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Agricultural Sector Reform
December 12 , 2019 Rajesh Singh
Article Views: 3035
With the current narrative in the national consciousness dominated by issues such as the citizenship amendment Bill, the National Register of Citizens and the amendment to the SPG Act, an important init...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : 2019 , farmer’s right , Hybrid seeds industry , Seeds Bill

London Bridge Attack: An Islamic State-Inspired Knife Terror Attack
December 12 , 2019 Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 4120
“We are resolute, we stand United in the face of terrorism, and we will not allow anybody to divide us”. - Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London. On 29 November 2019, a 28 years-old British terrorist identi...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

Tags : English laws & terror , Islamist radicalisation in UK , London terror

The US-China Naval Balance in East Asia
December 10 , 2019 Aayush Mohanty
Article Views: 5425
The United States of America and the People’s Republic of China are locked in what the Trump administration calls “strategic competition” in trade and technology, China’s diplomatic overtures to change ...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China-US naval concerns , China’s naval ambitions , US Naval Build-up

Myanmar Round Up: November 2019
December 10 , 2019 Aakriti Vinayak Jaideep Chanda
Article Views: 4413
November saw Myanmar come under coordinated international legal offensive with three cases filed against it in a span of four days, centered around the Rohingya crisis. Internally, the peace process rem...

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Myanmar clashes , Myanmar peace , Myanmar rebel armies , Rohingya issue

भारत-चीन सम्बन्धों में चेन्नई का जुड़ाव: 11-12 अक्टूबर 2019 को ममल्लपुरम में भारत-चीन के बीच होने वाले दूसरे शिखर सम्मेलन का आकलन
December 10 , 2019 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Article Views: 1937
तमिलनाडु के मामल्लपुरम् (इसे महाबलिपुरम् के नाम से भी जाना जाता है) में भारत और चीन के बीच दूसरी अनौपचारिक शिखर वार्ता का आयोजन एक महान दर्शन है। यहां गौरतलब है कि संयुक्त राष्ट्र वैज्ञानिक एवं सांस्कृत...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , भारत-चीन द्विपक्षीय समझदारी , भारत-चीन सम्बन्ध , मामल्लपुरम् शिखर वार्ता

The Belt and Road Initiative: Is it Viable?
December 9 , 2019 Dr Teshu Singh
Commentary Views: 3414
Recently, the US diplomat Alice Wells speaking at the Wilson Center at Washington D.C., criticised the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and questioned the economic feasibility of China Pakistan Economic C...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Belt and Road Initiative , China , CPEC , US

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