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The Significance of the Australia -Japan Defence Agreement
January 8 , 2022 Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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Australia and Japan signed a new defence agreement on 6 January 2022, which both PM Scott Morrison and PM Fumio Kishida hailed as a landmark. The Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) is Japan’s second such...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : AUKUS , Australia , China , Japan , RAA , Self-Defense Forces , US

Geopolitical trends of 2021 and impact on India
January 8 , 2022 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
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3 January 2022 The year 2021 saw numerous upheavals and developments shaping the world and will certainly stand out as a difficult year with some promising developments. As the world steps into the new...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Afghanistan , AUKUS , Bangladesh , China , Covid , India , Indo-Pacific , Myanmar , Neighbourhood , Nepal , Pandemic , QUAD , Sri Lanka

Myanmar’s Battle on Social Media
January 7 , 2022 Dr Cchavi Vasisht
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In the present century, social media has become a battleground to provide authenticity and validation for oneself as well as to produce hatred and discontent for others. Since the rise of the Arab Sprin...

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : democracy , Freedom House , Information Warfare , Military Coup , Propaganda , Social Media

Demystifying the “Armed Struggle” in Jammu and Kashmir
January 7 , 2022 Col Nilesh Kunwar (Retd.)
Article Views: 5473
The younger generation may not be aware, but when gun toting “mujahideen” [holy warriors] first appeared in J&K during the late 80s, they had assured the people that ‘azadi’ [freedom] was just round...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir

Tags : APHC , armed struggle , Azadi , ISI , J & K , Mujahideen , OGW

Central Asia: A Look Back At 2021 and Outlook For 2022
January 6 , 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 5235
Introduction
The year 2021 has been challenging for Central Asia. The year marked the three decades of independence for the Central Asian countries since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The socio-economic and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have been devastating for Central Asia’s developing economies.

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Afghanistan , Azerbaijan , Border Dispute , Capacity Building , China , Connectivity , India- Central Asia Dialogue , Kazakhstan , Protests , Russia , SCO , Tajikistan , TAPI , TCGP , trade , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan

East Asia: Likely Trends in 2022
January 6 , 2022 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 3292
A year has just ended and we usher into another one. Many parts of the world witnessed dramatic developments in political, economic and defence/security realms. In a globalised and inter-connected world...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ASEAN , COVID-19 , CPTTP , Fumio Kishida , Kim Jong-un , missile developoment , QUAD , shinzo abe , summit diplomacy , weaponisation , Xi Jinping

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