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The Raisi Presidency in Iran and its Implications
July 5 , 2021 Kingshuk Chatterjee
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It is much too early to make out straight away what the well-predicted election of Ebrahim Raisi, the incumbent Chief of Iranian Judiciary, to the Presidency of Islamic Republic of Iran is likely to bod...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Ebrahim Raisi , IRGC , JCPOA , Khamenei , New Delhi , resistance economy , USA

Pandemic Factor in Military Organisation
July 5 , 2021 Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee
Article Views: 4072
Curse of the Pandemic
All-pervasive adversities brought about by the Covid-19 Pandemic have occupied, seized in fact, the universal human consciousness in a manner seen never before. That is only to be expected when the Pandemic has turned out to be the most catastrophic event in the hundred years

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : fallouts of Covid-19 , Pandemic and military , Pandemic and military administration

Appalling state of Press Freedom in Pakistan
July 3 , 2021 Aakriti Vinayak
Article Views: 5455
A strained relationship exists between the media and state in Pakistan. Pakistan has gradually and systematically strengthened a tyrannical grip over freedom of expression1. More sophisticated and comp...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Censorship , Human Rights , Imran Khan , military , Neighbourhood studies , Pakistan , Press Freedom

BIMSTEC: Present and Future Perspectives
July 2 , 2021 Udayan Das
Podcast Views: 4833
In the current geopolitics, the Indo-Pacific region has gained significance. Within this, BIMSTEC as a sub-regional organisation has an imminent place, as it connects two regions-South Asia and Southeas...

Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Bay of Bengal , BIMSTEC , Region , Regional identity

Role of India and Japan in the Myanmar Crisis
July 2 , 2021 Akash Sahu
Commentary Views: 6082
The ousted leaders from National League for Democracy (NLD) party in Myanmar have formed a shadow ‘National Unity Government’ (NUG) to challenge the military or the ‘Tatmadaw’ which came to power throug...

Myanmar, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , India , Indo-Pacific , Japan , Myanmar , Negotiations , QUAD , Security

हमास फैक्टर
July 2 , 2021 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 3543
लगभग एक शताब्दी पुराने फिलिस्तीनी आंदोलन की जटिल परिस्थिति के अपने आंतरिक आयाम हैं, सत्ता के लिए प्रतिद्वंदिता है और उसकी वैधानिकता है जबकि उसके ध्यान में इजराइल का यहूदी राज्य मुख्य केंद्र बना हुआ है। ...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , यरुशलम। इजराइल। फिलिस्तीन। अमेरिका। गाजा। हमास। दो राष्ट्र समाधान।

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