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गुटनिरपेक्षता के 65 वर्ष
June 19 , 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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अंतरराष्ट्रीय चर्चाओं में गुटनिरपेक्षता के विचार को अंतरराष्ट्रीय चर्चा में अक्सर बाबा आदम के जमाने का बताकर हंसी में उड़ा दिया जाता है और 21वीं सदी की पहचान वाली राजनीति में खास तौर पर ऐसा किया जाता है,...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , अंतरराष्ट्रीय चर्चा , कोविड-19 , गुटनिरपेक्षता , प्रधानमंत्री मोदी , विदेश मंत्रालय , संयुक्त राष्ट्र

Tensions Return to the Korean Peninsula
June 19 , 2020 Prof Rajaram Panda
Commentary Views: 5391
At a time when the world attention is focussed in battling the Covid-19, two communist nations – China and North Korea – are engaged in different terrains as if to deflect the focus from containing Covi...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : 2018 deal , Blue House , Covid-19 pandemic. , Demilitarised zone , dialogue , Hanoi , Kaesong , Kim Jong-un , Kim Yo Jong , Moon Jae-in , Park Geun-hye , Pyongyang , Roh Moo-hyun , sanctions relief , Singapore , summits

Modi’s Message: India Can and Will Defend its Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity
June 18 , 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Article Views: 3510
The brutal killing of 20 Indian soldiers by the Chinese troops at the Galwan river area on the Indian side of the India-China Line Of Control (LAC) in Ladakh on 15-16th June has led to national outrage ...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Befitting reply , bilateral relationship , China's aggressiveness , PM Modi , soldiers sacrifice , sovereignty , Territorial integrity

India’s Maoists: Business as usual
June 18 , 2020 Dr P V Ramana
Commentary Views: 8959
It has been business as usual for Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), even as the country has been fighting the challenge of COVID-19 pandemic. Incidents of violence by the Maoists, effo...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Leftwing Extremism

Tags : chhattisgarh , Extortion , Maoists , Sukma , weapons

Eastern LADAKH (EL) and Siachen: The Geo-Strategic Obstruct
June 17 , 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 8128
Indeed, the Soltoro Ridge with the Shyok River to its West, the Siachen Glacier and the Nubra Valley and the Saser Muztagh with the Shyok River to its East, is a great geostrategic obstruct to any collusive designs of Pakistan and China.

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Aksai Chin , China , Eastern Ladakh , Galwan , Gilgit-Baltistan , ISR , Shyok , Siachen , Trans Karakoram Tract

US Naval Transformation Challenges PLA Navy
June 17 , 2020 Dr Vijay Sakhuja
Article Views: 4463
Numerous commentaries and essays have argued and concluded that the military gap between the US and China is closing and the numerical naval balance between the two Pacific powers has converged. The PLA...

China, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : 4IR technologies; Warfighter Development office; Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO); Ghost Fleet; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV); US Navy; PLA Navy; Sea Hunter

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