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Indo-Pacific Economic Framework: Opportunities for India
July 25 , 2022 Dr Rahul Nath Choudhury
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During the QUAD summit held in Tokyo, in May 2022, US President Joe Biden along with leaders from 13 countries signed on an agreement referred as Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). The participant...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Anti-Corruption , clean energy , CPTPP , IPEF , QUAD , RCEP , Tokyo

शिंज़ो अबे को श्रद्धांजलि
July 25 , 2022 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
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प्रेरणा गांधी, एसोसियेट फ़ेलो, VIF “एक राजनीतिक के रूप में मैंने विफलताएँ देखी हैं और केवल इस वजह से मैं जापान के लिए कुछ भी करने को तैयार हूँ। शिंज़ो अबे (यह उन्होंने 2012 में लिखा था।)

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , अबे , जापान , जेआईएनएफ , भारत , संवाद

The Unmaking and Making of Sri Lankan Crisis: Options before India
July 22 , 2022 Dr Rishi Gupta
Article Views: 7058
Unfolding Events
Sri Lanka has elected six-time former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new President. In the parliamentary votes Ranil Wickremesinghe received 134 votes against his closest contestant Dullus Alahapperuma got 82 votes.

Sri Lanka, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : China , Economic Assiatnce , Gotabaya Rajapaksa , India , Mahinda Rajapaksa , MCC , MCC in Sri Lanka , Ranil Wickremesinghe , Sri Lankan Economic Crisis , United States

Diversity within the Indian Subcontinent: Gandhara Region, its Art and Architecture
July 21 , 2022 Rishika Dhumal
Article Views: 6661
The Indian Subcontinent has always been at the crossroads of some major trade networks, such as the Silk Routes trade as well as the Indian Ocean trade. The Silk Routes trade and the Indian Ocean trade ...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Cultural exchanges , Diversity , Gandharan art , Patron Portraits

Recent Developments Add to Instability in Pakistan
July 19 , 2022 Aakriti Vinayak
Commentary Views: 5755
Juxtapositions and complexities rather than a neat straight line mark the trajectory of Pakistan’s politics. Pakistan is in a state of crisis. On almost all fronts whether it is politics, economy, sec...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : economy , Imran Khan , instability , Punjab elections , Shehabaz Sharif

The I2 U2: A Matrix of Some Consequence
July 18 , 2022 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 6710
On July 14 , while President Biden was in Israel on the first leg of his much discussed desert Safari ending in Jeddah conferring with the regional leaders to strengthen the Abrahamic security bridges,...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : I2U2 , India , Investments , Israel , Oil , UAE , US

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