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Red Sea Crisis and India’s Options
February 8 , 2024 Anurag Bisen, Senior Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 2944
Introduction
Since mid-November 2023, the maritime security in the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea and the larger Western Indian Ocean has been gravely upended due to the repeated attacks on merchant shipping by the Yemen-based Houthi rebels.

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

Tags : Houthis , India , Indian Navy , Iran , Israel , Red Sea , shipping , trade

Livelihood Alternatives: Enhancing rural development by supporting small farmers
February 6 , 2024 Dr Arpita Anant
Positive Bharat Views: 2264
In Odisha, the rural landscape is dotted with examples of individual excellence in the agri- development space. However, when it comes to collective efforts at economic transformation, the success has not been very encouraging.

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Capacity Building , cooperatives , IRMA , Livelihood Alternatives , NABARD , Positive Bharat , small farmers , StartUps , Sustainability , “One Block One Product”

Maldives: Paying for the Wrong Choices
February 6 , 2024 Amb JK Tripathi
Commentary Views: 2102
The Maldives has been gathering news headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Maldives, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : China , Impeachment , Indian Army , Maldives , SLOCs , Tourism

Indication of Disarray in PLA and Imminent ‘Rectification’ Campaign
February 5 , 2024 Jayadeva Ranade
Article Views: 2344
The senior echelons of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) appear to be in disarray. The unexplained long absences of Central Military Commission (CMC) Vice Chairman General Zhang Youxia and sudden r...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : CMC , Corruption , Gen He Weidong , ideological risks , Li Yuchao , PLA , PLARF , PLASSF , Xi Jinping , Xu Zhonbo

A Quantum Leap in Nepal-India Relations
February 2 , 2024 Prof Hari Bansh Jha
Commentary Views: 2362
Recently, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visited Kathmandu on January 4-5 and co-chaired the seventh meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Commission, the highest bilateral mechanism between the two countries.

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : dAHAL , earthquake support , HICDPs , Kathmandu , power purchase , PSLV , SDPs

China’s Poaching Style of Conducting Diplomacy
February 1 , 2024 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 1992
Beijing seems to be determined to strangulate Taiwan as barely 48 hours after the presidential elections in which the pro-sovereignty leaning returned the Democratic Progressive Party candidate William Lai Ching-te, whose stance has irked Beijing.

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Chinese elements , cross-strait relations , DPP , KMT , New Southbound Policy , One-China policy , poaching of allies , switching allegiance

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