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Renewable Energy is the Way Forward
December 19 , 2019 Rajesh Singh
Article Views: 3146
In a span of just seven days recently, two varying bits of information emerged on the climate change front for India. The first is that India lost 2,018 lives in 2018 due to the fallout of this crisis. ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Climate change and India , looming climatic disaster , Resort to renewable energy

China’s influence in Asian Geopolitics: Implications for India
December 18 , 2019 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 10483
China, in Xi Jinping’s words, is a building a “new model” of major-country relations, and crafting a policy of building relations with neighbouring countries, based on “amity, mutual benefit and inclusi...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Asia , BRI , China’s influence in Asian geopolitics , India China Relations , Indian Ocean , OBOR

Role of Civilizational Dialogue in Countering Terrorism and Radicalisation
December 17 , 2019 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 3091
Since the latter half of 20th century radicalisation and acts of terrorism have become a global challenge. Non-state actors often supported by “Evil” states cause an incalculable damage on the civilised...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Countering Terrorism , Featured , ME Security Forum , Radicalisation

भारत-बांग्लादेश : द्विपक्षीय संबंधों के आगे की बात
December 17 , 2019 Dr Sreeradha Datta
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द्विपक्षीय संबंध नई ऊँचाइयों को छुए इसके लिए किस बात की ज़रूरत होती है? हाल की स्थितियों को देखते हुए दक्षिण एशिया के अगर कोई दो पड़ोसी अपने संबंधों को नया आयाम दे सकते थे तो वे भारत और बांग्लादेश थे। अगर चाहें तो वे अभी भी ऐसा कर सकते हैं।

Bangladesh, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Hindi , बांग्लादेश के सरोकार , बांग्लादेश प्रधानमंत्री की य़ात्रा , भारत-बांग्लादेश संबंध

Five ‘T’s of China-India ties
December 16 , 2019 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Dr. Pankaj Jha
Commentary Views: 3802
Following the two informal summits between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in Wuhan (2018) and Chennai (2019) the important question that is being asked within the academic circles...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Aksai Chin , Belt and Road , Indo-Pacific , Informal Summit , Kashmir , QUAD , RCEP , SR talks , Terrorism , trade imbalance

Notes from the Sub-continent (Dec 1-15)
December 15 , 2019 Mayuri Mukherjee
Commentary Views: 1539
In this fortnight’s compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we start with Bangladesh’s coverage of Myanmar’s Rohingya trial and note how the coun...

Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : International Court of Justice , Myanmar , Rohingya population , Rohingya trial

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