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India’s Soft Power and Heritage: A Gift to the World
July 4 , 2018 Amb Bhaswati Mukherjee
Commentary Views: 4800
In the foreign policy context, soft power and heritage have become as important a tool of diplomacy for States as hard power. It promotes inter-cultural dialogue, essential to counter the multiple challenges to the existing world order by non-State actors and Islamic fundamentalists

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : India’s civilisation heritage , India’s soft power

Kashmir, Nehru’s Idealism and Article 370
July 4 , 2018 Dr Makkhan Lal
Article Views: 9231
Though the State of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) is an integral part of India, Pakistan claims that it is a disputed territory, particularly the Muslim majority Kashmir Valley, while some Kashmiris and the militant groups think that they are an independent nation.

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Article 370 , Kashmir’s accession

2018 में चीनी अर्थव्यवस्था: बदलाव और चुनौतियां
July 3 , 2018 Aayush Mohanty
Article Views: 2458
चीन के प्रधानमंत्री ली कच्यांग ने 13वें नेशनल पीपुल्स कांग्रेस के पहले सत्र को संबोधित करते हुए कहा कि 2018 में चीन का सकल घरेलू उत्पाद (जीडीपी) 6.5 प्रतिशत रहेगा, जो 2017 में हुई 6.9 प्रतिशत वृद्धि से कुछ कम है।1 सरकार के कार्य का विवरण पेश करते हुए चीनी प्रधानमंत्री ने कहा कि चीन इससे पूर्ण रोजगार प्राप्त करने में सक्षम हो जाएगा।

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , चीन की अर्थव्यवस्था , राष्ट्रपति शी कि वित्तीय निगरानी

Exhibition ‘India and the World’
July 3 , 2018 Dr Arpita Mitra
Commentary Views: 3206
In view of the completion of 70 years of Indian independence, the National Museum, New Delhi, conceived a project that has finally materialised as a landmark exhibition, India and the World: A History in Nine Stories

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Exhibition , India and the World , India’s pre-modern global contact , New Delhi

Will Indo-US Relations Survive The Strain of Geopolitics?
July 2 , 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 6639
The US permanent envoy to the UN Nikki Haley, known for her hardline views on Iran and Russia, visited India from June 26-28, 2018. The visit should have strengthened Indo-US relations but the impact seems to have been just the opposite.

US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Indo-US partnership , Russia , US sanctions on Iran

Is ‘Democratic Quad’ a Viable Construct?
July 2 , 2018 Dr Vijay Sakhuja
Commentary Views: 5719
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD) members - Australia, India, Japan and the United States (US) - met in June 2018 in Singapore on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) senior officials’ meeting, and later issued respective media releases. This was the second meeting of the QSD, the first such engagement was held in November 2017 in Manila, Philippines.

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : QUAD , RIMPAC , Strategic Pertnerships

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