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China is Replacing Ethnic Languages with Mandarin
February 18 , 2021 Jayadeva Ranade
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Wary of efforts by the US and West to bring about the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), particularly as memories of the disintegration of the erstwhile Soviet Union and collapse of the Comm...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : CCP , Han , Mandarin , Mongolian , Tibetan , United Front Work

Revival of the Iran Nuclear Deal: Options and Possibilities
February 17 , 2021 Col Rajeev Agarwal
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21st February is an important date in the global calendar this year and specifically for Iran and the West Asian region. On this day, Iran has declared that it will expel United Nations nuclear inspecto...

US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Abraham Accords , Biden , IAEA , Iran deal , IRGC , JCPOA , Trump

चीन के खेवनहार और एकाधिकार का खेल
February 17 , 2021 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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चीन पिछले वर्ष कोविड-19 जैसी वैश्विक महामारी फैलाने की एक प्रमुख वजह माने जाने, भारत के प्रति लगातार आक्रामकता दिखाने और उसके पूर्वी लद्दाख में निरंतर तनाव बनाए रखने के कारण भारतीय जनमानस के लिए एक बड़...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , भारत। शी। चीनी स्वप्न। सीएमसी। सीसीपी। बीआरआई। उईगर। राष्ट्रीय रक्षा कानून। मंगोल। नेशनल पीपुल्स कांफ्रेंस।

Can Biden Bring Peace to Afghanistan?
February 16 , 2021 Amb Ashok Sajjanhar
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The Joseph Biden administration declared on 23rd January, 2021, within a few days of coming to power that it will reassess the agreement reached by Donald Trump with the Taliban in February 2020. It sta...

Afghanistan, US, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Biden , Ghani government , India , Pakistan , Peace Deal , Taliban , Trump

Agreement on Disengagement on LAC: A Short, Positive, Step Forward…
February 15 , 2021 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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Phased, coordinated and verified manner is the operative part of the agreement on disengagement in Eastern Ladakh, commencing with the North and South Bank of the Pangong Tso. It was also accepted that...

National Security and Strategic Studies, China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : 1959 Line , Chushul , Depsang , Disengagement Agreement , Galwan , Kailash Range , LAC , Pangong Tso. Spanggur Gap , PLA

‘Genocide’ in East Turkestan (Xinjiang) – What Can the World Do?
February 12 , 2021 Amb Ashok Sajjanhar
Article Views: 7610
Introduction In one of its last acts before demitting office, the Trump administration declaredthat China was engaged in perpetrating genocide against the minority Uighurs and other Muslim groups in Eas...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Antony Blinken , China , Chinese Communist Party , Forced Labour , genocide , Han people , Human Rights , Winter Olympics 2022

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