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The Emerging Trends in the Indo-West Asian Ties: Newer Opportunities and Challenges
August 11 , 2023 Dr Alvite Singh Ningthoujam
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Since the last few years, there has been a discernible growth in India’s bilateral relations with most of the countries in its extended neighbourhood – West Asia. With the exception of a few, cooperatio...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Arab League , GCC , Healthcare , India , Israel , Look West Policy , Saudi Arabia , Space , UAE , UAESA

Ideating an Indian Cyber Cluster Model with Global Partnerships
August 10 , 2023 Divyanshu Jindal
Article Views: 6275
With rapidly evolving and emerging cyber technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Internet-of-Things (IoT), human interaction with the digital domain is now ubiquitous. In parallel, cyber criminal...

Cyber Security

Tags : China , Cyber , Cyber Campus , Cyber Strategy , cybersecurity , CyberSpark , Geopolitics , India , Israel , United Kingdom

India and the Semiconductors’ Scenario
August 9 , 2023 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Article Views: 7734
Abstract These are exciting times. The world is in a scramble, trying to secure the ‘CHIP’ for itself. CHIP- that tiny wafer which controls all – from satellites to aircrafts, from weapons to telecommun...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : chip threat , chip war , Chips , India semiconductor mission , semiconductors

Koreas Celebrate 70th Anniversary of Korean War yet Peace Remains Elusive
August 8 , 2023 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 3972
Introduction
27 July 2023 marked the 70th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice. The Korean War lasted for three years – from 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953. When it ended, no peace treaty was signed but a truce was reached, leaving the Korean Peninsula fragmented and the two sides technically in conflict till now.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Blue House , Cheonan corvette , Demilitarised zone , Korean War , Korean War Museum , nuclear and missile development

Does Absence of ‘War’ Mean Peace, in Indian context?
August 7 , 2023 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 5685
A narrow definition of peace is that it is opposite to concept of war, implying where there is no war, there is peace! Again, in a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a non-existence of war and...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : CCP , China , Influence Operations , LAC , LoC , Peace , Sun Tzu , War

India and the Geopolitics of Higher Education
August 4 , 2023 Rohith Krishna
Article Views: 6947
Introduction The third anniversary of the National Education Policy (2020) coincided with Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi inaugurating the 'Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam' at Bharat Mandapam in De...

Governance and Political Studies, Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : China , Foreign Universities , Higher Education , NEP 2020

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