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The Democracy Conundrum in Hong Kong
April 5 , 2021 Rup Narayan Das
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The National People’s Congress of China earlier this year, passed sweeping legislative measures which increases, among others, the composition of the Election Committee of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSR) to 1500 from existing 1200 and the strength of Legislative Council (LegCo) to 90 from existing 70. What has further inflicted injury to the democratic camp in Hong Kong was the decision of China’s National People’s Congress 30 March this year to reduce the directly elected members of the Legislative Council by 15 from 35 out of the total strength of 70.
Tags : Carrie Lam , Chris Patten , District Council election , Legislative Council , one country , Shenzhen , two systems , Umbrella Movement , China , International Relations and Diplomacy
Lessons for the World from the Suez Canal Crisis
April 5 , 2021 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 3283
Introduction
The Suez Canal has never lost its newsworthiness because of its strategic location and significance in the realm of maritime trade. The 193-kilometre (120 mile) long canal, one of the world’s most vital maritime arteries, was in news recently as a Japanese-owned megaship MV Ever Given, longer than four football fields and about the length of the Empire State Building
Tags : Cape of Good Hope , cargo , Lt. Gen. Osama Rabie , Mediterranean , MV Ever Given , nationalization , Shoei Kisen , Suez Canal , Suez Canal Authority , waterway , Yom Kippur War , International Relations and Diplomacy
Tibet is Headed for Major Changes
April 2 , 2021 Jayadeva Ranade
Article Views: 3477
The People's Daily on March 25, 2021, published a lengthy 3975-character article authored by Che Dalha (in Chinese: Qi Zala), Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). Che Dalha’s important article, which included nine mentions of Xi Jinping, predictably focuses on activities in Tibet, but makes explicitly clear that the Tibetans are headed for a difficult period.
Tags : Border Defence villages , CCP , Dalai Lama , Hans , Mandarin , NPC , Putonghua , Sichuan-Tibet railway , Sinicisation , Tibetans , China , Tibet , International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies
EU Foreign Policy and EU-India ties
April 1 , 2021 Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Podcast Views: 3609
As the EU copes with several internal and external challenges amid COVID-19, join Amb. Anil Wadhwa and Dr. Himani Pant for a discussion on the broad contours of the EU's domestic and foreign policy and the trajectory of EU-India ties.
Tags : EU Foreign Policy , EU-China , EU-India Summit , EU-Russia , EU-US ties , European Union , Europe , International Relations and Diplomacy
SEBI’s Prudence & Finance Ministry’s Concerns on AT-1 bonds
April 1 , 2021 Praveen Menon
Article Views: 3478
Back in March 2020, the Reserve Bank of India proposed an SBI-led restructuring package for the struggling Yes Bank by exercising a clause in a manner no one expected.1 The proposed restructuring entailed writing down of over Rs.8400 crores of outstanding Additional Tier-1 (AT-1) bonds to zero.
Tags : AT-1 Bonds , Finance Ministry Mutual Funds , NAV , RBI , SEBI , Economic Studies
Ten years since Arab Spring and its implications on the West Asian Region
March 31 , 2021 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Podcast Views: 3551
Join Amb. Anil Trigunayat and Hirak Jyoti Das unfold the legacy of Arab Spring and explore its political intricacies and regional dynamics".
Tags : Arab Spring , Bashar al Assad , Houthi movement , Libya , Muammar Gaddafi , Syria , Yemen , West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy
China has just Raised the Level of Threat for India
March 31 , 2021 Jayadeva Ranade
Article Views: 3579
Capitals around the world have undoubtedly carefully monitored the recently concluded plenary sessions (March 4 - 11, 2021) of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), popularly referred to as the ‘Lianghui’, or ‘Big Two’. For India, among the documents approved by the NPC Plenary session one especially merits close attention.
Tags : 14th Five Year Plan , Brahmaputra , LAC , Long Range Objectives 2035 , NPC , Shigatse , TAR , the Great Bend , China , International Relations and Diplomacy
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