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Fortifying State Secrets: China's Authoritarian Revamp of the State Secrets Law
Ankit K

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

December 22, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Commentary, China, Xi Jinping, CCP, Chinese politics, Chinese State, PLA and Politics
Xi in Vietnam: Consolidating the Communist Connection
Commodore Gopal Suri

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�

December 21, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, 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
A Victory for Democracy in Liberia
Samir Bhattacharya

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

December 18, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, Africa, Article, democracy, Liberia, Africa, election, UN, Civil war, coup, Nigeria, Sirileaf
Forgotten Dimensions of Strategy: Russia- Ukraine War - Lessons for India
Amb D.B. Venkatesh Varma, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

(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

December 15, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, Russia, Article, Palestine, India, Russia, Putin, PM Modi, Ukraine, Policy, Lessons, Biden, Zelensky, Kautilya, Grand strategy, Zuberi
Nuclear talks and Geopolitical Risk in East Asia
Prof Rajaram Panda

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

December 14, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Taiwan Strait, Taiwan card, nuclear extended deterrence, KINU survey, geopolitical risk, Washington Declaration
Venezuela-Guyana Standoff-another possible flash point in Latin America
Amb JK Tripathi

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

December 13, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, Commentary, US, Oil, Guyana, Maduro, Territory dispute
Legal Aspects of General Electric and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited F414 Engines Deal
Kavya R. Krishnan

Introduction
In a path-breaking defence deal, US’s General Electric (GE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on 22nd June 2023, to co-produce F414 engines for Tejas Light Combat

December 11, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, Technological and Scientific Studies, Article, Defence, HAL, Jet Engines, US relations, US export laws
Interregnum before a new world order
Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

About 90 years ago, in the wake of the Great Depression and the rise of fascism in Europe, the Italian politician-philosopher Antonio Gramsci wrote of the crisis in world affairs: “The old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a

December 08, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, Great Depression, New World Order, Cold War politics
Is the Sign of Thaw in Japan-China Ties Sincere and Real?
Prof Rajaram Panda

Introduction
The US President hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, California on 16 November 2023. It was an opportunity for the leaders of many leading countries such as the US, Japan and China to

December 06, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, APEC, Export Control, seafood import restrictions, Fukushima waste water release, fentanyl production, panda diplomacy, Xi-Kishida meet
Tibet: The Fulcrum of China’s Strategic Policy in the Himalayas
Jayadeva Ranade

China is positioning Tibet as the fulcrum for its strategic policy in the sensitive Himalayan region thus directly and adversely impacting India. Beijing appears to have assessed that it has sufficiently calmed the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) to fe

December 05, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies, China, Tibet, Article, Nepal, PLA, LAC, Tibet, TAR, Wang Yi, Wakhan Corridor, Nyingchi, Golmud airport, mega dam
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