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US-China: Moving Towards War or Cut-Throat Competition?
October 8 , 2020 Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Rajesh Isser, AVSM,VM (G)
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Abstract This paper explores the realm of the brewing competition between the US and China, which can easily escalate to military confrontation. India has been forced to make choices away from its long-...

China, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Economies at War , Geopol games , Hi-tech race , PLA , Sino-US War

Pakistan: Civil-Military Relations1
October 8 , 2020 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF
Article Views: 8888
Whatever be the constitutional position, one thing is clear that in the final analysis, political sovereignty in Pakistan resides … where the coercive power resides… which is the ultimate authority in t...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Gen Yaha Khan , Imran Khan , JUI-F , Musharraf , Nawaz Sharif , PDM , PML-N , Quaid

Janakpur-Jaynagar Railway Line: A New Milestone in Nepal-India Relations
October 7 , 2020 Prof Hari Bansh Jha
Commentary Views: 18174
People in Nepal and India were shocked when Nepal’s only Janakpur-Jaynagar Railway that connected Janakpur, the holy city of Nepal with Jaynagar, the border town in Bihar, India was closed almost a deca...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Ayodhya , COVID-19 , Developmental Partnership , Goddess Sita Janakpur , Jaynagar , religious tourism

How Turkey Succumbed to China on the Uighur issue?
October 6 , 2020 Dr Yatharth Kachiar
Article Views: 7572
“We have kin in every corner in the world. From the Balkans to Central Asia, from Crimea to North Africa. All incidents, which take place in every single region, directly concern us. So claims about Chi...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , economy , ethnicity , Human Rights , Turkey , Turkic people , Uighurs

अयोध्या में राम मंदिर: नेपाल के हिंदुओं ने कैसे मनाया इसका जश्न?
October 6 , 2020 Prof Hari Bansh Jha
Article Views: 5090
प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने 5 अगस्त, 2020 को उत्तर प्रदेश की अयोध्या नगरी में राम मंदिर के निर्माण की आधारशिला रखी। मंदिर 235 फुट चौड़ा, 300 फुट लंबा और 161 फुट ऊंचा होगा, जिसमें पांच मंडप होंगे। मंदिर...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Hindi , जनकपुर , नेपाल के हिंदू , नेपाल से चांदी की ईंटें , भगवान राम , भूमि पूजन , राम राज्य , सीता राम

West Asia Roundup September 2020
October 5 , 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Dr Hirak Jyoti Das
Article Views: 5190
Abstract:
Jordan was the last Arab country in 1994 to have normalised relations with Israel. Even though over the years Israel has tried to informally engage with the Arabs especially GCC countries the formalisation of relations with UAE and Bahrain

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Armenia , Azerbaijan , Bahrain , Israel , Jordan , Qatar , UAE

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