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Countering the Dragon: A Perspective on Strategic Space Capabilities
August 27, 2020 Pushpinder Bath Commentary

Background
The successive standoffs between India and China on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) have highlighted the requirement of enhancing our strategic space capabilities. Space assets are primary facilitators of a country’s strategic....

Keywords : National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , China , C4ISR , ASAT , Defence Space Agency , IRNSS , Kargil Review Committee , Strategic Space , NCW
Pakistan Puts its Foot into its Mouth
August 26, 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Making a nuisance of yourself is a special art which only a few can master. This often happens when you are blinded by some misplaced priorities and others can see through your game. This is what happened when Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood ....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , Kashmir , CPEC , Pakistani Terrorists , Imran Khan , OIC , UAE , Qureshi , MBS , Saudis
South Korea’s Success in Manufacturing: Some Pointers for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’
August 26, 2020 Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal Commentary

The people and government of India are striving to achieve national objectives of ‘Make in India’ and raise the contribution of manufacturing in the country’s GDP from the current 16% to 25% by the year 2025. In the context of the debilitating ....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , South Korea , NITI Aayog , FICCI , R & D , innovation , Atmanirbhar Bharat , CII , Ease of Doing Business , Investment Ombudsman , NOCs
Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi’s Visit to China
August 25, 2020 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The recently concluded 2nd Round of China-Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue has drawn considerable media attention. The Joint Press Statement issued has come a long way from the statement issued in November 2018, when Prime Minister Im....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Pakistan , China , CPEC , J & K , Taliban , Imran Khan , Qureshi , Uighur
India’s Goods & Services Tax and the Neighbourhood
August 24, 2020 Pratim Ranjan Bose Commentary

In July 2017, when the Narendra Modi government introduced goods and services tax (GST), there was strong apprehension among some smaller neighbours that it would act as a barrier to shore up their exports to India. The apprehensions were baseless as....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , GST , Myanmar , SAARC , FTA , LDCs , trade framework
Indian Navy Takes Lead to Build Indigenisation-Innovation Architecture
August 20, 2020 Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

Earlier this month, the Indian Navy put out plans for the twinning of Indigenisation-Innovation, and announced setting up of the Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO).1 This initiative is in pursuance of the draft Defence....

Keywords : National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Atmanirbhar Bharat; Indian Navy; Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO); Directorate of Indigenisation;Draft Defence Acquisition Policy 2020 (DAP 20);Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA);Maker Village , Kochi; Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM);Raksha Shakti University (RSU);Maritime Innovation Forum (MIF); Security and Scientific Technical Research Agency(SASTRA);Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS);Defence Industrial Corridors (DICs
Turkey’s stand-off with Greece and Cyprus in the Mediterranean
August 18, 2020 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The EU Council issued a statement on 14th August reaffirming its ‘full solidarity with Greece and Cyprus’.1 The statement reiterated that ‘sovereign rights of EU member states must be respected’.2 It stressed that ‘Imm....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Turkey , Kemal Ataturk , EU , Erdogan , Greece , France , Cyprus , Mediteranian , Ottoman Empire
The Fallacy of One China Policy
August 18, 2020 Abanti Bhattacharya Commentary

“We support the One China policy. However, we expect you to also have a One India policy.” These were the words of the late External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj spoken to the Foreign Minister of China, Wang Yi in June 2014. With rising Chines....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Tibet , Xinjiang , One China , One India , Taiwan Relations Act , Uighur unrest
White Mutiny or a Grey Revolution in Belarus -Only time will Tell
August 17, 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Who wants to give up power anyway? History of the long serving leaders abdicating before the time is ripe has rare entries even if the writing on the wall was rather clear. In last decade it has happened to several North African leaders as a consequ....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Russia , Commentary , Russia , Eurasia , Election Commission , EU , COVID-19 , Belarus , Lukashenko
US Election 2020: Kamala Harris is the Democratic Party's Vice-presidential candidate
August 17, 2020 Dr Himani Pant Commentary

Joe Biden has chosen his former critic and rival for Democratic presidential nomination, Kamala Devi Harris, as his running mate for the upcoming Presidential election in November. In his tweet announcing the decision, Biden called Harris “a fearle....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Commentary , International Relations , Joe Biden , US Presidential Election 2020 , Kamala Harris , Vice Presidential Candidate , Democrats , Republicans , US Domestic Politics
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