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Distrust More, Verify More: India-China Relations Post Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Amb Kanwal Sibal Article

China, through his reckless aggression in Ladakh has seriously jeopardised peace and tranquility on the India-Tibet border. China is already in occupation of large parts of Indian territory in Ladakh. To seek to consolidate its hold on this occupied ....

September 13, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, SCO, LAC, Depsang, Galwan, CBMs, Pangong Tso, Foreign Ministers, Spanggur Gap
चीनी विदेश मंत्री की यूरोप यात्रा: जनसम्पर्क की असफल कवायद
Amb JK Tripathi Article

चीन के विदेश मंत्री वांग यी ने 25 अगस्त से 1 सितम्बर तक यूरोप का दौरा किया। उनकी यह यात्रा कुछ चुन�....

September 10, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Europe, China, Hindi, Article, तिब्बत, कोविड-19, वांग यी, जी-7, उइग़र, हांगकांग, शी जिनपिंग, यूरोप
India-China Face Off- Has China Committed a Faux Pas?
Amb Kanwal Sibal Article

China has committed a grave error in triggering a military confrontation in Ladakh. It has underestimated the Indian resolve to stand up to its bullying tactics. Doklam should have been a warning to China that its military efforts to gain territorial....

September 09, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, China, Xi Jinping, CCP, PLA, LAC, Ladakh, Pangong Tso, Wang Yi, economic front, military conflict, Defence Ministers meeting
Pulwama Charge Sheet: Lessons for Future
Abhinav Pandya Article

On Aug 25, 2020, NIA (National Investigation Agency) filed the charge sheet in the Pulwama fidayeen attack in Jammu court, after 16 months of rigorous and intensive investigation (The Print, Aug. 25, 2020). NIA's charge sheet, a bulky document runnin....

September 09, 2020 Terrorism, VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Article, Pakistan, Kashmir, NIA, Jihad, Pulwama, Jaish-e-Muhammad, Masood Azhar, Balakot
The Shifting Strategic Connotations of Line(s) of Control
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Line of Control (LOC), the Line of Actual Control (LAC) hereinafter the LINES, and the Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL) in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, are denoted by huge dissimilarities, as chalk and cheese. The 772....

September 08, 2020 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, China, CPEC, PLA, Gilgit-Baltistan, CBMs, Chushul, Eastern Ladakh., Raksha Mantri
चीन-भारत ठहराव: क्य़ा भारत अमेरिका पर भरोसा कर सकता है?
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

चीन का अमेरिका के साथ सम्बन्धों में आ रही गिरावट और भारत का अमेरिका के साथ संपूर्ण रूप से बिना क�....

September 08, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Hindi, Article, चीन। ट्रंप। बीइसीए। लद्दाख। भारत-अमेरिकी सेना। चीनी जासूस। लोकतांत्रिक देशों का गठबंधन। बाइडेन। उइगुर।
Myanmar Round Up: August 2020
Dr Cchavi Vasisht Article

August 2020 marked significant developments in Myanmar’s political process. The fourth “21st-Century Panglong Conference” was concluded, which was stalled since 2018. The government officials and military leaders along with ten Ethnic Armed Org....

September 08, 2020 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, elections, Arakan army, Tatmadaw clashes, Unilateral Ceasefires, Democratic Processes, 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference, Rohingyas Exodus, Indiain Myanmar
A Perspective on the Senkaku Islands Dispute
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The dispute over the Senkaku/ Diaoyu Islands comprising five uninhabited islands and three rocks totalling seven square kilometres in the East China Sea is often understated as a simple sovereignty dispute or a resource conflict. It may, in fact, be ....

September 04, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Article, Southwestern Wall Defense, Uotsuri Island, ADIZ, SDF, PAFMM, UNECAFE, Okinawa Trough, Bilateral Fisheries Agreement, F35, aircraft carrier
Cooperation on New Technologies, will India choose BRICS or D10?
Aayush Mohanty Article

As the Indian External Affairs Ministry prepares for the BRICS Foreign Minister’s Meeting, Beijing has proposed to set up an Innovation Base to strengthen the grouping’s cooperation on 5G, digital economy, Artificial Intelligence, information tec....

September 03, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, India, US, China, BRICS, UK, G7, Huawei, Hong Kong, LAC, D10, 5G. Innovation base
West Asia Round Up: August 2020
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

ABSTRACT: August witnessed monumental events in the region. US sponsored rapprochement between UAE and Israel; Pompeo’s visit to Khartoum; Beirut blasts; attempts to ceasefire in Libya; Iraqi PM’s visits to Iran and USA; Defeat of US proposal ....

September 02, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, Israel, US, Iran, UNSC, Putin, Libya, Turkey, UAE, Saudi Foreign Minister, virtual summit
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