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Pakistan: Bhutto Legacy
December 21 , 2022 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in his outburst against India at the UN Security Council mentioned that Osama Bin Laden is dead. He forgot to mention that Osama died after enjoying a s...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Ahmediyas , Bilawal Bhutto , JUI , Osama Bin Laden , Pakistan , UN

US-China Tech Rivalry: Pentagon Report on China’s Emerging Technology Strategy
December 21 , 2022 Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF
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On 29 November 2022, the US Department of Defence released the 2022 annual report on “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China” in which “China’s drive to dominate eme...

China, US, Technological and Scientific Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : artificial intelligence , Autonomous Systems , Big Data , China , Cloud Computing , Emerging Technology , India , Indo-Pacific , Informatised Wars , Internet of Things , Made in China 2025 , PLA , Quantum Technologies , semiconductors , US

Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022
December 19 , 2022 Dr Gulshan Rai, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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In this VIF Podcast, Dr Gulshan Rai, Distinguished Fellow, VIF and Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate at the VIF discuss the various features of the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, including ...

Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : Data Security , Personal Data Protection Bill , Privacy

A Possibility of Fractured Democracy in Myanmar - 2023
December 16 , 2022 Dr Cchavi Vasisht
Article Views: 6555
The Myanmar military has started its preparations for conducting the next general election in 2023. A pertinent question for the current political crisis is what will be the future of Myanmar’s politica...

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : ASEAN , Balkanisation , China , EAOs , Fractured Democracy , India , Military Coup , NUG , Russia , UN

The world according to Washington
December 15 , 2022 Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 5620
US’ drive for a global order in economy and trade comes up against China’s economic interlinkages with the West. At his recent meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Bali, US President Joe Biden t...

China, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Chinese President , Joe Biden , Xi Jinping

The significance of the First Meeting of India-Central Asia NSAs
December 15 , 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 7174
Introduction
On December 6, 2022, the National Security Advisors/Secretaries (NSAs) of India and Central Asian countries met for the first time in Delhi. The meeting was hosted by India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and attended by his counterparts from five Central Asian countries

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

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