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APEC More of a Talking Shop than a Meaningful Regional Forum

December 02, 2020 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The summit of the 21 members Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC hosted and chaired by Malaysia this year on 20 November was held in the virtual mode because of the coronavirus pandemic. In response to the growing interdependence of Asia-Pacifi....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Economic Studies , Article , ASEAN , Donald Trump , Vietnam , Summit , RCEP , COVID-19 , Pandemic , Multilateralism , Hanoi , APEC , TTP , CATPP , Kuala Lumpur , Barack Obama , free trade , Pacific Islands Secretariat

भारत-अमेरिका के बीच 2 + 2 संवाद एक पूर्वनिर्धारित रक्षा संबंध की दरकार

December 02, 2020 Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR - Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

परिचय भारत और अमेरिका के बीच 2 + 2 संवाद (26-27 अक्टूबर, 2020) की तीसरी श्रृंखला हाल ही में समाप्त हुई �....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , US , Hindi , Article , चीन। हिंद-प्रशांत महासागर। डीटीटी आई। सीएएटीएसए। बीईसीए। काउंटर टेररिज्म। साइबर डायलॉग। आईएसए। मेजर डिफेंस पार्टनर। एसटीए।

Reviving the Nepalese Economy under COVID-19

December 01, 2020 Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

There is hardly any country in the world that is not affected by COVID-19 pandemic. However, the impacts of the pandemic are not uniform. Whereas its impact was more lethal in some countries in terms of both morbidity and mortality; in others, its im....

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , India , economy , Employment , COVID-19 , Taxes , Kathmandu Valley

China Factor in India- Africa Relations

November 30, 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

When I think of China in Africa I am reminded of my very first diplomatic assignment in Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) in the early 1980s. There were two diplomatic missions with whom we did not have diplomatic relations or any contacts one was the Is....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Africa , Article , BRI , India Africa Forum Summit , SAGAR , Africa Cooperation Summit , China Debt Trap

Afghanistan at an Inflection Point

November 27, 2020 Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

With stalled peace talks in Doha and raging violence in the country, Afghanistan is yet again at an inflection point. The critical question is: whether the Afghans and the international community will be able to find a sustainable and peaceful solut....

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , India , US , Taliban , EU , Peace talks , Ceasefire , troop withdrawal , Violence , Geneva Conference , Donor's conference

पाकिस्तान से आतंकवाद का खुलासा

November 27, 2020 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

पाकिस्तान के विज्ञान एवं प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्री फवाद चौधरी ने 29 अक्टूबर को नेशनल असेंबली में शेख�....

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Hindi , Article , पाकिस्तान। आतंकवाद। एनआईए। जे ई एम। आईएसपीआर। पुलवामा। फवाद चौधरी। जनरल बाजवा। पाकिस्तान डेमोक्रेटिक मूवमेंट।

Love Jihad: Loving for religion

November 26, 2020 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Commentary

Jihad means any effort to promote Islam. Can love (marriage) be integral to promoting Islam? Neutral and Islamic sources say ‘yes, it can be and is’ Robert Epstein, a Harvard psychologist who has researched marriages, contrasts the love marria....

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Islam , Jihad , Islamization , Love Jihad , non-muslim

मालाबार नौसैन्य अभ्यास में ऑस्ट्रेलिया का शामिल होना, चतुष्टय को और मजबूत करेगा

November 25, 2020 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

मालाबार में सालाना होने वाले नौ सैन्य अभ्यास में 13 साल के अंतराल के बाद ऑस्ट्रेलिया को शामिल हो�....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Hindi , Article , हिंद-प्रशांत। चतुष्टय। समुद्री सुरक्षा। मालाबार। सीएमसीएसए। एलईएमओ। बीईसीए। एमडीए। पीएएसएसईएक्स। जिमेक्स।

Elections in Myanmar: The Return of NLD

November 24, 2020 Dr Sreeradha Datta, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, Neighbourhood Studies, VIF Article

The National League for Democracy (NLD) led by State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has received the largest mandate in the national parliamentary elections in Myanmar’s latest election held on 8 November 2020, winning 396 of the 498 contested seats i....

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , India , Myanmar , elections , NLD , Suu Kyi

RCEP Puts New Life in APEC

November 24, 2020 Amb Gurjit Singh Article

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), has rolled back to life with the 2020 virtual Summit chaired by Malaysia on 17 November. There was no Summit last year as the host, Chile, suffered from internal political problems making it impossible to....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia , Article , India , President Trump , FTAAP , Kuala Lumpur Declaration , Putrajaya Vision 2040 , PM Yoshihide Suga