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Changing American Perspective on Quad from Trump to Biden
March 23, 2021 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

“Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.” -Sir Walter Raleigh, 17th Century It is still too early in....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Commentary , India , China , Russia , South China Sea , Australia , Trump , Japan , Obama , ASEAN Centrality , Biden , East China Sea
Significance of Blinken’s and Austin’s Visits to Seoul and Tokyo
March 22, 2021 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

No sooner than the first virtual summit of the four Quad leaders discussed the regional issues and underlined the importance of rules of law and free and open Indo-Pacific, the Joe Biden administration sent his Secretary of State Antony Blinken and D....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Article , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Climate Change , summits , Military Exercises , Taiwan Strait , East and South China Sea , North Korea’s nuclear issue , 2+2 talks , comfort women issue , burden-sharing , institutional mechanism , weaponisation , island-building , China’s new Coast Guard Law , fishing vessels.
भूआर्थिक रणनीति की रूपरेखा
March 16, 2021 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

सहस्राब्दियों से राष्ट्र-राज्य ने शक्ति की अपनी राजनीति में आर्थिक उपकरणों का बेधड़क उपयोग कि�....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , China

Tags : Hindi , Article , भारत। चीन। हिंद-प्रशांत क्षेत्र। वैश्वीकरण। आरसीईपी। भूआर्थिकी। उदारीकरण। संशोधनवाद। यूएसटीआर। घरेलू बाजार। टिक टॉक।
Japan-South Korea Entente Vital for Peaceful Indo-Pacific
March 16, 2021 Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal Article

The Indo-Pacific region has gradually assumed a centrality in the global strategic balance for peace and security. The stability and tranquility of the four decades after the conclusion of the Vietnam War is being challenged by an aggressive China. ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Article , US , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Japan , Biden
The Leadership Summit will Consolidate the Quad
March 15, 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The historic leadership summit of the Quad counties held on 12th March 2021 was a milestone in the evolution of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue which was set up back in 2007 and revived in 2017. Hosted by US President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Mini....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , US

Tags : Commentary , China , modi , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Biden , Suga , Morrison , Quad summit , Spirit of quad
Quad Summit: An Opportunity to Define the Contours of the Post Covid Indo-Pacific
March 11, 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Indian Prime Minister Modi, US President Biden, Prime Minister Scott Morrisonof Australia and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan will hold the first summit level meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, popularly known as the Quad, on 12 M....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , US

Tags : Commentary , India , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Australia , Japan , Biden
The Indo-Pacific: A Pause in the Game
March 10, 2021 Vice Admiral Anil Chopra Article

The State of Play As a Covid-wounded global community steps gingerly into 2021, a year ‘trumpeting’ a change of guard in the US, the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and an ongoing military stand-off between India and Chi....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , China

Tags : Article , India , US , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Australia , Japan , Biden , Suga
The Quad Concept: What Promise does it hold for the Future?
February 25, 2021 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction In recent times, the Indo-Pacific region has attracted considerable attention of strategists and security analysts because of the rise of China with its muscle-flexing activities and assertiveness in regional affairs, which t....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Article , QUAD , Indo-Pacific concept , Free and open Indo-Pacific , trilateral Track-II dialogue , Kalidas Nag , Dara Shikoh , freedom of navigation , Russia’s reservation
Outlining a Geoeconomic Strategy for India
February 19, 2021 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

Since time immemorial, states have used economic tools to practise power politics. Thus, questions arise on the recent discourse of the emergence of a new geoeconomic era in international relations. The rise of China which markedly defines today’s ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , China

Tags : Commentary , India , China , Indo-Pacific , globalization , RCEP , Geoeconomics , Liberalism , Revionism , USTR , Domestic Market , TikTok
The IOR Defence Conclave
February 09, 2021 Amb Gurjit Singh Article

The Ministry of Defence of India has undertaken useful initiatives in engaging with partners mainly on a south-south basis over the last year. The Indian Ocean Region Defence Ministers’ Conclave held on February 4, 2021 alongside Aero India 2021 wa....

National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Article , Indo Pacific , SAGAR , Defence Attaches , Tejas , Aero India 2021 , Defexpo , IORA
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