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A talk on India’s National Security Challenges in a Turbulent World at Rashtriya Raksha University on 31 Oct 2023
November 6 , 2023 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
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External environment has become deeply uncertain. The balance of power is shifting. US centred hegemonic order has come under stress. Multilateralism is dysfunctional. Global south is asserting for its...

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Kautilya , national security , Talk

The Nagorno-Karabakh Seesaw – an Unstable Equilibrium
November 6 , 2023 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Article Views: 4638
Setting the Stage
This little area of a mere 1700 square miles nestled in the South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea and forming the south eastern stretch of the Lesser Caucasus mountain range has seen war, destruction and bloodshed far disproportionate to its size

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Armenia Azerbaijan conflict , Arsakh , Karabakh , Nagorno

Turbulence in South China Sea: Need to Enforce UNCLOS
November 3 , 2023 Rup Narayan Das
Article Views: 4886
The expansive South China Sea, covering an area of more than 3.5 million square kilometres consisting of atolls, reefs is arguably the most contested waters of Asia. The reserve of hydro carbons and its...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ASEAN , China , Code of Conduct , India , Nine Dash Line , PCA

Women’s Entrepreneurship: A Catalyst for Development in India and G20
November 2 , 2023 Dr Cchavi Vasisht
Positive Bharat Views: 3917
During India's G20 Presidency, there was a focus on women empowerment through women-led development. At the G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment in August 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : G20 , MSME , Positive Bharat , SDG 5 , Women Entrepreneurship

The Israel-Palestine Crisis
November 2 , 2023 Sanjiv Khanna
Article Views: 8815
History
It was 1916, and the World War I was not going too well for the imperial powers Britain and France. These powers then started thinking in two directions – one, by weakening the adversary - the Central Powers comprising of the German, Austro-Hungarian and the Ottoman Empires - and two, strengthening its own ranks by persuading the US to join the war effort.

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : belligerence in West Asia , Hamas violence , India-West Asia , Israel’s retaliation in Gaza , Palestine crisis , Palestine politics

African Union G20 Membership: Opportunities and Challenges
November 1 , 2023 Benedict Arwa Dr Patrick Rebecca Sangura
Article Views: 4678
The Group of Twenty (G20) is a global platform for the world's largest economies to discuss and coordinate global economic and financial policies. The African Union (AU) offers the continent a legal and...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : African agency , Agenda 2063 , AU , G20 , Pan Africanism

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