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India 1952-1976 and 2014-2021: Two Periods of Political Stability- A Comparative Analysis
January 5 , 2022 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)
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People’s Mandates since Independence
The first general elections of 1951 in independent India installed a single party-(Indian National Congress INC for short), majority government at the center as also in all the states.

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : India , macroeconomics , Political stability , post-independence

कॉप 26 : शुद्ध सकारात्मक और कॉरपोरेट के सामाजिक उत्तरदायित्व
January 5 , 2022 Dr Swati Mitra
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विलुप्त होते डायनासोर को लेकर ब्रिटेन के ग्लासगो में आयोजित कॉप-26 सम्मेलन में एक सहानुभूति अपील की गई थी, जिसका शीर्षक था-"विलुप्त होना कितना बुरा है"। इस अपील ने हर निर्णय निर्माता, नागरिक समाज, कॉरपो...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change

Tags : Hindi , कॉप26। सीएसआर। कुल सकारात्मकता। तुलसी गौड़ा। यूएनएसडीजीएस।

The Last Two Gulf Summits- Looking at New Horizons
January 4 , 2022 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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Addressing the Shura Council King Salman of Saudi Arabia last week reiterated his concern about the Iranian government’s policy which is destabilizing regional security and stability, including building...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : GCC , Gulf Summit , Houthis , Iran , IRGC , JCPOA , Qatar , Syria

Africa: Looking Back at 2021 and Likely Trends in 2022
January 3 , 2022 Samir Bhattacharya
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For the second year in a row, countries across the world battled to cope with the negative economic impacts of covid. Though African continent handled the initial impacts of Covid-19 relatively well, in...

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Civil war , Corruption , coup , Covid , democracy , election , Ethiopia , Gambia , Islamist terrorism , Mali , South Sudan , Sudan , Terrorism

Distilling a Strategic Vision for the Future
January 3 , 2022 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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In all ages, major geopolitical events, wars and warfare has been an important topic of analysis, mostly by historians, as post-script. Can these be predicted, in their likelihood, broad timeframe, typo...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , India , LAC , Pakistan , scenario building , Strategic Vision

Likely Geopolitical Trends in 2022
January 1 , 2022 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
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We should expect a sharpening of great power rivalries and an increase in geopolitical tensions in 2022. If 2021 provides any indications, the world is likely to remain turbulent in the absence of credi...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Biden , China , democracy , India , Indo-Pacific , Neighbourhood , Pakistan , Russia , Taiwan , Taliban , US , West Asia , Xi

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