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The '2 plus 2' Indo-US Dialogue; a Fillip to Indo-US Security Cooperation
October 28 , 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
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India and the US concluded the 3rd edition of the ‘2+2’ ministerial dialogue in New Delhi on 27 October 2020. Defence Minister Raj Nath Singh, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar from the Indian side a...

US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : BECA , China , defence cooperation , Indo-Pacific , Indo-US dialogue , Make in India , multipolar Asia , QUAD

Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Rivalry has begun
October 28 , 2020 Aayush Mohanty
Article Views: 10929
The last two years have seen the U.S-China rivalry ramping up, threatening to engulf the world in a new Cold War. The new Cold War would not be the same as before, based on ideology, but, who has better...

China, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Airbus , Aircraft , Boeing , China , COMAC , commercial , EU , Manufacturing , US

Logistic Support Agreements- A Growing Footprint
October 27 , 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Article Views: 6809
Open sources are abuzz with the news that in the annual bilateral summit between India and Russia slated in November 2020, the Agreement on Reciprocal Logistic Support or ARLS is likely to be signed1. I...

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ARLS , BECA , Logistic Support Agreement , LSA , MSLA

चीन पाकिस्तान आर्थिक कोरिडोर का विखंडन- क्या यह व्यवहार्य है?
October 27 , 2020 Aakriti Vinayak
Article Views: 4763
कोविड-19 संकट ने पूरी दुनिया को चीन के साथ सहयोग और प्रतिस्पर्धा की नीतियों के पुनरावलोकन पर विवश कर दिया है। अंतरराष्ट्रीय समुदाय ने इस विनाशकारी वायरस के उद्गम क्षेत्र की जांच करने की मांग की है, जि...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Hindi , आर्थिक संकट , ग्वादर , चाइना पाकिस्तान इकोनामिक कॉरिडोर , चाइना। बेल्ट एंड रोड इनीशिएटिव , चीन की हिंस्रता। , सीपीईसी

PLA: Reading Tea Leaves1
October 26 , 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 5485
Any study of PLA gets hit by the wall of opacity or broad based sources, lacking as it is of military transparency and accountability. Xinhua or People’s Daily or Global Times tend to enjoy official pat...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : 1959 Line , CCP , CMC , corruption PLA , Gen Zhang Yang , LAC , Ladakh , peace disease , Xi Jinping

The Quad: Is Security the Galvanizer?
October 26 , 2020 Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 5595
The significance of the Quad Foreign Ministers meeting in Tokyo on 6 October 2020 lies in the fact that it happened in person despite the pandemic – last year the Quad foreign ministers had met on the m...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ASEAN , Australia , Blue Dot Initiative , China , Free and open Indo-Pacific , India , LAC , Malabar exercises , PM Suga , Quad Plus , Resilient Supply Chains , Wang Yi

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