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Next Phase of India- US Strategic Partnership: Maximise Hope without Underestimating Challenges
June 19, 2023 Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Background The momentum for the forthcoming State visit of PM Modi to the US, scheduled to commence June 21, 2023, is building up progressively. In the run-up to the visit, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin was in Delhi on June 04-05; ....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , India , DTTI , iCET , Defence Advance Domains , Strategic Trade Dialogue
India-US Defence Cooperation: Assessing US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin’s Visit to India
June 19, 2023 Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin III was on a crucial visit to India from 4-5 June 2023 to discuss and explore ways to further strengthen the India-US defence and strategic partnership. During the visit, the two sides ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Article , India , US , Indo-Pacific , defence cooperation , DTTI , Supply chains , Export Control , INDUS-X , Industrial Cooperation , IPMDA , Joint Production , Jet Engines , Security Provider , ToT , USIBC
Will Kishida go for a snap election in Japan?
June 15, 2023 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Amid speculation that Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida might call for a snap election, the news of fissures in the LDP-Komeito alliance would not be a welcome prospect for the future of Japanese politics. The speculation emerged following a flu....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , security threats , LDP , Komeito , Fumio Kishida , China threat , Snap election , policy differences , North Korea’s missile launch
A Counterintuitive Assessment of China-Russia Energy Ties
June 07, 2023 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Since the 04 Feb 2022 Xi-Putin summit, strategic analysts have accorded greater attention to the growing ties between China and Russia. The Russia-Ukraine war that would start twenty days later has brought forth new dynamics, as well as limitations o....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , BRI , renewable energy , Venezuela , Power of Siberia , Yangtze , Uranium , Electricity , China-Russia ties , Arctic LNG , Coal to Gas Switching
Chinese Foreign Minister Highlights Main Features of China’s Foreign Policy
June 06, 2023 Jayadeva Ranade Article

The latest (May 16) issue of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s leading theoretical fortnightly magazine ‘Qiu Shi’ (Seeking Truth) included a lengthy article by Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang. In it Qin Gang quite expli....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China

Tags : Article , Xi Jinping , Taiwan , Global Development Initiative , Qin Gang , Global Security Initiative
Erdogan Consolidates Power in Turkey with Third Win: India needs to be Watchful
June 05, 2023 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The unprecedented third term that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won during the second round of presidential elections has attracted considerable media attention in India and Europe. Before the first round of elections held on 14 May, opinion....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , NATO , Erdogan , OIC , G-20 , Ukraine War , missile defence system , Kilicdaroglu , Bosporus Strait , strategic location
India-US relations: Rescuing reality from expectations
June 01, 2023 Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

While wanting US technological and security support to facilitate its rise, India does not acknowledge reciprocal obligations, even on a common challenge like China. Writing in the US journal Foreign Affairs (‘America’s bad bet on India’), A....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , India , USA Indo , US Ties
Prospects for the Political Settlement of Ukraine Crisis
May 31, 2023 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

(The following is the transcript of presentation made during an International Webinar on “Road to Peace: Prospects for the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis” organised by China Institute of International Studies, Beijing on 26 May 202....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , India , Russia , PM Modi , Ukraine , G20 , G7
Modi government’s foreign policy has been transformative
May 30, 2023 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

Timidity has given way to self-confidence, lassitude to vigour, and confusion to clarity that India’s actions, governed by its civilizational values, will be taken independently and not under anyone’s pressure. As a result of the Narendra Modi....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , foreign policy , QUAD , Indian foreign policy , Modi Government
India’s Foray into the South Pacific
May 29, 2023 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

As the world’s geopolitics violently swings, contending parties are jostling for their own space in this geostrategic contestation. In this matrix of great power game, the South Pacific islands north of Australia have assumed sudden importance. For....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , South Pacific , PICs , PNG , highest civilian award , FIPIC , AEP , 12- step Action Plan , Great Power Game
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