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Suspect Signals Near Indo-Bangladesh Border: Need to Listen More
March 11 , 2025 Sudhir Saxena, Senior Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 124
During February 2025, Amateur Radio Operators in West Bengal reported monitoring suspect radio transmissions (mostly VHF) near India-Bangladesh border in areas like Saidpur, Shonepur, Basirhat, Bongaon,...

Bangladesh, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Amateur radio operators , Bangladesh border , ISI , Jamaat Islamists , Pakistan

Making Sense of Trump’s Ukraine U-turn
March 10 , 2025 Abanti Bhattacharya
Commentary Views: 137
The US President Donald Trump’s friendlier stance towards the Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the one hand, and fiery altercation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the other, has baff...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Cold War , NATO , Putin , Russia , Trump , Ukraine , US

Global Trends on Chip Design and Fabrication-Related Research
March 7 , 2025 Rahul Pandey
Article Views: 173
In September 2024, the then Senator Marco Rubio (now Secretary of State of the United States of America) published a ‘Made in China 2025’ (MIC 2025) report. This report has demonstrated China’s growth t...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ASPI , Chip , Chip Design , Critical Technology , Research Output , semiconductor

The Asian Century of Dharma - Dhamma; Call for Universal Responsibility and Interdependent Sustainability
March 6 , 2025 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 169
The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) in collaboration with Bodhigayavijalaya 980 Institute (BGVI) & Bharat Studies Centre, Mahachulalongkornrajyavidyalaya University (MCU), International B...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Bodh Gaya , Buddhism , Dhamma , dharma , Hindu Buddhist , Hinduism , India , Krabi , Samvad , Thailand

Xi Jinping Concerned About Weakening Political Ideology in PLA
March 5 , 2025 Jayadeva Ranade
Article Views: 275
There are adequate signs that Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior echelons of the Chinese leadership are concerned at the levels of corruption in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and China’s defen...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : anti-corruption campaign , CCP , CMC , key minority , nationalization of military , NPC , PLA , Xi Jinping thought

Trump and the South African Land Act: A Growing Conundrum
March 4 , 2025 Dr Shambhavi Anand, Research Assistant, VIF
Commentary Views: 214
At a time of massive flux in geopolitics, the United States (US) has issued South Africa an executive order that cuts its financial assistance, as a way to criticise the recently passed ‘land expropriat...

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Land Act , South Africa , Trump , US

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