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Re-calibrating Strategies to Combat Maoists’ Violence
April 7 , 2021 Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Vijay Kumar Ahluwalia PVSM, AVSM**, YSM, VSM (Retd.)
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The recent dreadful attack by the Communist Party of India (Maoist), Maoists in short, on the joint team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) including elite elements of Commando Battalion for Resolut...

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Internal Security , Military Doctrine & Strategy , Military Strategy , Naxalism

चतुष्टय (क्वाड) शिखर सम्मेलन : उत्तर कोविड-19 काल में हिंद-प्रशांत क्षेत्र की रूपरेखा को परिभाषित करने का अवसर
April 6 , 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
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भारतीय प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी, अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति जोए बाइडेन, ऑस्ट्रेलिया के प्रधानमंत्री स्काट मॉरिसन और जापान के प्रधानमंत्री यशोहिदे सुगा 12 मार्च 2021 को चतुष्टय (क्वाड) के पहले शिखर सम्मेलन स्...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , भारत। चीन। हिंद प्रशांत। क्वाड। जापान। बाइडेन।

ALL Roads Lead to Tehran
April 6 , 2021 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 43571
Overturning the Obama era JCPOA nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) in 2018, President Trump brought back the Iranian issue to centre stage of global and middle eastern politics. He firml...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Ayatollah Khamenei , Biden , China , Hamas , Hezbollah , Houthis , Iran , JCPOA , Saudi Arabia , Trump

The Democracy Conundrum in Hong Kong
April 5 , 2021 Rup Narayan Das
Article Views: 5102
The National People’s Congress of China earlier this year, passed sweeping legislative measures which increases, among others, the composition of the Election Committee of Hong Kong Special Administrati...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Carrie Lam , Chris Patten , District Council election , Legislative Council , one country , Shenzhen , two systems , Umbrella Movement

Lessons for the World from the Suez Canal Crisis
April 5 , 2021 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 6269
Introduction
The Suez Canal has never lost its newsworthiness because of its strategic location and significance in the realm of maritime trade. The 193-kilometre (120 mile) long canal, one of the world’s most vital maritime arteries, was in news recently as a Japanese-owned megaship MV Ever Given, longer than four football fields and about the length of the Empire State Building

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Cape of Good Hope , cargo , Lt. Gen. Osama Rabie , Mediterranean , MV Ever Given , nationalization , Shoei Kisen , Suez Canal , Suez Canal Authority , waterway , Yom Kippur War

Tibet is Headed for Major Changes
April 2 , 2021 Jayadeva Ranade
Article Views: 6967
The People's Daily on March 25, 2021, published a lengthy 3975-character article authored by Che Dalha (in Chinese: Qi Zala), Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). Che Dalha’s important article...

China, Tibet, International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Border Defence villages , CCP , Dalai Lama , Hans , Mandarin , NPC , Putonghua , Sichuan-Tibet railway , Sinicisation , Tibetans

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