China’s journey from being an agrarian economy to one of the largest economies with a strong military and cyber capabilities is commendable. However, its military and cyber capabilities are built upon relentless efforts to steal critical military...

February 15, 2021 Download
Tags: Australia, China, espionage, FiveEyes, Huawei, India, New Zealand, Reliance Jio, surveillance, Trojan, United Kingdom, United States, China, Cyber Security, Technological and Scientific Studies
Rare Earth: Has US Lost the Technology Battle Against China?
Brigadier V Mahalingam (Retd)

“A Chinese company bought Magnequench,” “Not only did the jobs go to China, but so did the intellectual property and the technological know-how to make those magnets…. I’m not comfortable with the fact that we now have to buy magnets for our...

February 10, 2021 Download
Tags: China, Mining, Rare Earth Elements, US, WTO Dispute, Technological and Scientific Studies, Economic Studies
Post Covid-19 World Order: An Overview
Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF

The COVID-19 pandemic has been described to be the greatest challenge for the world since the Great Depression and the Second World War. No country and its people had anticipated that they would have to deal with a crisis of such a large scale....

November 9, 2020 Download
Tags: China, COVID-19, Covid-19 Crisis, European Union, Pandemic, Post Covid-19 World Order, WHO, World War II, International Relations and Diplomacy
U.S –China Trade and Technology De-Coupling : A Brief on Tariffs, IPO’s and Frauds
Aayush Mohanty

Preamble

The Trump administration has engaged in an intense competition with China on trade and technology. Until Donald Trump was elected, the U.S had a massive trade deficit with China, while Chinese tech giants were capturing the...

October 6, 2020 Download
Tags: American Stock Markets, China, Chinese IPO, De-coupling, Donald Trump, US, US China Trade, WTO, International Relations and Diplomacy
A Guide to India-Australia Relations
Amruta Karambelkar

For the first time in India’s diplomatic history a summit was held on a virtual platform. On 4th June 2020 Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed a range of issues with his Australian counterpart, Prime Minister Scott Morrison. This summit is...

June 22, 2020 Download
Tags: Australia, China, COVID-19, India, Indian Ocean, Indo-Pacific, International Relations, Maritime Security, QUAD, Terrorism
China’s Expanding Role in Africa: An Assessment
Aayush Mohanty

… many in Africa support China’s economic initiatives, but there has been some amount of resistance to the latter’s aggressive business plans fueled by the belief that the Chinese are sending their workers not hiring the local population,...

November 1, 2018 Download
Tags: Africa, China, China-Africa economics, China’s projects in Africa, China, International Relations and Diplomacy
Evolution of China-Sri Lanka Relations
Gunjan Singh

Over the last ten years China has been paying renewed attention to its ties with Sri Lanka. There has been a large rise in Chinese investments in various projects in Sri Lanka. Beijing has also diplomatically supported Colombo on various issues,...

September 26, 2018 Download
Tags: China, China-Sri Lanka Relations, South Asian region, Sri Lanka, China, International Relations and Diplomacy
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