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Biden’s visit to M.E., Energy Crisis and Recession
August 16, 2022 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The sharp increase in oil prices following the Ukraine war brought President Biden to Saudi Arabia. This was seen as a departure from the position taken by candidate Biden during his election campaign when he had criticized the Crown Prince and threa....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Russia , Iran , Saudi Arabia , EU , Oil , OPEC , Biden
Financial Stability Board of the G20: Emerging Vulnerabilities to Global Financial Stability
August 16, 2022 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Set up by the G20 in 2009, the Financial Stability board (FSB) is venerable institution with a responsibility to assess the vulnerabilities in the global financial system and suggest measures to deal with them. It coordinates the actions of the centr....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , G20 , Economic Recovery , crypto currency , Financial Stability
Kishida Needs to Explain Japan’s Nuclear Future – Part II
August 16, 2022 Prof Rajaram Panda Commentary

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s tasks are cut out. He has to navigate between his anti-nuclear position as a native of Hiroshima and adopting a pragmatic approach on the country’s security. When he addressed the NPT Review Conference in New York, ....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Senkaku Islands , Taiwan Straits , abduction issue , Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park , TPNW , Kurile Islands , NPDI , Nuclear and disarmament issues
Kishida Needs to Explain Japan’s Nuclear Future – Part I
August 13, 2022 Prof Rajaram Panda Commentary

The review conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons was held in New York on 1 August. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida became the first Prime Minister of Japan to attend the ministerial-level Review Conference of the....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , SIPRI , Ukraine Crisis , Hiroshima , Nagasaki , NPT Review Conference , Little Boy , Fat Man , atomic bombing
POK: Truth, Lies, and Deception
August 12, 2022 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Third anniversary of the deletion of Article 370 brought out the usual round of protests from Pakistani and POK leaders. August 5 has been named Yom-e- Istehsal or the Day of Exploitation. The Prime Minister of POK Tanveer Ilyas led a protest rally i....

Keywords : Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , POK , Article 370 , Gilgit Baltistan , Northern Areas
How China's Past Actively Shapes its Foreign Policy
August 09, 2022 Anushka Saxena Commentary

China’s perceived image of its past actively shapes its policy in the present. For a China determined to restore its past glory, it is significant to utilize narratives from history to effectively shape and justify a fervent and yet aggressive fore....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , Hong Kong , Mao , Rejuvenation
Recent Developments Add to Instability in Pakistan
July 19, 2022 Aakriti Vinayak Commentary

Juxtapositions and complexities rather than a neat straight line mark the trajectory of Pakistan’s politics. Pakistan is in a state of crisis. On almost all fronts whether it is politics, economy, security and foreign policy the country is in dee....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , economy , Imran Khan , instability , Punjab elections , Shehabaz Sharif
The I2 U2: A Matrix of Some Consequence
July 18, 2022 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

On July 14 , while President Biden was in Israel on the first leg of his much discussed desert Safari ending in Jeddah conferring with the regional leaders to strengthen the Abrahamic security bridges, he virtually hosted a summit of his counterpart....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Israel , India , US , Investments , Oil , UAE , I2U2
श्रीलंका: सिंहासन खाली करो कि जनता आती है
July 13, 2022 Amb JK Tripathi Commentary

राष्ट्रकवि स्व. श्री रामधारी सिंह दिनकर की उपरोक्त पंक्तियाँ श्री लंका की वर्तमान परिस्थिति प�....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Hindi , Commentary , भारत , चीन , श्रीलंका , राजपक्षे , विदेशी मुद्रा
Engaging Central Asia
July 08, 2022 Amb Ashok Sajjanhar Commentary

The five countries of Central Asia viz Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have been largely peaceful and stable since they attained independence on the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991. There have been a few abe....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , India , China , Russia , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Ukraine , Tajikistan
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