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The Israeli-UAE Deal
August 19 , 2020 Amb K P Fabian
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On 13th August 2020, President Trump announced that he had brokered a deal between Israel and the U.A.E to normalize relations. It is rather strange that a third country should be the first to announce ...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : annexation plans , Bahrain , Israel , Netanyahu , Oman , Palestine , Saudi Arabia , Trump , UAE

Turkey’s stand-off with Greece and Cyprus in the Mediterranean
August 18 , 2020 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 53214
The EU Council issued a statement on 14th August reaffirming its ‘full solidarity with Greece and Cyprus’.1 The statement reiterated that ‘sovereign rights of EU member states must be respected’.2 It st...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Cyprus , Erdogan , EU , France , Greece , Kemal Ataturk , Mediteranian , Ottoman Empire , Turkey

The Fallacy of One China Policy
August 18 , 2020 Abanti Bhattacharya
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“We support the One China policy. However, we expect you to also have a One India policy.” These were the words of the late External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj spoken to the Foreign Minister of Chi...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : One China , One India , Taiwan Relations Act , Tibet , Uighur unrest , Xinjiang

अनुच्छेद 370 ने जम्मू-कश्मीर को भारत में पूरी तरह मिलाया
August 18 , 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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अनुच्छेद 370 में संशोधन ने हमारी राजनीति में लंबे अरसे से बना हुआ नासूर खत्म कर दिया। 1947 में भारत का विभाजन हो गया था मगर अनुच्छेद 370 ने जम्मू-कश्मीर के भारत में पूर्ण एकीकरण को रोककर स्पष्ट बंटवारा ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir

Tags : Hindi , अनुच्छेद 35 ए , अनुच्छेद 370 , इस्लामी चरमपंथ , जम्मू-कश्मीर , पाकिस्तान , सूफी इस्लाम

White Mutiny or a Grey Revolution in Belarus -Only time will Tell
August 17 , 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 6229
Who wants to give up power anyway? History of the long serving leaders abdicating before the time is ripe has rare entries even if the writing on the wall was rather clear. In last decade it has happen...

Europe, Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Belarus , COVID-19 , Election Commission , EU , Eurasia , Lukashenko , Russia

US Election 2020: Kamala Harris is the Democratic Party's Vice-presidential candidate
August 17 , 2020 Dr Himani Pant
Commentary Views: 5093
Joe Biden has chosen his former critic and rival for Democratic presidential nomination, Kamala Devi Harris, as his running mate for the upcoming Presidential election in November.

US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Democrats , International Relations , Joe Biden , Kamala Harris , Republicans , US Domestic Politics , US Presidential Election 2020 , Vice Presidential Candidate

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