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Can there be a Policy Reversal under the New President, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., in the Philippines?
May 24 , 2022 Prof Rajaram Panda
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Introduction In the presidential election held on 9 March, the Filipinos elected a new leader, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Popularly known as “Bongbong”, Marcos Jr. secured more than 56 per cent of the votes, ...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Diplomacy , Duterte , EEZ , Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Bongbong) , fishing vessels , International law , Robredo , rule-based order , South China Sea , trilateral

Turkey's Changing Dynamics with the GCC States
May 24 , 2022 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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Amb. Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow at VIF analyses "Turkey's Changing Dynamics with the GCC states". The speaker identifies Turkey's strategic interests in the Persian Gulf region and the core a...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : GCC , Recep Tayyip Erdogan , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , UAE

Expect a Recalibration in the Pakistan- Taliban Relationship
May 23 , 2022 Dr Anwesha Ghosh
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The picture of former ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed and Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan, Mansour Ahmed Khan enjoying tea at Kabul’s Serena Hotel in a relaxed mood just before the announcement of Tali...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Afghan Taliban , Pak airstrikes , Pakistan , Taliban-Pakistan relations , Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan

Russia’s Military Understanding of Air Power: Structural & Doctrinal Aspects
May 23 , 2022 Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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The fog of war continues to hangover Ukraine even after eighty days, especially with facts difficult to discern amongst the information war running in parallel, biased reportage, and contradictory narra...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Air defence , Air Power , Aleksandr Zelin , MANPADS , Russia , S-400 , SAM , SEAD , Sergey Shoigu , Ukraine , VKS , VVS

The Boiling Baloch Pot: A Continued Saga of Baloch Resistance
May 22 , 2022 Tejusvi Shukla
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A suicide bombing that killed three Chinese nationals in the Pakistani city of Karachi on April 26, 2022, has sent shock waves throughout the region. Notably, this incident rests on two problematically ...

China, Pakistan, International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Baloch Liberation Army , Balochistan , By waahin Baloch , CPEC , free baloch , Gwadar , ISI , Karachi , Pakistan , Voice Of Missing Baloch

Remembering Swami Vivekananda's Concept of Universal Brotherhood on Africa Day
May 20 , 2022 Dr Neha Sinha Nikhil Yadav
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In the history of mankind, there have been rare instances where the introductory words spoken by a person have electrified the whole audience as much as Swami Vivekananda’s groundbreaking speech t...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Africa , Egypt , Ramakrishna missions , Swamiji , universal brotherhood

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