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Ultra Virus | A Poem
June 13 , 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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The road to the exalted status of Xi-ri Xi-ri Xi-ri Xi-ri Xi-ri Xi In lanes behind Hotel Raffles In Singapore it still baffles Me how our dear friend Hu Noh Lai Knew I would be passing by. He softly wh...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , Propaganda Department , Ultra Plans , Ultra Virus , Xi

The Disarray in the Gulf Cooperation Council
June 12 , 2020 Amb K P Fabian
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The 5th of June 2020 marks a sad day in the annals of the 6-member GCC (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain) founded in 1981. On 5th June 2017 the Crown Princes of Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. broke off relations with Qatar, diplomatic, consular, transport, and trade. Bahrain, Egypt, and a few other states, all beholden to Saudi Arabia, the aid-giver, readily joined in the blockade.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : 13 Demands and Ultimatum , Al Jazeera , Arab Spring , Gas Fields , GCC , Iran , Muslim Brotherhood , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , U.S.

Pakistan: Worsening Economic Condition
June 12 , 2020 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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Pakistan was already going through an economic slowdown when the COVID outbreak took place. It had received the US $ 6 billion of assistance from the IMF under Extended Fund Facility last year. The money came with conditions. The IMF policy of inflation targeting led to fiscal and monetary contraction.

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : China , Covid , CPEC , IMF , Inflation , negative growth , oil revenues , Saudi Arabia , World Bank

Notes from the Sub-continent – May 2020
June 11 , 2020 Mayuri Mukherjee
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In this latest compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we start with Bangladesh, where the people had to deal with a super cyclone even as they s...

Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Afghanistan , Amphan , Bangladesh , Lipulekha , Nepal , Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Taliban , Twitter

Synthesizing Indigenisation: Civil- Defence Aviation Partnership towards Self Reliance
June 11 , 2020 Gp Capt Asheesh Shrivastava
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On 16 May 2020, the Ministry of Finance announced the fourth tranche of Centre's ₹20 lakh crore fiscal stimulus1 for India. Unlike previous declarations which had addressed the needs of agriculture sec...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : ac batteries , ac tyre tubes , aerolubes. , Civil Military Partnership aviation , Financial package , Indigenization , MRO

Myanmar Round Up: May 2020
June 10 , 2020 Dr Cchavi Vasisht
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The COVID-19 has impacted the socio-economic and political functioning of Myanmar. The month has been marked by the limited and insufficient response from the side of Government, leading to health and e...

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Arakan Army Myanmar COVID-19 , China Involvement , Democratic Processes , Drug menace and timber smuggling , India Engagements , International Court of Justice , Rohingya , Socio-economic development. , Tatmadaw clashes , Unilateral Ceasefires

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