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दक्षिण चीन सागर में हालिया समुद्रीय घटनाएं
September 11 , 2019 Amruta Karambelkar
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दक्षिण चीन सागर में पिछले कुछ हफ्तों में दो समुद्रीय घटनाएं हुई हैं। पहली घटना फिलिपींस और चीन के बीच हुई है और दूसरी, वियतनाम एवं चीन के बीच। इन दोनों घटनाओं ने एक बार फिर दक्षिण चीन सागर में अधिकार के...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : : दक्षिण चीनी सागर , Hindi , चीन की समुद्रीय हठधर्मिताएं , चीन-वियतनाम-फिलिपींस गतिरोध

Myanmar Round Up: August 2019
September 10 , 2019 Jaideep Chanda
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8888 Uprising Celebrations The month of August holds reverence in the Myanmar political calendar due to the 8888 Pro-Democracy Uprising, named so since the uprising for democracy peaked on 8 Aug 1988 at...

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : China-Myanmar engagements , Myanmar politics , Myanmar’s internal wars

Act Far East policy: A New Construct in India’s Foreign Policy
September 9 , 2019 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
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Prime Minister Modi visited Vladivostok for the 5th meeting of the Eastern Economic Forum as the Chief Guest on 4-5 September 2019 on the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The 20th India-R...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Indian PM in Vladivostok , Indo-Russian cooperation , new opportunities in Russian Far East

West Asia Monthly Round-Up: August 2019
September 6 , 2019 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Dr Hirak Jyoti Das
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West Asia continues to be fraught with uncertainty and mixed diplomatic discourse. On the one hand US-Iran spat continues but showed the signs of fissure in the so called “Alliance of the Willing” as UK released the detained Iranian Tanker Grace I (renamed Adrian Darya I) despite US protests and efforts to stop the ship that was supposedly destined for Syrian ports.

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : French-Iran-US matters , UAE power-posturing , West Asia diplomacy

Japan Promotes Indo-Pacific in African Strategic Thinking
September 6 , 2019 Dr Vijay Sakhuja
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In his opening address at the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), Prime Minister Abe sought support from the African nations to join hands with Japan and work together to ...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Japan in African development , Japanese initiatives in Indo-Pacific , Yokohama Declaration

Recent Transgressions by China in the South China Sea
September 6 , 2019 Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty
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China along with Vietnam is the largest claimants of islands in the South China Sea. China has built military bases to include berthing sites for war ships, air strips for fighter and transport aircraft and is keen on optimising the resources of the region.

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China’s latest territorial transgressions , South China Sea and Vietnam

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