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Kishida in Cambodia: Seeking Convergences of interests to counter China
April 1 , 2022 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 5132
Cambodia as the ASEAN Chair has been attracting attention of some important countries such as the US and Japan, both of which have shown increased willingness to work together with Cambodia in the inter...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ASEAN , ASEAN Centrality , FTA , Fumio Kishida , Hun Sen , Mekong region , PLA , Ream Naval Base

Do We Need an International Day for Hinduphobia?
March 31 , 2022 Rohith Krishna
Article Views: 6595
Introduction
The world wouldn’t have forgotten the unfortunate Christchurch Mosque shootings in New Zealand, which killed around 50 people and was executed by a single gunman named Brenton Tarrant on Friday, 15th March 2019. To cement this day into the global memory, the United Nations recently passed a resolution to recognise 15th March, every year as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Colonial Consciousness , Hinduphobia , Islamophobia

A Review of Kashmir Files
March 30 , 2022 Anmol Mahajan
Article Views: 6843
There is a perception in India that when an average Indian goes to watch a movie s/he wants to escape from the realities of life and enjoy a simple story that generally has a happy ending and is full of...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir

Tags : genocide , Kashmir , Pandits , Terror

Russo-Ukraine War 2022: Sifting the Maze of Russian Political Policy and Military Strategy
March 30 , 2022 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 5928
The best teacher of war is war itself! With a month behind us of the Russo-Ukraine war, it is imperative to rationalise and focus on the war itself, without referral to logic behind the war, the global ...

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Azove Battalion , Crimea , Donetsk , Kherson , Luhansk , Mariupol , Military Strategy , political policy , Russia , Ukraine , US

Fumio Kishida’s Visit to India: Major Takeaways
March 29 , 2022 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 5393
The Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida paid a two-day official visit to India on 19-20 March 2022 for the annual India-Japan Annual Summit with his Indian counterpart Narendra Damodardas Modi. This w...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : CEPA , DMIC , Fumio Kishida , ICT , Maruti Suzuki , ODA , shinkansen , Ukraine Crisis

Ukraine crisis: The war that is changing relations, rules
March 28 , 2022 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF
Article Views: 6221
Having pushed Ukraine into war, the US does not know how to save it. Having started it, Russia does not know where to end it. Having been pushed into the war, Ukraine does not know how to come out of it...

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : NATO , UAE , Ukraine , UN Security Council

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