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Explained: What did Kamala Harris’ visit to Singapore and Vietnam Reveal?
September 1 , 2021 Prof Rajaram Panda
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Even as the US President Joe Biden is facing another big challenge in Afghanistan following his decision to withdraw troops and takeover by the Taliban, Biden’s foreign policy challenge in the Indo-Paci...

US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Halimah Yacob , Kamala Harris , Lee Hsien Loong , Maritime Security , Nguyen Xuan Phuc , Permanent Court of Arbitration , Pham Minh Chinh , QUAD , South China Sea

ताइवान की संप्रभुता की रक्षा के लिए चाहिए विश्व सहयोग
September 1 , 2021 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 4394
हिंद-प्रशांत क्षेत्र में, दक्षिणी चीन सागर के समान ही, ताइवान जलडमरूमध्य (स्ट्रेटस) विवाद का एक दूसरा बड़ा कारण है। लेकिन दोनों ही विवादों में चीन एक फैक्टर है,जहां वह अपनी सैन्य ताकत को बढ़ा रहा है जब...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , दक्षिणी चीन सागर। बीआरआइ। जोए बाइडेन। माओत्से तुंग। ताइवान स्ट्रेट्स। टीएचएएडी। पीटर डटन। फ्लैश प्वाइंट। वन चाइना नीति। चांग काइ शेक। टीएईपीआइई एक्ट। A2/AD कैपबिलिटिज। प्रशांत कमान। एजिस एशोर।

CPPCC Chairman Wang Yang’s Visit to Tibet Autonomous Region is Important
August 31 , 2021 Jayadeva Ranade
Article Views: 6388
The 3-day (August 18-20, 2021) visit to Lhasa by Wang Yang, Politburo Standing Committee member and Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), at the head of a 22-member...

China, Tibet, International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : CPPCC , Dalai Lama , Wang Yang

Do Not Whitewash the Taliban
August 29 , 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 4994
The dastardly twin terror attacks at Kabul airport and a nearby hotel killed more than 160 people, including 13 US soldiers. The attack, claimed by Islamic State Khorassan (ISK) was a grim reminder of t...

Afghanistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Al Qaeda , Haqqani network , ISI , Taliban , US

Stray Thoughts Relating to Developments in Afghanistan; India’s Policies Relating thereto and Implications for India
August 28 , 2021 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF
Article Views: 5269
Despite increasing evidence that Taliban 2.0 is little different from Taliban 1.0 in terms of its being no more than a bunch of terrorists aided and abetted by Pakistan, a horde of apologists have arise...

Afghanistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : India , Pakistan , Taliban , USA

Gender Mainstreaming in BIMSTEC
August 27 , 2021 Amena Mohsin Mohammad Atique Rahman
Podcast Views: 5595
The decade 1975-85 was declared as the decade for women which laid the foundation for gender mainstreaming. In this episode of the podcast, Prof Amena Mohsin and Ass Prof Atique Rahman with Cchavi Vasi...

Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : BIMSTEC , gender , Gender gap , Gender mainstreaming , World economic forum

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