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Review of the 21st Valdai Discussion Club Meeting
November 14, 2024 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

In a wide ranging four hour long open and frank interaction with the participants of the Valdai Discussion Club (VDC) meeting held in Sochi on 07 Nov 2024, Putin touched upon a variety of issues ranging from the rise of new multilateralism, the prosp....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , Putin , Ukraine War , Valdai Club , Non-west , Trump election
Uzbekistan’s Pragmatic Engagement with Afghanistan: Significant for the Region
November 05, 2024 Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal Commentary

During a recent visit to Tashkent, I had attended the roundtable on ‘Foreign Policy of Uzbekistan: Openness and Prosperity for Peace’ on 25 October 2024. The speakers were some of the prominent policy makers with long experience of diplomacy and ....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , Afghanistan , trade , Gas Fields , railway line , IMU , Amu Darya , Friendship Bridge
Ganderbal Attack 2024: The Emergence of Pakistan-Sponsored TRF
October 29, 2024 Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistan has been sponsoring terrorism in Bharat for over the past 30 years to undermine the stability of the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir (hereafter J&K) and other parts of the country. Post-nullification of Article 370 in 2019, J&K did....

Keywords : Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , India , Pakistan , Kashmir , Radicalisation , Terrorism , Islam , LeT , Bharat , TRF , Ganderbal
A Critical Examination of the SCO Council of Heads of Government Summit in Islamabad
October 28, 2024 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG) Summit held in Islamabad has garnered significant attention due to the regional dynamics among member countries, particularly between India and Pakistan, as well ....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , CPEC , BRI , Connectivity , Gwadar port , SCO summit , Terrorism and Extremism
Tourism or Strategy? China's Geopolitical Play with 'Visit Nepal Year 2025'
October 23, 2024 Nikhil Sahu Commentary

In the sixteenth meeting of....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , Nepal , BRI in Nepal , Nepal Railway , Kyirong to Kathmandu , Chinese loan , Trans-Himalayan Railway , Nepal-China relation , KP Sharma Oli.
Earth Sciences Ministry : Not ‘Glamorous’, but Critical to Lives and Livelihood
October 22, 2024 Rajesh Singh Commentary

What does the Finance Ministry do? What role does the Home Ministry perform? What are the functions of the External Affairs Ministry? What is the purpose of the Defence Ministry? Put these questions to any lay citizen, and one can expect a fairly acc....

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Arctic , Earth Sciences Ministry , Antarctic , Tsunami , INCOIS , polar diplomacy
Maldives and India: Better Late Than Never
October 18, 2024 Amb JK Tripathi Commentary

The President of Maldives Mohammed Muizzu, accompanied by his wife, landed at New Delhi on Sunday,6th October on a four-day state visit on the invitation of his Indian counterpart. This was his first state visit to India after he won the election in ....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Maldives , Commentary , India , China , Maldives , Maritime Security , Neighbourhood First , Muizzu
My humble Homage to the great man, Ratan Tata
October 10, 2024 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Commentary

Ratan Tata my friend whom I admired immensely is no more. My 5 decades of relation with him became more intense during & after globalisation hit Indian industry like a tsunami. Indian businessmen were selling out. I met many of them, but found Ratan ....

Keywords : Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Ratan Tata , Tata group , Jamshed Tata
West Asia Peace: The Lost Chance in Camp David Summit of 2000
October 08, 2024 Rajesh Singh Commentary

The Iran-Hezbollah-Hamas axis and all those others pitted against Israel in the ongoing conflict in West Asia have demanded that Israel should vacate the territories it has occupied; territories they that they say belong to the Palestinians. If Israe....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Palestine , Iran , Hamas , Yasser Arafat , Ehud Barak , Bill Clinton , Camp David Summit 2000 , Mosab Hassan Yousef
The Art of Escape: From Fleeting Getaways to Profound Journeys/ Purushartha
October 07, 2024 Anshika Agrawal Commentary

Have you ever gotten burnt out from the mundane routine and yearned to lose yourself amidst the towering peaks of majestic mountains or the soothing caress of sun-kissed shores by leaving all the weight of the world behind? Whether it's connecting to....

Keywords : Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , World , LIFE , Escape , Journey , Travel , Weekend , Purushartha , Balance , Meaning , Philosophical
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