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Chennai Flood Disaster Catastrophe of December 2015-Are you listening?
December 17 , 2015 R. K. Bhandari
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The worst is over and the city of Chennai is getting back to normalcy after the unprecedented flood catastrophe of December 2015. The whole country applauds the exceptional grit and grace with which the...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Chennai Flood , Disaster

Myanmar: Post Elections Scenario and Task before Aung San Suu Kyi
December 10 , 2015 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
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Even though the Aung San Suu Kyi led National League for Democracy (NLD) won the November parliamentary elections with a thumping majority questions regarding smooth transition of power are being asked....

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Modi-Obama Meet in Paris: Taking stock of India-US Relations
December 9 , 2015 Dr Harinder Sekhon
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama met in Paris on the sidelines of the crucial climate change conference, it was their sixth bilateral meeting in a little over one year, a ...

US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Modi-Obama , US-India Relation , USA

From Buddhism to Bollywood - The Investment in Soft Power
December 8 , 2015 Uma Sudhindra
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As a gross generalisation, three factors shape the foreign policy of most countries: history, geography and capability. And each of these has decisively influenced Indian foreign policy, in different wa...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Bollywood , Buddhism , Soft Power

What to expect from Heart of Asia Conference
December 8 , 2015 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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Few people are aware why Foreign Minister (FM) Sushma Swaraj is likely to be going to Islamabad on 9 Dec 2015. Indeed it’s a follow up to the Prime Minister’sbrief chat with Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistan P...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Asia Conference , Indo Pakistan , Pakistan

Military modernisation in China: its implications
December 7 , 2015 Jayadeva Ranade
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Chinese President Xi Jinping’s public announcement downsizing the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) at the grand military parade on September 3, 2015, was a major event. It signalled that the final stages ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Military Affairs, Defence

Tags : China , military modernisation , PLA

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