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Looking Back at Sino-Indian Silk Road Cultural Linkages to Look Forward
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

“Two great civilizations ---India and China --- have been in mutual dialogue for centuries. Both the dialogue as also the distinctiveness have been inspired in no small measure through the spread of Buddhism.Pilgrims from each country have visited

September 28, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Buddhism, China Silk Road, Sino - India, India and China, Civilisation
Dissecting China’s White Papers on Defence: An Indian Perspective
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Since 1998 China has been taking out white papers on defence regularly as part of its exercise in military transparency. While such an exercise does have inherent limitations in terms of what it can reveal and what it should conceal yet it serves as

July 10, 2015 Defence
Impressions from a Visit to China: Part II
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Tale of Two Chinese Cities The second part of the trip involved a visit to Shenzhen and Guangzhou; one representing the new resurgent, pulsating China throbbing with economic activity and the second depicting both the old and new elements. Guangzh

June 29, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy, China
Impressions from a Visit to China: Part I
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

While China had announced the year 2015 as ‘Visit India’ year after the visit of President Xi Jinping to India last September, this year after the visit of Prime Minister Modi to China officials in Beijing are in an overdrive to implement some of

June 22, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy, China
US-Vietnam Relations Entering a New Phase
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

The year 2015 is expected to be a turning point in the evolving strategic and economic relationship between the United States and Vietnam. While assertive behaviour of China in South China Sea can said to be one of the motivations behind US and Vietn

June 13, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy, US
Myanmar: Emerging Political and Security Scenario
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

The year 2015 is being seen as very crucial for democratic transition of Myanmar as it is due to go for elections in November. From an Indian perspective a peaceful transition in Myanmar remains very important as the countries in India’s neighbourh

June 02, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar
China Reinforces its Maritime Claims in South China Sea
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

While last year China created an avoidable controversy by sending its giant drilling rig HD-981 for drilling for oil within the EEZ of Vietnam to bolster its claims in South China Sea, of late Beijing has adopted innovative strategy of building islan

May 05, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Prospects and Issues
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

While connectivity as a principle cannot be faulted with it is the geopolitical implications of such projects, for instance the China-Pakistan economic corridor that has raised concerns amongst India’s strategic and security establishment. Firstly

April 09, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy, China
Elections in Sri Lanka and Evolving Relationship with India
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

The coming elections for the Presidency in Sri Lanka have heightened the political activity. President Mahinda Rajapakse is seeking a third term based on the 18th Amendment to the Constitution (carried out in 2010 to overcome the two-term limitation

December 22, 2014 Neighbourhood Studies, Sri Lanka
India’s ‘Act East’ Policy: A Perspective
Dr Rahul Mishra

India’s Look East Policy (LEP) came of age when New Delhi celebrated two decades of engagement by holding the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit in November 2012. The first phase of LEP lasted for one decade till 2002 when the then Minister for Exte

November 20, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific
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