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Turbulence in South China Sea: Need to Enforce UNCLOS
November 3 , 2023 Rup Narayan Das
Article Views: 5199
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: 4190
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: 9177
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: 5044
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

Resilience to Economic Authoritarianism, Treachery and Wars
October 31 , 2023 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 5050
Today’s security environment is utterly unpredictable, the world saw three black swan events in as many years –Covid19, Russia-Ukraine War and more recently Israel-Hamas War! In 2023 itself threats orig...

National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , economic interdependence , India , Pakistan , resilience

Canada-based Khalistani Elements: A Continuing Concern for Bharat
October 30 , 2023 Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 5973
धर्मं चर। धर्मान्न प्रमदितव्यम्। - तैत्तिरीय उपनिषद् 1.11 [English Translation: Practice righteousness (Dharma). Do not swerve from righteousness (Dharma). Source: Taittiriya Upanishad 1.11]

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

Tags : Bharat , Canada , India , Khalistan , Khalistani , LeT , Nijjar , Pakistan , Punjab , Referendum , Terrorism

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