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Fortifying State Secrets: China's Authoritarian Revamp of the State Secrets Law
December 22, 2023 Ankit K Commentary

China's State Secrets Law, a cornerstone in the nation's authoritarian stranglehold on information, is undergoing a radical overhaul with the recent submission of a draft amendment. To fully grasp the implications of this legislative overhaul, it is ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Commentary , China , Xi Jinping , CCP , Chinese politics , Chinese State , PLA and Politics
Xi in Vietnam: Consolidating the Communist Connection
December 21, 2023 Commodore Gopal Suri Article

General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Vietnam for about 30 hours on 12– 13 Dec 23, with a jam-packed schedule, meeting his comrades from the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in addition to the political leadership of an important country on China�....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , Xi Jinping , Belt and Road , Vietnam , Global Development Initiative , Global Security Initiative , Community With A Shared Future , Global Civilisation Initiative , Two Corridors One Belt , maritime disputes
Bangladesh’s Upcoming Election: Regional & Global Response
December 21, 2023 Dr Anchita Borthakur, Research Associate, VIF Article

The last date for the submission of nomination forms for the upcoming Bangladesh’s parliamentary election known as ‘Jatiyo Sangsad Nirbasan’ ended on 30 November confirming that Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the leading Opposition Party i....

Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh

Tags : Article , India , US , China , Bangladesh Nationalist Party , Bangladesh Election , Awami League
Radicalisation in Bharat: Case Studies of Kashmir and Kerala
December 20, 2023 Dhvani Samir Joshi Article

Introduction Bharat has been facing terrorism ever since it became independent in 1947. Post-invasion of Kashmir by Pakistan-sponsored militants in October 1948 and followed by the defeat in the Indo-Pak war in 1965, Pakistan realised tha....

Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Article , India , Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Kashmir , Radicalisation , Terrorism , Iraq , Syria , LeT , NIA , JeM , PFI , Bharat , Kerala , HM
COP 28: A Breakthrough or a Stalemate?
December 19, 2023 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The climate summit hosted by the UAE produced the first global stocktaking. This was a review of the progress made by member states in moving towards the agreed goals for emissions’ reduction. The report card was not satisfactory. COP 28 called on ....

Climate Change

Tags : Commentary , UN Secretary General , Paris Agreement , cop 28 , Emissions Gap , 1.5 degrees limit
A Victory for Democracy in Liberia
December 18, 2023 Samir Bhattacharya Article

In a knife-edge election, Joseph Boakai made a stunning comeback and is set to become Liberia’s new leader. With 50.9 percent of the vote, the 78-year-old leader, a former vice president, saw a close victory over his main rival, incumbent Weah, who....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa

Tags : Article , democracy , Liberia , Africa , election , UN , Civil war , coup , Nigeria , Sirileaf
Why did the Pakistani ‘Establishment’ Bring Back Nawaz Sharif to Pakistan?
December 15, 2023 Dr Rishi Gupta Commentary

Nawaz Sharif is Back Nawaz Sharif, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, is leaving no stone unturned in projecting himself as an ‘ideal’ Prime Ministerial candidate for the forthcoming General Elections scheduled for 08 February nex....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Commentary , Pakistan , Nawaz Sharif , Pakistan Army , Imran Khan , General Asim Munir
Forgotten Dimensions of Strategy: Russia- Ukraine War - Lessons for India
December 15, 2023 Amb D.B. Venkatesh Varma, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

(Given below is the modified version of presentation given by Amb. DB Venkatesh Varma during Prof. Matinuzzaman Zuberi Memorial Lecture, Jawaharlal Nehru University on 7 December 2023.) Kissinger Syndrome By the time I joined th....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia

Tags : Article , Palestine , India , Russia , Putin , PM Modi , Ukraine , Policy , Lessons , Biden , Zelensky , Kautilya , Grand strategy , Zuberi
Nuclear talks and Geopolitical Risk in East Asia
December 14, 2023 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Not everything is going well in the security arena in the Northeast Asian region as the security scenario is getting fragile at a faster rate. As North Korea continue to advance towards more sophisticated weapons system, Beijing ups the ante on the T....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , Taiwan Strait , Taiwan card , nuclear extended deterrence , KINU survey , geopolitical risk , Washington Declaration
Venezuela-Guyana Standoff-another possible flash point in Latin America
December 13, 2023 Amb JK Tripathi Commentary

On Sunday, 3rd December, Venezuela declared, through a five- question referendum, that the Essequibo province of its eastern neighbour Guyana belonged to Venezuela following which the Venezuelan parliament passed a resolution on 6th December to annex....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , US , Oil , Guyana , Maduro , Territory dispute
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