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COP 29: Climate Finance to Take Centre Stage at the Annual Climate Conference
November 14 , 2024 Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF
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The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP 29) is being held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024. Dubbed as the “finance COP”, this conference will focus on climate finance, with the aim of a...

Climate Change

Tags : Accountability , Cimate finance , Climate action , Conflict , Fossil Fuel , Protection , resilience

Trump 2.0: Not a change, a paradigmatic shift
November 14 , 2024 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF
Article Views: 120
Trump or no Trump, the US economy seems to do what it will anyway. Why? Look at the fundamental strengths of the US as a nation. If Donald Trump’s narrow win shook the United States in 2016, the scale o...

US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Donald Trump , Joe Bide , US market , WTO

The 21st Century: The Century of India and ASEAN - Modi’s Strategic Visit to Lao-PDR
November 14 , 2024 Dr Gautam Kumar Jha
Article Views: 157
Modi's two-day visit during the second week of October to attend the 21st India-ASEAN and the 19th East Asia summits in Lao PDR on the invitation of Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone marked India's comm...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Act East Policy , ASEAN , Brunei , India , Laos , Singapore

A New Era for Sri Lanka? The November Parliamentary Election
November 13 , 2024 Dr Anchita Borthakur, Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 150
Introduction
On September 21 this year Sri Lanka held its first presidential election after the Aragalaya protests amid significant political and economic challenges, marking a crucial moment in the country’s journey toward economic recovery and political stability.

Bangladesh, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Anura Kumara Dissanayake , Aragalaya , election , IMF , NPP , SJB , Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka Parliamentary Election , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , Tamil votes

Global Economic Crisis: Implications for India
November 13 , 2024 Prof R Vaidyanathan
Podcast Views: 164
Geopolitics with great power rivalries is redefining global economic and trade exchanges. The rise of China which markedly defines today’s international order is often attributed to its skills as the wo...

Economic Studies

Tags : BRICS , Dollar , G7 , Geoeconomics , Geopolitics , Indian Economy , technology

Revisiting Cooperation in South Asia from Vivekananda’s Perspective
November 13 , 2024 Aadya Ananta
Article Views: 134
Abstract
Western scholars and thinkers have dominated the field of international relations. Be it the study of world affairs or regional affairs, western perspectives have paved the way for their understanding.

Historical and Civilisational Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Non-Western IR , Orthodoxy , tolerance , Universal Acceptance , Vedanta

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