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West Asia Roundup - May 2020
June 6 , 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Dr Hirak Jyoti Das
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Abstract:

West Asia continued to suffer under the onslaught of Covid -19. While Iran despite its socio-economic problems and US sanctions remained the major victim in the region others caught up rather fast. Some took early containment actions while others wondered.

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Covid -19 , Haftar , Iraq , Israel , Libya , Northern Yemen , Saudi Arabia , Turkey

CHEW AN LAI | A POEM
June 5 , 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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In Moscow close to the Bolshoi, I was approached by Hou Noh Lai, I sensed it was his clear intent To share with me a document That from China he’d filtered out, Which he stated was all about Xi Jinping’s plans of brinksmanship To further tighten his strong grip On each lever of power in China, in his standard ‘win-win”.

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : CHEW AN LAI , China , Coronavirus , Covid , democracy , Moscow , Shanghai , Xi Jinping

चीन और मलेशिया के बीच दक्षिण चीन सागर में पनपता टकराव
June 5 , 2020 Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal
Article Views: 3206
दुनिया इस समय वुहान से निकले जानलेवा कोविड-19 वायरस से निपटने में जुटी है और चीन दक्षिण चीन सागर पर कब्जा करने की अपनी खतरनाक नीति को पूरी बेशर्मी से आगे बढ़ा रहा है। चीन की विस्तारवादी नीति का हालिया न...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : 9-डैश लाइन , Hindi , आसियान , कोविड-19 वायरस , चीन , दक्षिण चीन सागर , वुहान , संयुक्त राष्ट्र संधि

The World Environment Day: Bring Back Respect and Reverence for Nature to Save Mankind
June 4 , 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
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The UN General Assembly designated fifth June as the World Environment Day in 1972. In 1974 the first Environment Day was celebrated on the theme “Only one Earth”. That theme is as relevant today as it was then. Covid-19 has brought home the oneness of the planet forcefully.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : COVID-19 , Cyclones , earth , Locusts , Nature , need & Greed , Pandemic , sustainable development

India-China Standoff : Contracting Options in Ladakh
June 4 , 2020 Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.)
Article Views: 6692
The India-China border dispute spreads over more than 800 kms in the Western Sector, extending from a little West of Karakoram Pass till Gaya Peak on the Ladakh border with Himachal Pradesh, in the Sout...

National Security and Strategic Studies, China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China's transgressions , Eastern Sector , Galwan valley , LAC , Ladakh , Middle Sector , Western Sector

Coronavirus and the Delayed “Two Sessions” of China
June 4 , 2020 Dr Teshu Singh
Article Views: 3672
Every year, the two biggest annual meetings of China takes place in March for two weeks, together they are called the “Two Sessions” or Lianghui. The two sessions include the plenary sessions of the Nat...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Coronavirus , COVID-19 , CPPCC , Hong Kong , Li Keqiang , New Security Bill , NPC , PLA , Two Sessions , US-China , Xi Jinping

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