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India gets Elected as a Non-permanent Member of the UNSC: A Busy Agenda Ahead
June 20, 2020 Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

On 17 June, India wascomfortably elected to the non- permanent seat of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the period of two years starting January 2021, receiving the endorsement from 184 out of the 192 countries who voted. In its last bi....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , India , UNSC , Multilateralism , Non-permanent member , permanent seat
गुटनिरपेक्षता के 65 वर्ष
June 19, 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

अंतरराष्ट्रीय चर्चाओं में गुटनिरपेक्षता के विचार को अंतरराष्ट्रीय चर्चा में अक्सर बाबा आदम क....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , Article , कोविड-19 , प्रधानमंत्री मोदी , विदेश मंत्रालय , अंतरराष्ट्रीय चर्चा , संयुक्त राष्ट्र , गुटनिरपेक्षता
Tensions Return to the Korean Peninsula
June 19, 2020 Prof Rajaram Panda Commentary

At a time when the world attention is focussed in battling the Covid-19, two communist nations – China and North Korea – are engaged in different terrains as if to deflect the focus from containing Covid-19. Both are unfortunate developments and ....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , Kim Jong-un , Singapore , Pyongyang , Kaesong , Demilitarised zone , 2018 deal , Blue House , Moon Jae-in , Kim Yo Jong , sanctions relief , summits , Hanoi , dialogue , Roh Moo-hyun , Park Geun-hye , Covid-19 pandemic.
Modi’s Message: India Can and Will Defend its Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity
June 18, 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The brutal killing of 20 Indian soldiers by the Chinese troops at the Galwan river area on the Indian side of the India-China Line Of Control (LAC) in Ladakh on 15-16th June has led to national outrage in India. The brave Indian Army soldiers were in....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Article , PM Modi , Territorial integrity , Befitting reply , sovereignty , soldiers sacrifice , China's aggressiveness , bilateral relationship
India’s Maoists: Business as usual
June 18, 2020 DR P V Ramana Commentary

It has been business as usual for Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), even as the country has been fighting the challenge of COVID-19 pandemic. Incidents of violence by the Maoists, efforts at shoring–up their arsenal and extortion,....

Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Commentary , weapons , Maoists , chhattisgarh , Extortion , Sukma
Eastern LADAKH (EL) and Siachen: The Geo-Strategic Obstruct
June 17, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Indeed, the Soltoro Ridge with the Shyok River to its West, the Siachen Glacier and the Nubra Valley and the Saser Muztagh with the Shyok River to its East, is a great geostrategic obstruct to any collusive designs of Pakistan and China. With the Sha....

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Article , China , Siachen , Aksai Chin , Galwan , Eastern Ladakh , Gilgit-Baltistan , Shyok , Trans Karakoram Tract , ISR
US Naval Transformation Challenges PLA Navy
June 17, 2020 Dr Vijay Sakhuja Article

Numerous commentaries and essays have argued and concluded that the military gap between the US and China is closing and the numerical naval balance between the two Pacific powers has converged. The PLA Navy is growing rapidly, and in the last five y....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China

Tags : Article , 4IR technologies; Warfighter Development office; Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO); Ghost Fleet; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV); US Navy; PLA Navy; Sea Hunter
The United States and the COVID Challenge: it’s Impact on the 2020 Presidential Election
June 16, 2020 Dr Harinder Sekhon Article

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the United States. In June, the US crossed the two million mark in infected cases and has reported over 117 thousand deaths. Of these, New York alone has recorded over 382,000 cases, far higher than most nat....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Article , Donald Trump , US elections , Pandemic , New York , US economy , Immigration , Paycheck Protection Program , COVID Challenge , US Demographics , US Unemployment , Great Depression , CARES Act , America's troubles , H1B Visas , Epicentres of the disease , Rural America.
वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा पर भारत-चीन टकराव का विश्लेषण
June 16, 2020 Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.) Article

हाल ही में एक प्रतिष्ठित लेखक ने एक प्रमुख भारतीय अखबार में एक लेख में भारत-चीन सीमा विवाद के बा�....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , विभिन्न धारणाएं , गालवान घाटी , एलएसी , लद्दाख , नकुल , सिक्किम
Russia and Turkey Embroiled in Libya
June 16, 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

For over a decade the biggest problem and misfortune of the Libyans has been the competition among the rival powers. This included the regional and non-regional interventionists who continue to support their favourite militias or quasi governments wh....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia

Tags : Article , Putin , Tripoli , Tobruk , GNA , Erdogan , Gen. Haftar , UN , Berlin Process
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