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Xi Jinping’s Growing Bonhomie with Saudi Arabia: Implications
December 27 , 2022 Prof Rajaram Panda
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There is a geopolitical reset centring in the Middle East where the US influence seems to have waned while China’s clout shows sign of growing. This assertion is backed by the development when the Chine...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : BRI , international politics and diplomacy , Khashoggi , MBS , oil diplomacy , repositioning global order , Xi Jinping

COP 27 and its Outcomes
December 27 , 2022 PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF
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In this VIF podcast, PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow and Heena Samant , Research Assistant at VIF discuss COP 27 and its outcomes. The episode is conversational and flags both the positive as well as n...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change

Tags : adaptation , agriculture , climate emergency , Lifestyle , livelihoods , mitigation , Security , Water

The Kashmir Files: Much Ado about Honesty
December 26 , 2022 Rajesh Singh
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The furore over Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid’s condemnation of The Kashmir Files may have died down, but it does recall to memory the case of yet another controversial film, Kissa Kursi Ka. Of course, ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir

Tags : Bollywood , Kashmir Files , Kissa Kursi Ka , Lapid , Supreme Court

Significance of Launching Central Bank Digital Currency by RBI
December 23 , 2022 Anil Kumar Kanungo
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Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decisive move to initially discount the growing promises and popularity of crypto currency in India is quite praiseworthy. In a highly uncertain, volatile and non-transpare...

Economic Studies

Tags : bitcoin , CBDC , cryptocurrency , RBI

Chinese President Jiang Zemin’s Demise Reveals Extent of Discontent in China
December 22 , 2022 Jayadeva Ranade
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Recent events have confirmed the considerable subterranean discontent in China. The death of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who was handpicked by the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping to steer th...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : CCP , Covid , Jiang Zemin , Protests , Tiananmen Square

India’s SCO Presidency and its implications for India-Central Asia connectivity
December 22 , 2022 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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 India became a permanent member of SCO in 2017. Since joining, New Delhi has made a substantial contribution to this organisation by raising certain critical concerns relating to connectivity, transpor...

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Chabahar , INSTC , Iran , Kazakhstan , SCO summit , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan

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