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India-UAE Set to boost ties and Strengthen Strategic Partnership
Col Rajeev Agarwal Article

UAE’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan is scheduled to visit India on 21st November 2022 on a bilateral visit. In an earlier bilateral engagement this year, he and External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar co-chaired the 14th In....

November 19, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, India, Investments, energy, G20, Remittances, UAE, CEPA, COP28
The Significance of Exercise Malabar 2022
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The multilateral Malabar Exercise 2022 commenced on 9 November 2022 between the navies of the Quad countries consisting of India, Japan, the US, and Australia and concluded on 15 November 2022. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF hosted the ....

November 17, 2022 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Border and Coastal Security, Article, SAGAR, Exercise Malabar, Dhara, Samudramanthan, Bali Jatra, Maritime Museum, INS Shivalik, INS Kamorta, BrahMos missiles, IFR
CPC’s 20th Congress: End of an Era, the Dawn of Another
Raj Gupta Article

The curtains drew close on the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on 22nd October 2022. The CPC’s national congresses are one of the most important gatherings not only for China as elite politics witness personnel changes ....

November 16, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, China, CPC, Politics, Xi Jinping, Politburo, 20th Party Congress, Communist Party of China, Politburo Standing Committee
PLA after 20th Party Congress: “Combat Readiness to Fight and Win Wars’’
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The much awaited Chinese 20th National Party Congress (NPC) is behind us, and the National Peoples’ Congress is about four months away. The Work Report by President Xi Jinping has been analysed ad infintum. President Xi Jinping has said that China�....

November 15, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, CPC, Taiwan, CMC, PLA, LAC, Gen He Weidong, Integrated Theatres
Understanding the Apex Court Judgment on EWS Reservations
Rajesh Singh Article

On November 7, yet another milestone was established in the long journey of reservations in post-independent India, with the Supreme Court upholding the constitutional validity of 10 per cent quota for economically weaker sections (EWS) in government....

November 15, 2022 VIF Alerts, Governance and Political Studies, Article, Constitution, BR Ambedkar, Apex Court, OBC, Reservations, SC/ST
Border Management in India: Methods, Challenges and Opportunities
Maj Gen (Dr) Ashok Kumar, VSM (Veteran) Article

Genesis The Indian Independence Act of 1947 was finally put in execution on 18 July 1947 giving out the broad details of the partition of British India into the two dominions of India and Pakistan, based on Hindu and Muslim majorities respectively[1....

November 14, 2022 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Border and Coastal Security, Article, Border management, Bangladesh, Border Security Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Assam Rifles
Assessing Vietnam Communist Party Chief Trong’s Visit to China
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

In a major diplomatic move following the precedent-breaking and historic third five-year term as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the recently concluded 20th National Congre....

November 11, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, South China Sea, Colour Revolution, international politics and diplomacy, Trong, Da Nang, Cam Ranh Bay, peaceful evolution, swing state
Assessment of China’s 20th Party Congress
Jayadeva Ranade Article

Presenting the Work Report titled ‘Hold High the Great Banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Strive in Unity to Build a Modern Socialist Country in all Respects’, at the opening session of the 20th Party Congress on October 16, 202....

November 10, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, India, economy, Xi Jinping, Taiwan, PLA, Security, 20th Party Congress, Tibet, Hu Jintao, Polit Bureau, Zero-Covid policy
COP 27: High Stakes, Low Expectations
PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 27, will take place at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt from 6 to 18 November. The main aim of the conference is to spur action towards achieving the world’s collective climate goals a....

November 04, 2022 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change, Article, Climate Change, Extreme weather events, COP 27, Climate Tipping Points
India-ASEAN Relations: Growing Convergence
Prof. (Dr) Debasis Bhattacharya Article

The momentous convergence of strategic interests in India-ASEAN relations over the years has enormously propelled robust cooperation between the two sides on multidimensional issues of mutual interests. The implications of consolidation of India-ASEA....

November 01, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Article, India, ASEAN, Indo-Pacific, Strategic, Act East Policy, Cooperation, Geostrategic, IPOI, Partnership, Plan of Action
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