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Analysing the Balloon Drift: Another Perspective
March 3 , 2023 Air Marshal GS Bedi (Retd)
Article Views: 6214
Introduction The US Department of Defense released a photo of the alleged Chinese spy Balloon on February 22. The photo was taken by a U-2 aircraft as it sailed over the balloon on February 3, according...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : AIM 9-X , F-22 Raptor , HABs , Montana , South Carolina , Spy-Balloon , Steered-Balloon

Saving the Tiger
March 2 , 2023 Dr Arpita Anant
Positive Bharat Views: 4315
The Indian Express reported recently that Project Tiger, which was launched in 1973 to conserve the wild tiger population in India, completes fifty years in 2023. This is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change

Tags : Positive Bharat , Russia , Tiger , Wildlife , World Bank

Economic-Political Developments in Nepal: Looking Back at 2022 and the Way Forward
March 2 , 2023 Aarushi Gupta
Article Views: 6740
Nepal has had a tumultuous past in terms of its politics and its road to democracy. After a prolonged period of instability, it finally became a multi-party federal republic with the implementation of t...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Citizenship bill , Federalism , MCC , Nepal , Nepal Economy , Nepal elections , Nepal politics

One year of Ukraine war: A conflict that has become a contest of will between Russia and the West
March 1 , 2023 Amb D.B. Venkatesh Varma, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 5550
As the war grinds on, India’s task is to keep our head, think and act for ourselves, be less enamoured of the big powers but also show leadership in restoring peace amongst them

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Russia Ukraine Crisis , Russia-Ukraine War

India Africa collaboration on Renewable energies
March 1 , 2023 Amb R S Malhotra
Podcast Views: 3968
In this episode of VIF podcast, Shri Rakshpaul Singh Malhotra, former Indian Ambassador to Niger and Samir Bhattacharya, Senior Research Associate at the Vivekananda International Foundation discusses t...

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : clean energy , Climate Change , energy transition , India , renewable energy

Is Taming the Dragon Possible in Central Asia?
February 28 , 2023 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 5185
Background
Due to its proximity to China’s western region and abundant natural resources, the Central Asian region is crucial from a geopolitical perspective. With the demise of the Soviet Union, China established a significant political and economic influence in Central Asia.

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Anti-China Protests , BRI , Corruption , Cultural Invasion , Debt Trap , illegal immigrants , Kazakhstan , Leasing Land , Protests , Russia , SCO , Ukraine Conflict

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