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"Work in Progress": Visits from Washington to Beijing
July 11 , 2023 Dr Sweta Kumari
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The US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has made a trip to China. Prior to her, Secretary of State Antony Blinken was on a two-day visit to Beijing on June 18-19 and met President Xi Jinping. These high...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , East Asia , President Xi Jinping , Secretary Antony Blinken , South China Sea , Taiwan , trade , Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen , US

SCO is a platform for India to remain relevant in Eurasia
July 10 , 2023 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 3861
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted the 23rd summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on 4th July 2023 in a virtual format. This concluded India’s first-eve...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : BRI , China , Connectivity , India , INSTC , ruble , Terrorism , Ukraine , Yuan

India’s Connection with the STEMM Diaspora
July 10 , 2023 Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF
Positive Bharat Views: 4323
One of the most visible aspects of India’s foreign policy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership is the growing engagement with the Indian diaspora. In an effort to further strengthen India’s c...

Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : diaspora , innovation , IUSSTF , Non-Resident Unicorns , NRI , OCI , PIO , Positive Bharat , Pravasi Bharatiya Divas , Quad Fellowship , R&D , Science , STEMM , technology , VAIBHAV Fellowship

Evaluating the African Peace Mission to Ukraine and Russia: What did it Achieve?
July 10 , 2023 Samir Bhattacharya
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Almost a year and a half into the conflict, African leaders joined the crowded group of peacemakers attempting to mediate the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.[1] On June 16 and 17, a high-level Afr...

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : African Peace Mission , Russia , Ukraine , Ukraine Crisis , Ukraine Russia War

The 1937 Act divided India. Will UCC integrate it?
July 8 , 2023 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF
Article Views: 4405
The BJP’s articulators’ understanding of the UCC doesn’t seem to go to the deep, sordid historical origins of the UCC.

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Act , hindus , Muslims , Shariat , Uniform Civil Code

1937 Shariat Act – For Muslims or for Jinnah and the Zamindars?
July 8 , 2023 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF
Article Views: 5228
The 1937 Act, the joint strategy of the British and the League, was driven by political expediency rather than a desire to enforce Islamic Sharia.

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : British Raj , Politics , Sharia , UCC

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