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Election in Türkiye: Test for Recep Tayyip Erdogan
May 24 , 2023 Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF
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Türkiye’s presidential and parliamentary election was held on 14 May 2023 in the backdrop of deep economic crisis and fallout of the devastating earthquake in February 2023. The outcome of the election ...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Kemal Kilicdaroglu , May 2023 Elections , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Russia , USA

Italy Slated to Withdraw from Chinese BRI Deal
May 23 , 2023 Dr Dinesh Kumar Pandey
Article Views: 783
Italy is highly unlikely to renew its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) deal with China, which expires in March 2024.[1] The idea of Italy’s possible withdrawal from the initiative has been floating around...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : BRI , CETA , Chinese Agenda , CPEC , G7 & NATO in BRI , Italy , Italy-India Bilateral Trade , Italy-India Relationship , POK

Pakistan Army: The Nature of Change!
May 19 , 2023 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 1478
At his maiden press conference as the new Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Maj-Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, on 23 April 2023 said that the “…Pakistan Army was a “national ar...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Corps Commanders , Imran Khan , ISPR , Pakistan Army , PTI

Can the West Understand Indian Traditions Better?
May 18 , 2023 Rohith Krishna, Research Assistant, VIF
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The Western descriptions of India in scholarship, early travelers, media, and movie depictions like Indiana Jones have mostly been problematic. Many of such descriptions stand today as ‘common sense’ ev...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Ancient Greek , ancient India , Decolonization , Modernity , Orientalism , Post-colonialism , West

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