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COVID-19 ails the Beijing Model
Aayush Mohanty Article

The United Nations Security Council, the Premier forum to discuss threats to global peace and security, is yet to discuss COVID-19. An attempt to address the Virus was blocked by China last month while it served as the Chair of the Security Council. ....

April 08, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, China, WHO, COVID-19, Multilateralism
ततमादॉ दिवस 27 मार्च 2020: विश्वसनीय और प्रासंगिक बने रहने के लिए क्या करें म्यांमार की सशस्त्र सेनाएं
Jaideep Chanda Article

ततमादॉ यानी म्यांमार की सशस्त्र सेनाएं 27 मार्च 2020 को यानी आज अपना 75वां स्थापना दिवस मना रही हैं। �....

April 07, 2020 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Hindi, Article, म्यांमार, Tatmadaw Day 27 March 2020, Tatmadaw Diamond Jubilee, Myanmar Armed Forces credibility and relevance, म्यांमार की सशस्त्र सेनाएं, ततमादॉ
Lockdown Week 2: Let us Think of Self-reliance
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

As India completes second week of the 21-day nationwide lockdown, the attention is now shifting to the post lockdown scenarios. Fresh thinking is required to rebuild India in the post-corona world. An indefinite lockdown is not possible. The lock....

April 07, 2020 VIF Alerts, Governance and Political Studies, Article, agriculture, Health sector, National Health Mission, Tablihi Jamaat, Empower Group No. 6, UN Office in India, Private sector, Start ups, Economic rejuvenation, Education sector, ICT infrastructure, Tele diplomacy
Drone Swarms -a Growing Lethality…. Where is the World? Where are We?
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The credit of using the unmanned platform for the first time goes to Austria, when in1849 it attacked the Italian city of Venice using unmanned balloons loaded with explosives1. Surely, the Austrian warriors could have never imagined that this humble....

April 06, 2020 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, artificial intelligence, Air defence, Drone swarms, drone capabilities, UAV-X, Kamikaze drone, autonomous warfare, weaponised drones
Notes from the Sub-continent: Responses to COVID-19
Mayuri Mukherjee Article

In this latest compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we look at the coverage of the coronavirus (CoVid-19) outbreak over these past two months. It’s interesting to note the similar strands ....

April 05, 2020 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Article, Coronavirus, Pandemic, Covid 19, Covid19 pandemic, Coronimics, South Asian solidarity, Chinese model, Peace Process
West Asia Roundup - March 2020
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Abstract: COVID-19 Pandemic continued to cause havoc globally as well as in the Middle East where most of the returning or evacuated nationals as well as travellers from the infected countries carried the virus. Iran was the most infected country....

April 04, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, PM Modi, WHO, COVID-19 pandemic, G20 Virtual Summit, Russia-Turkey agreement on Idlib, COVID-19 crisis in Iran, Tunisia Protests, Unity government in Israel
COVID-19: Developments in North Africa
Dr Hirak Jyoti Das, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The North African region in relative terms has managed to contain the transmission of the pandemic and the number of confirmed cases until 31 March 2020 has remained under 1000 in all the five states. Egypt was the first African state and second in t....

April 04, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Africa, Article, North Africa, COVID-19, Algeria, Developments in North Africa
उज्बेकिस्तान बनेगा यूरेशियाई आर्थिक संघ का पर्यवेक्षक
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

प्रस्तावना उज्बेक सरकार ने रूस के नेतृत्व वाले यूरेशियन इकनॉमिक यूनियन (ईएईयू) में पर्यवेक्ष�....

April 03, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Hindi, Article, Russia, Uzbekistan, EU, Observer status, India. Eurasia, Trade and economy, Preferential trade agreement, EU Central Asia, उज्बेकिस्तान
COVID-19: Developments in West Asia
Dr Hirak Jyoti Das, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The West Asian region is presently one of the worst affected regions hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The UAE was the first state in the region to report a positive case. Iran subsequently, emerged as a major hotspot for the transmission of the virus in....

April 03, 2020 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, COVID-19, Global response, Developments in West Asia, West Asian region, G20 summit
Tablighi Jamaat - its other, evil side
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

Global security experts call it the antechamber of fundamentalism, claim it is used to nurse and indoctrinate terrorists. Except intelligence officials, national security experts and the wary among police officials, not many Indians would have h....

April 02, 2020 VIF Alerts, Governance and Political Studies, Article, Coronavirus, Covid 19, Tablighi Jamaat, Nizamuddin
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