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Commentary: Swami Vivekananda’s Impressions about China and Japan
May 02, 2018 Dr Arpita Mitra Commentary

Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) was a widely-travelled person. For someone who had not even seen the age of forty, to have travelled so widely in India and other parts of the world was not altogether a chance happening. It was part of the task he was d....

Keywords : Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Swami Vivekananda; Vivekananda on China and Japan
Commentary: Constitution of the new Defence Panel Chaired by the NSA
May 01, 2018 G. Mohan Kumar Commentary

Recently, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has constituted a Defence Planning Committee (DPC) chaired by the National Security Advisor (NSA) with the objectives of: (1) Drafting a national security strategy; (2) drawing up a capability developmen....

Keywords : National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Planning Committee , National Security Strategy , defence manufacturing
Commentary: Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa Explains the Role of Indian Air Force in the Changing Security Environment at a Public Lecture
April 27, 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

At the invitation of Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), Air Chief Marshal B. S. Dhanoa delivered a public lecture on the “Role of Indian Air Force in National Security”. The lecture was attended by the members of the strategic community....

Keywords : National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Role of Indian Air Force , modernisation of IAF , Exercise ‘Gagan Shakti
Commentary: Implications of Pakistan on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Grey List
April 23, 2018 Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Commentary

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) The ‘Group of Seven’ countries, commonly referred as G-7, was conceptualised prior to the 1973 oil crisis. It started with an informal meeting between the US Secretary of the Treasury and....

Keywords : Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , FATF Grey List , Pakistan’s terror-finance , FATF
Commentary: PLA Navy’s Major Exercise in the South China Sea: An Analytical Perspective
April 19, 2018 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

The massive People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy exercises conducted in the second week of April near Hainan and further east, and review of the same by President Xi Jinping come in the wake of evolving strategic situation at the global and regional....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , South China Sea , Chinese naval exercise , PLA Navy
Commentary: China’s Maritime Infrastructure Projects in the Indian Ocean: Lend and Lease Agreements
April 03, 2018 Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

Economic corridors, connectivity and port projects, and strategic access arrangements in the Indian Ocean Region resonate in the contemporary oration. Further, China’s 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (MSR), under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI),....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China’s maritime lease , China in Indian Ocean
Commentary: Uzbekistan and Tajikistan Press the Reset Button
March 28, 2018 Dr Rashmini Koparkar Commentary

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan has recently paid a two day State Visit to Dushanbe. His first tour of Tajikistan since coming to power reflects the improving relationship between the two neighboring republics. It also underlines Mirziyoye....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , Uzbekistan-Tajikistan relations , President Mirziyoyev’s visit to Dushanbe
Commentary : Xi Secures his Wish List for the ‘New Era’
March 26, 2018 Gunjan Singh Commentary

The past month has witnessed significant political developments in China which have altered the structure of the Chinese domestic political system and may lead to an acute concentration of power and Mao-style personality cult. The developments have a....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China’s 13th NPC , China’s CPPCC , New Era , political developments in China , NPC , Xi , CPC , Chinese Parliament
Commentary: The Tapi Pipeline: Economics vs Politics
March 23, 2018 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Commentary

In February 2018, leaders from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India inaugurated the 1700 km Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. Functions were held in Serhetabat and Herat with the leaders expressing hope that trade and ....

Keywords : Economic Studies , Commentary , India , Pakistan , TAPI , Tapi Pipeline , Afghanistan , Kabul , Internal Security , TAPI security
Commentary: Forging a ‘Korean Nuclear Deal’: The Beginning of a Long Road
March 23, 2018 Dr Kapil Patil Commentary

In an unprecedented development last week, the U.S. President Donald Trump announced the acceptance of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s invitation to hold a summit meeting and discuss the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.1 Mr. K....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , US Summit , De-nuclearisation of North Korea , Korean Nuclear Deal , Donald Trump
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