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Australia joining the Malabar exercises will strengthen the Quad
October 29 , 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 131
In a landmark decision, India has invited the Australian Navy to join the Malabar naval exercises 2020. India’s invitation comes on the heels of the Tokyo meeting of the foreign ministers of the Quadrilateral (Quad) grouping comprising of India, the US, Japan and Australia. India and the US established the Malabar naval exercises in 1992. Japan became a regular member in 2015. It is likely that Australia may also join the Malabar exercises formally in due course.
Tags : Australia , China , Japan , Malabar exercises , NATO , QUAD , South China Sea , International Relations and Diplomacy
Jammu & Kashmir : A Comprehensive Pre-Winter Review
October 29 , 2020 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 337
In the highly uncertain world of India’s strategic security environment one thing which remains certain is Pakistan’s commitment to pursue the path of creating mayhem in J&K. Whether it’s the scrutiny of the Financial Assistance Task Force (FATF) or the pressure of going almost broke with its economy Pakistan somehow does not appear to dither from its intent of continuing the ‘war by a thousand cuts’ against India that it initiated in 1989.
Tags : National Security and Strategic Studies , 22 0ct 1947 Black Day , Article 370 , FATF , infiltration , LoC , Operation All Out , Pakistan , Pulwama , Terrorists , Jammu & Kashmir
ईरान का दौरा फिर से : भारत ईरान संबंधों का विश्लेषण
October 29 , 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 129
जो वक्त पर काम आए वही असल दोस्त है। अभी हाल ही में ईरान के राष्ट्रपति रूहानी ने अपने तथाकथित रणनीतिक सहभागियों और दोस्तों पर बिफर पड़े जो इस वैश्विक महामारी के दौरान भी अमेरिकी प्रतिबंधों के जारी रखने पर उसके खिलाफ खड़े नहीं हो सके थे। ईरान इस क्षेत्र में कोविड-19 से सर्वाधिक पीड़ित देश है। अमेरिकी प्रतिबंध झेल रहा यह देश दोस्तों और बाकी दुनिया से एक बेहतर समझदारी और समानुभूति की उम्मीद कर रहा था कि जब मनुष्यता खतरे में हो सिद्धांतों और पक्षों की बात तर्कसंगत तरीके से परे रखी जा सकती है। रूहानी ने शिकायती लहजे में कहा, “पिछले महीनों से जब कोरोना वायरस हमारे मुल्क में पहुंचा, हमारी मदद के ल
Tags : Hindi , चीन। राजनाथ सिंह। आईएनएसटीसी। जेसीपीओए। प्रतिबंध। अमेरिका।सीपीईसी। चाबहार। अली खामेनेई। ईएएम। रेलवे प्रोजेक्ट। , International Relations and Diplomacy
The '2 plus 2' Indo-US Dialogue; a Fillip to Indo-US Security Cooperation
October 28 , 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 365
India and the US concluded the 3rd edition of the ‘2+2’ ministerial dialogue in New Delhi on 27 October 2020. Defence Minister Raj Nath Singh, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar from the Indian side and Defence Secretary Mark Esper, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from the US side participated in the dialogue. Five key agreements, including the all-important foundational agreement of Basic Exchange and Communication Agreement, were signed. The BECA is the fourth and the last of the enabling agreements. It will facilitate a much deeper level of defence cooperation in the future.
Tags : BECA , China , defence cooperation , Indo-Pacific , Indo-US dialogue , Make in India , multipolar Asia , QUAD , US , International Relations and Diplomacy
Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Rivalry has begun
October 28 , 2020 Aayush Mohanty, Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 347
The last two years have seen the U.S-China rivalry ramping up, threatening to engulf the world in a new Cold War. The new Cold War would not be the same as before, based on ideology, but, who has better technology and is equipped to deal with global issues effectively. In the last few years, U.S supremacy in technology has seen fierce competition from Chinese tech companies. As COVID-19 ravages the world economy, especially tourism, specifically air travel, we see China’s economy on the rise again, while other big economies are struggling.
Tags : Airbus , Aircraft , Boeing , China , COMAC , commercial , EU , Manufacturing , US , China , US , International Relations and Diplomacy
Logistic Support Agreements- A Growing Footprint
October 27 , 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 526
Open sources are abuzz with the news that in the annual bilateral summit between India and Russia slated in November 2020, the Agreement on Reciprocal Logistic Support or ARLS is likely to be signed1. In the above context, this article flags the issue of Logistic Support Agreements (LSAs) in its generic content. It then visits the various LSAs which India has signed till date with several countries and brings out how each of these is relevant in its own context. In the end, it brings out the impact of the growing footprint of LSAs for India.
Tags : ARLS , BECA , Logistic Support Agreement , LSA , MSLA , Russia , International Relations and Diplomacy
चीन पाकिस्तान आर्थिक कोरिडोर का विखंडन- क्या यह व्यवहार्य है?
October 27 , 2020 Aakriti Vinayak, Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 426
कोविड-19 संकट ने पूरी दुनिया को चीन के साथ सहयोग और प्रतिस्पर्धा की नीतियों के पुनरावलोकन पर विवश कर दिया है। अंतरराष्ट्रीय समुदाय ने इस विनाशकारी वायरस के उद्गम क्षेत्र की जांच करने की मांग की है, जिसने चीन को निशाने पर ला दिया है। हालांकि इस अभूतपूर्व समय ने भी पाकिस्तान को अपने ‘सभी मौसम के मित्र’ का सहयोग और समर्थन करने से नहीं रोक पाया है। वास्तव में चीन पाकिस्तान इकोनामिक कोरिडोर (सीपीईसी) ने पाकिस्तान और चीन के रिश्तों का नवीकरण कर दिया है, इसलिए कि हाल में ही नई जल विद्युत परियोजनाओं के समझौते पर दस्तखत किए गए हैं। हाल ही में इमरान खान ने एक उकसाने वाली घोषणा की, “पाकिस्तान किसी
Tags : Hindi , आर्थिक संकट , ग्वादर , चाइना पाकिस्तान इकोनामिक कॉरिडोर , चाइना। बेल्ट एंड रोड इनीशिएटिव , चीन की हिंस्रता। , सीपीईसी , Pakistan , Neighbourhood Studies
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