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US Sanctions, Iran’s Response and worsening Oil Situation
May 10, 2019 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

President Rouhani in a nationally televised speech on 8th May announced that Iran would not be temporarily performing some of its obligations under the nuclear deal or Joint Comprehensive Action Plan (JCPOA). This is not withdrawal from th....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , JCPOA , Iranian oil exports , India’s import bill
The Second Belt and Road Forum
May 06, 2019 Dr Gunjan Singh Commentary

The second Belt and Road Forum (BRF) was held in Beijing from April 25-27, 2019. The first BRF was held in 2017. This BRF saw the participation of more than 150 countries underscoring the argument that the appeal for Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) ha....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Second Belt and Road Forum , Global interest on BRI , Xi Jinping’s benign narrative
ASEAN needs India to preserve its centrality in a multi-polar Indo-Pacific
May 01, 2019 Commodore Somen Banerjee Commentary

A workshop of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Regional Forum (ARF) was concluded in Dili, Timor-Leste on April 26, 2019. A range of issues would have been on the table including the Rohingya refugee crisis, radicalisation and the S....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , ASEAN Centrality , Indo-Pacific power-play , China’s assertiveness in East Asia
China’s Impending Economic Slowdown is a Mixed Bag for Africa
May 01, 2019 Uday Khanapurkar Commentary

China’s impending economic slowdown promises to send shockwaves through the world’s economies and is compelling them to assess exposure and explore mitigation strategies. Nowhere is the imperative more pressing than in Africa, where linkages with....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Commentary , African economics , China’s African ventures , China’s economic slow down
Does Data Tell everything about Tibet?
April 26, 2019 Dr Gunjan Singh Commentary

Under Xi Jinping the heavy handedness of the Chinese government has consistently increased in Tibet. The Chinese government has ordered the Tibetan families who are beneficiaries of the government’s aid to replace the images of the Dalai Lama and o....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Repression in Tibet , suppression of Tibetan culture
Pakistan Government’s Cabinet Reshuffle: Crisis Management and the Role of Deep State
April 26, 2019 Prateek Joshi Commentary

Pakistan Government's cabinet recently underwent a reshuffle, and the removal of Asad Umar and Fawad Chaudhary from their respective portfolios (Finance Ministry and Information and Broadcasting Ministry) comes across as a change of course in the civ....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan politics , Pakistan cabinet reshuffle , Pakistan Government-Army equation
Women Service Officers as Defence or Military Attache`s: Government has to do more to Ensure its Success
April 26, 2019 Gautam Sen Commentary

India`s defence minister has recently declared that the government has decided to appoint Women service officers as defence or military attaches in the Indian missions abroad. Though this decision has been hailed from many quarters and is being toute....

Keywords : Defence , Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Women service officers , women officers as defence attache’
The Arab Spring Reborn
April 25, 2019 Amb K P Fabian Commentary

When it was generally assumed that the Arab Spring that began by felling dictators one by one in 2011 (Ben Ali in Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, Muhammed Ghaddafi in Libya, followed by Ali Saleh in Yemen in 2012) had lost its way, with none of the....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Commentary , A new Arab Spring , Algeria and democracy , revolt in Algeria
5G - Deliberating the Pros and Cons
April 25, 2019 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Data Pipe-Line of the Future
Major telecom companies of the world are working feverishly to roll-out 5G or 5th Generation technology based advanced wireless systems. This will increase the speed of data transmission, will have faster resp....

Keywords : Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , 5G , IOT in India , Internet Security
A Tale of two UN Resolutions on Cyber-security
April 24, 2019 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

In December 2018, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted two important resolutions: 73/271 on ‘Developments in the Field of Information And Telecommunications in The Context of International Security’; and, 73/2662 on ‘Adv....

Keywords : National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Commentary , Cyber-security , UN Resolution on cyber-space
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