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Need for a Vigorous Africa Strategy
October 20 , 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 4832
Africa enchants most people. But our relations and contacts with Africa have been umbilical to say the least. Africa is close to us and very important too is a given. Has it acquired salience remained ...

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : AfCFTA , Asia Africa Growth Corridor , China , Covid 19 , debt traps , East Africa , IAFS , India , PM Modi

नेपाल में संघवाद कितना टिकाऊ
October 20 , 2020 Prof Hari Bansh Jha
Article Views: 5406
संघवाद सरकार के कामकाज की एक प्रणाली है, जिसमें शक्तियां केंद्र और राज्यों में विभाजित होती हैं।1 आज दुनिया के अधिकतर देश ने भी संघवाद शासन प्रणाली को स्वीकार किए हुए हैं, जिससे एक तरफ तो अपनी जनता और स...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Hindi , नेपाल। संघवाद। बजटीय आवंटन। सीपीएन माओवादी। जनजातियों। मधेशिया।

Japan- Vietnam Security Matrix in the Indo-Pacific Region
October 19 , 2020 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 5288
The security scenario centring in the much contested South China Sea continues to be grimmer because of China’s expansionist designs and expanding maritime claims, converting this part of the ocean into...

China, Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ASEAN , China , defence sale , Indo-Pacific , Indonesia , Philippines , QUAD , South China Sea , Wang Yi , Yoshide Suga

वेनेज़ुएला- संपन्न देश की निर्धनता
October 17 , 2020 Amb JK Tripathi
Article Views: 5563
लातीनी अमेरिकी देश वेनेज़ुएला इन दिनों कई आपदाओं से जूझ रहा है। अभूतपूर्व मुद्रास्फीति, आर्थिक विपन्नता और अब कोरोना महामारी से ग्रस्त इस देश की सबसे बड़ी त्रासदी यह है कि वेनेज़ुएला अभी भी दुनिया के सबसे ...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , अमेरिका , इंफ्रास्ट्रक्चर में सुधार , कोरोना , कोल्टन , खनिज तेल , निकोलस मादुरो , बढ़ती बेरोज़गारी , भारत , भ्रष्टाचार , मुद्रा स्फीति , स्पीकर जुआन गाइदो , ह्यूगो चावेज़

Chinese Stance in United Nations Security Council towards India
October 15 , 2020 Dr Teshu Singh
Article Views: 5747
Amidst the on-going stand-off at the Galwan Valley, China had once again tried to raise the Kashmir issue in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Also, China has persistently tried to block India...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article 370 , China , Galwan valley , LAC , NPT , NSG , Pakistan , Terrorism , UNSC

India and Japan: “Lotus Waters in Chrysanthemum Lake”
October 13 , 2020 Dr Anil Rawat
Article Views: 5236
The conclusion of a defense deal between India and Japan marked a new high in the burgeoning relationship between the two countries. Had it not been for the constrains imposed by the COVID-19 and Prime...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ACSA , Confluence of Two Seas , Digital Arc , Justice Radha Binod Pal , Okakura , PM Abe , PM Modi , QUAD , strategic partnership , Suzuki

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