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Indian Navy: Time to Explore Drone Motherships

May 26, 2020 Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

Technological disruptions led by Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies are now a common feature among the advanced navies. Smart, intelligent, predictive and cognitive technologies are being added to the menu of naval warfare. The military/....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Commentary , 4IR technologies , Drone Mothership , UAV , UUV) , Indian Navy , Make in India , Atma Nirbhar Bharat , FDI , DTIS

China Study Group Report: Domestic Politics and Economy in China during COVID-19

May 26, 2020 Dr Teshu Singh Article

The Vivekananda international Foundation held a discussion on the developments in China amid the COVID-19 on 4 May 2020. The discussion focused on the Chinese President Xi Jinping and China's Domestic Politics and China's experience in the resumption....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Article , South China Sea , NPC , Chinese economy , Xi Jinping , Taiwan , Wuhan , India-China relations , COVID-19 , Moderately Prosperous Society

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 25, 2020

May 25, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic Xi stresses analysing China's economy from comprehensive, dialectical, long-term perspective- CPPCC 2020 Xi called for consolidating the fundamental role of agriculture, ensuring stability on the six fronts and security....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : CPEC , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Covid Surcharge , Corporate bailouts , Macau , Akademik Lomonosov , Digital tax , Savings , Arctic , Xi state visit , Iran-Venezuela , Cyclone Amphan

What happened at World Health Assembly?

May 25, 2020 Amb K P Fabian Commentary

There is considerable confusion as to what happened in the diplomatic bridge game between rising China and declining US, declining at an accelerated pace under President Trump, who holding trumps got trumped badly by President Xi Jinping who finessed....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , US , China , Xi Jinping , COVID-19 , World Health Assembly

Can SAARC be made Effective?

May 25, 2020 Dr Sreeradha Datta Article

The world at large including South Asia is already facing the devastating effects of Covid-19. This region already burdened with its teeming populations, uneven layers of growth and governance issues, all of which has got exacerbated with this crisis....

Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Article , India , SAARC , COVID-19 , Public health sector

DTIS – Keeping up the Pace and Momentum

May 25, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

On 30 Apr 2020 the Prime Minister (PM) held a meeting with various stakeholders to discuss ways to boost the Defence and Aerospace sector1. Within a fortnight of this important meeting, the Defence Minister has launched the Defence Testing....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , MoD , DTIS , Testing and Integration , Make-I , Make-II

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 22, 2020

May 22, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Strategic Two Sessions 2020: China increases defence spending by 6.6 per cent but sets no GDP target, focuses on Hong Kong national security law Beijing has announced an increase of 6.6 per cent in its military spending, but d....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : COVID-19 , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , Face masks , National People’s Congress , Locusts , Remedesvir , Hong Kong , Open Skies Treaty , Economic Prosperity Network , Olympics , Euro

IS Pakistan Losing the COVID-19 Battle?

May 22, 2020 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

While the entire world is grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan’s handling of the crisis raises fears that if it does not get its act together quickly, it may be at risk of losing the battle. The numbers of positive cases as of 20 Ma....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Article , Pakistan , Balochistan , COVID-19 , lockdown , Sindh , lack of testing , polarisation

बेहतर कल के लिए उठाएं कोविड-19 का फायदा

May 22, 2020 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

हम लॉकडाउन के चौथे चरण में कदम रखने वाले हैं और इस बात की समीक्षा करने का यह एकदम सही समय है कि भा�....

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Hindi , Article , भारत , कोविड-19 , लॉकडाउन , सोशल डिस्टेंसिंग , 2020 , प्रवासी कामगार

HAIL TO THEE- THE CPC | A POEM

May 22, 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

THE SONG OF XI ( WITH MARTIAL MUSIC) Tibet now is under our yoke, We have made Dalai Lama broke, With monasteries in control And tight surveillance, it’s our goal, The reincarnation process Will be done under our duress. A....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Commentary , China , democracy , CPC , Xi Jinping , Coronavirus , Shanghai , HAIL TO THEE