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US-Philippines Base Deal aimed to Check China
February 17, 2023 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction The Philippines is on a diplomatic overdrive. There seems to be cracks in the ASEAN unity. The 10-member bloc is not in the same page on a host of issues. Cambodia is suspected to have succumbed to the Chinese temptation of e....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China

Tags : Article , ASEAN , military base , SDF , Spratly Islands , Palawan , medium-range missiles , VFA , EDCA , Marcos Jr.
Yudh Abhyas 22: Another Step Further in Deepening Indo-US Strategic Ties
January 25, 2023 Dr Sweta Kumari, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Yudh Abhyas, a joint military exercise, held between the Indian Army and the US Army is one of the critical aspects of the defence cooperation between the two countries. This exercise takes place at the Battalion level with its joint planning at th....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , US

Tags : Article , Indian Army , US Army , Yudh Abhyas , UN Mandate , Interoperability , HADR and Indo-US Defence Cooperation
U.S National Defense Strategy – 2022: Old Wine in New Bottle?
December 29, 2022 Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd) Article

Introduction On October 27, 2022, the US government published the unclassified version of the National Defense Strategy (NDS), along with the ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Article , China , Russia , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Hybrid Warfare , DOD , Irregular Warfare , deterrence , Force planning , NDS , supply chain security
US-China Tech Rivalry: Pentagon Report on China’s Emerging Technology Strategy
December 21, 2022 Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF Article

On 29 November 2022, the US Department of Defence released the 2022 annual report on “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China” in which “China’s drive to dominate emerging technologies” figure prominent....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : Article , India , US , China , artificial intelligence , Indo-Pacific , Internet of Things , PLA , Big Data , semiconductors , Quantum Technologies , Autonomous Systems , Cloud Computing , Emerging Technology , Informatised Wars , Made in China 2025
The world according to Washington
December 15, 2022 Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

US’ drive for a global order in economy and trade comes up against China’s economic interlinkages with the West. At his recent meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Bali, US President Joe Biden told him that the United States wil....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China

Tags : Article , Xi Jinping , Joe Biden , Chinese President
‘Tagging’ the Major Powers: US National Security Strategy
November 02, 2022 Kartikeya Pandey Commentary

The new National Security Strategy of the United States, the first of Biden's administration, outlined the government's intentions for dealing with China, Russia, and its consideration of India, as well as its perceptions towards these countries. It ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US , National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Commentary , hegemony , Major powers , Minor powers , Tagging Strategy , Regional Power balance , Hub and spoke strategy
Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan takes the Island Nation to International Limelight
August 09, 2022 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

In the wake of escalating tensions between the US and China that started over trade issues and further complicated by the Covid-19, the Taiwan issue has emerged as a caucus belli for a possible conflagration, which if not controlled with deft diploma....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Article , Sabre-rattling , Tsai Ing-wen , Taiwan Strait , One-China policy , military drills , Nancy Pelosi , economic reprisals , security vulnerability
A Case for the USA to Embrace Strategic Clarity in the Taiwan Strait
July 15, 2022 Harshit Sharma Article

Abstract The American policy of Strategic Ambiguity towards the “Taiwan Question” profoundly impacts stability in the Taiwan Strait. The United States of America has been following this policy to foster the maintenance of the status ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Article , USA , PRC , cross-strait relations , strategic ambiguity , ROC , Strategic Clarity
Responding to American Criticism of India’s Stance on Russia-Ukraine Conflict
June 06, 2022 Amb Kanwal Sibal Article

If western governments are ready to accommodate India by balancing their longer term interest in keeping it within their “democratic” fold with their shorter term interest in drawing India into the circle of “democratic” states condemning Rus....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia

Tags : Article , India , Russia , Europe , Ukraine , Oil , America
Biden’s Executive Order on Afghan Funds
February 21, 2022 Dr Anwesha Ghosh Article

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 prompted governments and international institutions to quickly freeze Afghan Central Bank assets abroad. Reportedly, about $7.1 bn of Afghan assets was held in the US.....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Article , Taliban , Humanitarian aid , Biden Administration , Executive order , frozen Afghan funds , 9/11 victim
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