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वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा पर भारत-चीन टकराव का विश्लेषण
July 29 , 2020 Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.)
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हाल ही में एक प्रतिष्ठित लेखक ने एक प्रमुख भारतीय अखबार में एक लेख में भारत-चीन सीमा विवाद के बारे में विस्तार से बात करते समय कुछ उचित और प्रासंगिक तथ्य सामने रखे हैं। हालांकि तथ्य उपयुक्त हो सकते हैं ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Hindi , एलएसी , गालवान घाटी , नकुल , लद्दाख , विभिन्न धारणाएं , सिक्किम

India’s Chinese Conundrum
July 28 , 2020 Vivek Sugandh
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“China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move the world” (Xinran, 2011). This quote, attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte acknowledges the unprecedented change the rise of Chin...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Atmanirbhar Bharat , China , Doklam , expansionism , Galwan valley , Xi Jinping

Indo-Pacific in a Churn: Too many Naval Exercises
July 28 , 2020 Dr Vijay Sakhuja
Article Views: 5143
The possibility of Australia joining the India-led Malabar naval exercises to be held later this year in the Bay of Bengal1 has generated an intense debate among the Indian strategic community who resp...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Malabar naval exercises; Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD); Asian-NATO; RIMPAC; Pacific Vanguard; La Perouse; Marine Security Belt; Aman series; Regional Maritime Security Patrol (RMSP); Russia-Iran-China; ‘free and open Persian Gulf;

Libya: Dangerous Escalation
July 27 , 2020 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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The UN Secretary-General in a briefing to the UN Security Council on 8th July said that the conflict in Libya has entered ‘a new phase with foreign interference reaching unprecedented levels’. He remark...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Berlin Conference , Egypt , GNA , HOR , President Sisi , Sirte , Tobruk , Tripoli , UNSG

Is South Asia ready to develop a robust Regional Value Chain?
July 27 , 2020 Dr Sreeradha Datta
Article Views: 3989
The first transhipment cargo between India and Bangladesh was received at the Agartala (Tripura) Integrated Check on 23 July 2020 morning. The Indo- Bangladesh Coastal Shipment agreement signed in 2018 ...

Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : multimodal transportation , regional value chains , sub-region , transhipment , Tripura

OLI TURNS HOLY | A POEM
July 25 , 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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In Kathmandu at Singh Darbar Oli sat with his close team, He said he would go very far To realise his long cherished dream.

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Ayodhya , Dharmic , Hou Yanqi , Kalapani River , Lord Ram , Madhesis , Nepal , Oli , Singh Durbar , Treaty of Sagauli

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