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Impact of Moon Jae-in’s Pardon to Park Geun-hye as South Korea goes to Polls on 9 March – An Assessment
January 24 , 2022 Prof Rajaram Panda
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At a time when the security environment and geo-strategic considerations of key countries in the Asian region are witnessing significant churning, with each country repositioning its foreign policy prio...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Democratic Party , Indo-Pacific , Lee Myung-bak , Moon Jae-in , pardon , Park Guen-hye , People Power Party , presidential polls , scandals , Yoon Suk-yeol

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Economic Planning in India
January 22 , 2022 Dr Arpita Mitra
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In the past few decades, public discussion on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose has been so mired in the controversy around his death that we forgot to pay attention to his life. Netaji’s contribution to the I...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Economic Planning , Five-Year Plan , Haripura Address , Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose , Planning Commission , Socialism

Houthi Strike at Abu Dhabi
January 22 , 2022 Dr Hirak Jyoti Das
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The Houthi attack using ballistic missiles and drones at an oil refinery in Abu Dhabi’s Musaffah Industrial City that killed two Indians and one Pakistani national on 17 January 2022 has drawn attention...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Houthis; Abu Dhabi; STC; Indian Diaspora

Climate Change – A Review of 2021 and Outlook for 2022
January 21 , 2022 PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF
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Introduction
This article analyzes some of the key findings of the latest scientific reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s leading authority on climate science

National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change

Tags : COP26 , COP27 , Glasgow Climate Pact. , IPCC Sixth Assessment Report , Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) , net-zero emissions , Paris Agreement

2022 में संभावित भू-राजनीतिक रुझान
January 21 , 2022 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
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हमें नए वर्ष 2022 में दुनिया की महान शक्तियों के बीच घमासानी प्रतिद्वंद्विता और इसके चलते भू-राजनीतिक क्षेत्र में तनाव में भारी इजाफा होने की उम्मीद ही करनी चाहिए। अगर बीता वर्ष 2021 से कोई भी छोड़ा है ...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , भारत। पाकिस्तान। अमेरिका। चीन। रूस। लोकतंत्र। हिंद-प्रशांत क्षेत्र। शी जिनपिंग। ताइवान। पड़ोसी देश। बाइडेन।

The Himalayan Conundrum: Nepal and Bhutan in 2021
January 20 , 2022 Dr Rishi Gupta
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Nepal
The year 2021 can be surmised as a year of political upheavals, economic downfall, and geo-political uncertainties for Nepal.

Bhutan, Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Bhutan , Bhutan-China , economy , geo-politics , Himalayan , India-Bhutan , India-Nepal , Nepal , Nepal-China , Year in Review 2021

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