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COVID-19 in Tajikistan: From Denial to Full-scale Crisis
June 15, 2020 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Despite being surrounded by the countries with positive cases of coronavirus, the Tajik Government had consistently denied the existence of the virus until April 30 when 15 cases were reported. This announcement was made when the World Health Organiz....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

Tags : Article , India , China , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , poverty , Unemployment , Tajikistan , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , World Bank , Pandemic , IMF , Remittances , Pneumonia , Medical Diplomacy , Vande Bharat
The Virtual Summit between India and Australia: how Significant?
June 15, 2020 Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Connected by the Indian Ocean, Commonwealth, the English language and shared democratic values, Australia has never loomed larger in the Indian consciousness than in the last decade. The relationship has seen its highs and lows but here has been a st....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , India , Australia , strategic partnership , defence cooperation , Cyber Security , diaspora , Mutual Logistics Support , Indo--Pacific
ऑटोनॉमस शस्त्र प्रणालियों के प्रयोग पर नियंत्रण
June 15, 2020 Mayuri Mukherjee Commentary

तकनीकी परिभाषाओं की चिंता करने के बजाय जोर इस बात पर हो कि मानव अपनी मशीनों पर नियंत्रण कैसे ब�....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , Commentary , कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता , घातक स्वायत्त हथियार , उभरती प्रौद्योगिकियां , संयुक्त राष्ट्र CCW , अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मानवीय कानून
Ultra Virus | A Poem
June 13, 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

The road to the exalted status of Xi-ri Xi-ri Xi-ri Xi-ri Xi-ri Xi In lanes behind Hotel Raffles In Singapore it still baffles Me how our dear friend Hu Noh Lai Knew I would be passing by. He softly whispered in my ea....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Commentary , China , Xi , Ultra Plans , Ultra Virus , Propaganda Department
The Disarray in the Gulf Cooperation Council
June 12, 2020 Amb K P Fabian Article

The 5th of June 2020 marks a sad day in the annals of the 6-member GCC (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain) founded in 1981. On 5th June 2017 the Crown Princes of Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. broke off relations with ....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , Iran , Qatar , GCC , Saudi Arabia , Arab Spring , U.S. , Muslim Brotherhood , 13 Demands and Ultimatum , Gas Fields , Al Jazeera
Pakistan: Worsening Economic Condition
June 12, 2020 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistan was already going through an economic slowdown when the COVID outbreak took place. It had received the US $ 6 billion of assistance from the IMF under Extended Fund Facility last year. The money came with conditions. The IMF policy of inflat....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Commentary , China , Saudi Arabia , CPEC , World Bank , Covid , IMF , Inflation , negative growth , oil revenues
Notes from the Sub-continent – May 2020
June 11, 2020 Mayuri Mukherjee Article

In this latest compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we start with Bangladesh, where the people had to deal with a super cyclone even as they struggled to cope with the novel coronavirus pand....

Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Article , Pakistan , Nepal , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Taliban , Amphan , Twitter , Lipulekha
Synthesizing Indigenisation: Civil- Defence Aviation Partnership towards Self Reliance
June 11, 2020 Gp Capt Asheesh Shrivastava Article

On 16 May 2020, the Ministry of Finance announced the fourth tranche of Centre's ₹20 lakh crore fiscal stimulus1 for India. Unlike previous declarations which had addressed the needs of agriculture sector, urban poor, MSME, etc t....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Indigenization , Civil Military Partnership aviation , MRO , Financial package , ac tyre tubes , ac batteries , aerolubes.
Myanmar Round Up: May 2020
June 10, 2020 Dr Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF Article

The COVID-19 has impacted the socio-economic and political functioning of Myanmar. The month has been marked by the limited and insufficient response from the side of Government, leading to health and economic crises. Despite declaring a unilateral c....

Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar

Tags : Article , International Court of Justice , Rohingya , Tatmadaw clashes , Unilateral Ceasefires , Arakan Army Myanmar COVID-19 , Democratic Processes , Drug menace and timber smuggling , India Engagements , China Involvement , Socio-economic development.
India-China Standoff along the LAC: Challenges and Opportunities
June 10, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

On 16 April 2013, ITBP discovered a new Chinese six tent position near Raki Nullah in the Sub Sector North of Eastern Ladakh. On 18 April, when the Indian Army asked PLA to withdraw to its original positions, the PLA produced a map which was part of ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Article , LAC , Chou en lai , Depsang , Chumar , BPMs , Doklam Crisis , JWG , Pagong Tso , Galwan
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