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Russia-China: The Unequal Relationship and its Implications
May 19 , 2022 Jayadeva Ranade
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A brief background of world events will help set the context for assessing this relationship. Without delving into why Russia did what it did in Ukraine, over the past few years we have witnessed major powers attempting to consolidate or expand their territory – as in the case of China – or their areas of influence.
Tags : CCP , China , CPSU , Putin , Russia , Tsinghua University , Ukraine , China , International Relations and Diplomacy
Challenges that Confront South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol
May 18 , 2022 Prof Rajaram Panda
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Yoon Suk-yeol assumed the office of South Korea’s new President on 10 May and had barely settled into his new role when he found himself at the centre of an ongoing tug of war between the US and China. In a smart move, China sent Vice-President Wang Qishan to Yoon’s inauguration. But Biden was smarter as he travels to South Korea and Japan from 20-24 May 2022, two allies in Asia, to solidify US alliances and keep Chinese influence at bay. What makes the visit significant is that it came at a time when much of the world’s focus is on the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
Tags : Fumio Kishida , Indo-Pacific Pacific Economic Forum , Kim Jong-un , Moon Jae-in , QUAD , RCEP , US-ASEAN Special Summit , Vision 3000 , Yoon Suk-yeol , International Relations and Diplomacy
In Aid of a Troubled Maritime Neighbour: India and the Sri Lankan Financial Crisis
May 17 , 2022 Shashank Sharma, Senior Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 3147
India’s neighbourhood is in a churn with both Pakistan and Sri Lanka reeling under severe economic and political crises. While Pakistan, obstinately continues to inflict pain unto itself with its self-defeating obduracy, Sri Lanka finds itself at the precipitous end of the options trail as it faces its biggest economic crisis since its independence in 1948.
Tags : Colombo port , Gotabaya Rajapaksa , Hambantota port , Mahinda Rajapaksa , Maritime Security , Neighbourhood First , Sri Lankan Financial Crisis , Trincomalee , Sri Lanka , Neighbourhood Studies
Uncertain Future of Women Rights in Afghanistan
May 16 , 2022 Aakriti Vinayak, Research Associate, VIF
Commentary Views: 2817
The world is in a state of flux. Ukraine crisis is triggering cascading risks globally. However, while the world attention is diverted to the Ukraine conflict, the crisis in Afghanistan remains sidelined. The country faces confluence of multiple crises. Economy is in doldrums, there is political uncertainty and an unprecedented humanitarian crisis is leading the country to a precipice of unmitigated disaster. It is seen that nearly one third of the country is grappling with emergency levels of food insecurity. Adding to the misery is the worst drought recorded in 27 years.
Tags : Afghan women , Afghanistan , Afghanistan , Education , Neighbourhood studies , Taliban , women rights , Neighbourhood Studies
Learning to Win Wars, Not Just Battles!
May 14 , 2022 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 3424
The Russo-Ukraine War 2022 has clearly indicated that warfare is changing at dramatic rate and scope and historical similarities might not provide any guidance to the future ones. Our experience of past wars would be divorced from realities of 21st Century and make us infer lessons that may be way off the mark! Lessons of Russo-Ukrainian war will continue to be evaluated for long time and will certainly lead to rethinking by many nations and militaries. India has structural fault-lines with two adversarial neighbours and contested borders.
Tags : National Security and Strategic Studies , battlespace , Human Rights , logistics planning , Mariupol , PGMs , political strategy , tanks , Ukraine , Defence
China is Edging over the US: Upcoming Ramifications
May 13 , 2022 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 3179
The US politically turning against China has been a defining interruption in China’s great power rise. It has led to a concerted effort to challenge China for its every misdemeanor, by leveraging on group dynamics. The friendly international ambiance that China enjoyed has now become plagued with suspicions, anti-rhetoric, and relentless scrutinizing by a legion of China watchers across the world. But this obstruction comes when China is edging over the US in many quantifiable parameters that cannot be overturned or wished away.
Tags : BRI , China , Liberalism , Middle East , Phase One trade deal , PISA Data , Reserve Currency , US , US-China High Level Talks in Alaska , western universalism , China , International Relations and Diplomacy
भारतीय अभिलेखागार के कई पहलू
May 13 , 2022 Ankit Mohonto Ankita Vinayak
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एक अभिलेखागार (आर्काइव) और इसके उपयोग के महत्त्व के विचार के संबंध में बहसें होती रही हैं। वर्तमान संदर्भ में, अभिलेखागार (सरकारी और निजी तौर पर संचालित) पुस्तकालय के विपरीत और अकादमिक के बाहर हलकों में, एक कम लोकप्रिय संरचना है, जो अपने वास्तविक उद्देश्य के बारे में पूरी तरह से सुनिश्चित नहीं है। इस तरह, किसी की विरासत को अधिमान्य रखने में इसकी महत्त्वपूर्ण भूमिका का काफी हद तक भुला देना है। प्रस्तुत लेख के दोनों लेखकों ने कई वर्षों से नेहरू स्मारक संग्रहालय और पुस्तकालय के लिए पुरालेखपाल के रूप में काम करते रहे हैं। हालांकि, इस लेखकद्वय ने लोगों, खास कर अकादमिक क्षेत्र के बाहर के लोगों, के ब
Tags : Hindi , अभिलेखागार , इतिहास , निजी अभिलेखागार , भारत का अतीत , शोध-अनुसंधान , सभ्यागत अध्ययन , Historical and Civilisational Studies
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