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The ‘Unresolved’ Taiwan issue: Chinese Achilles Heel?
June 2 , 2022 Dr Gunjan Singh
Commentary Views: 5624
The Russian attack on Ukraine raised a lot of questions about the future of Taiwan. The most pertinent questions being will Beijing attack Taiwan and force a military take over of the island, the second...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China-Taiwan relations , Chinese nationalism , Taiwan , US-China relations , Xi Jinping

Is India Ready to Adapt to the Impacts of Extreme Weather Events?
June 2 , 2022 PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 8312
Introduction
From March to April this year, India experienced an unprecedented heatwave with many places in northern India recording temperature in excess of 45°C over extended periods of time.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change

Tags : Extreme weather events , Heatwave , IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) , Nature-based Solutions (NbS)

Quad Summit in Tokyo & India-US relations
June 1 , 2022 Prof C. Raja Mohan
Podcast Views: 5488
The Quad summit in the month of May was held in the background of the ongoing war in the Ukraine. The Quad launched important new initiatives. In this episode, Prof C. Raja Mohan, Senior fellow, Asia S...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , India , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , US

Galwan: A Centrepiece of CPC’s Military Propaganda
June 1 , 2022 Raj Gupta
Article Views: 7530
A standoff between India and China that started in May 2020, eventually leading up to the deadly clashes on June 15, saw 20 and 4 (though some reports put PLA’s toll at 38-40 killed) soldiers reported d...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , CPC , Galwan , India , Pangong lake , PLA , Propaganda , Qi Fabao , Social Media , Winter Olympics

Transforming-transformation into neo-Army
May 31 , 2022 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 5440
The essence of transformation in the military is to create a marked change in its character or form – mostly for the better, and moving away from the legacy systems. Normally this transforming transform...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : AIAC , Army , Recruitable Male Population (RMP) , regiments

संकटग्रस्त समुद्री पड़ोसी की मदद में: भारत और श्रीलंकाई वित्तीय संकट
May 31 , 2022 Shashank Sharma
Article Views: 5556
भारत के पड़ोसी देश पाकिस्तान और श्रीलंका गंभीर आर्थिक-राजनीतिक संकट से जूझ रहे हैं। इनमें पाकिस्तान तो हठपूर्वक अपनी आत्म-पराजय कराने की जिद में खुद को लगातार प्रताड़ित कर रहा है, वहीं श्रीलंका अपने विक...

Sri Lanka, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Hindi , कोलंबो बंदरगाह , गोटाबाया राजपाक्षे , त्रिंकोमाली , पड़ोस पहले , महिन्दा राजपाक्षे , श्रीलंका का आर्थिक संकट , समुद्री सुरक्षा , हम्बनटोटा बंदरगाह

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