Articles | Vivekananda International Foundation

China Studies’ Coming of Age Story in Taiwan and A few Pointers for India

August 05, 2021 Naina Singh | Dr Chen Mu-min Article

In her 2006 Report on China Studies in India, Madhavi Thampi pointed out that there is a lack of depth and rigour in China centric research within India1. Much does not seem to have changed as she noted the similar observation in her Janua....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Article , India , Taiwan , Mandarin , KMT , China studies , cross-strait relations

Japan’s Economic and Geo-Strategic Interests in Myanmar

August 04, 2021 Dr Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF Article

Japan and Myanmar established diplomatic relations in 1954. The Japan-Burma Peace Treaty and Agreement on Reparations and Economic Cooperation, 1954 laid the foundations for economic cooperation. The two countries refer to the historical friendly rel....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Myanmar

Tags : Article , democracy , Myanmar , sanctions , Japanin , MilitaryCoup , Economicinterest , Geostrategicinterests , mixedresponses , grantsandaid , nationalreconciliation

अफगानिस्तान से अमेरिका एवं नाटो की वापसी और अफगानिस्तान वायु सेना तथा युद्ध पर इसका प्रभाव

August 04, 2021 Naval Jagota Article

परिचय अमेरिका और गठबंधन सेना 20 साल बाद अफगानिस्तान से वापस लौट रही है। अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति �....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Afghanistan

Tags : Hindi , Article , नवल जगोता , वरिष्ठ अध्येता , वीआईएफ

Blinken’s India Visit: Taking Strategic Partnership to the “Next Level”

August 02, 2021 K P Vijayalakshmi Article

The just concluded visit of the US Secretary of State Blinken to India merits keen scrutiny coming as it has on the cusps of regional developments in Afghanistan, global pandemic management, forthcoming meetings on the Indo Pacific and a host of ongo....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , China , QUAD , Afghanistan , Indo Pacific , Covid , Human Rights , Blinken , Jaishankar

Xi Jinping Visit to Tibet is Important and has Implications for India

July 29, 2021 Jayadeva Ranade Article

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) at Nyingchi’s Mainling Airport on July 21 at the start of a two-day (July 21-23) visit, without prior public notice. The visit, which comes shortly before the 70th anniversar....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Tibet

Tags : Article , Xi Jinping , CMC , PLA , Tibet , TAR , Sichuan-Tibet railway , Lhasa , Nyingchi , WTC , Yarlung Tsangpo

Deepening Democracy in Taiwan under Democratic Progressive Party

July 28, 2021 Rup Narayan Das Commentary

The consolidation and deepening of democracy in Taiwan as evident from the regular and periodic elections and peaceful transfer of political baton from one political party to another speak volume of the democratic culture and tradition of Taiwan. The....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Commentary , China , democracy , Taiwan , DPP , KMT , G-7

Tunisia- Ghost of Bouazizi Walks Again

July 27, 2021 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Tunisia, from where the Arab Spring started in 2010, has remained in churn ever since. But it has held out the hope that democracy and constitution can be relied upon by the people. It was a partial yet a success story as several governments have had....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , Arab Spring , Tunisia , Covid , President Kais Saied

विश्लेषण : बाइडेन-मून शिखर वार्ता का नतीजा क्या रहा?

July 27, 2021 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

जापान के प्रधानमंत्री के पद-चिह्नों पर चलते हुए दक्षिणी कोरिया के राष्ट्रपति मून जे ने अमेरिकी....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , Article , किम जांग उन। टोक्यो ओलंपिक। जो बाइडेन। मून जे-इन। सिक्स पार्टी टॉक्स। थाड (THAAD)। मिसाइल पर लगी पाबंदी हटाना। अंतरराष्ट्रीय नीति एवं कूटनीति। शिखर बैठक। वैक्सीन पार्टनरशिप। विक्टर चा

War, Olympics and Nationalism

July 26, 2021 Dr Anil Rawat Article

Finally the Tokyo Olympics 2020 are off to a grand start with a spectacular show of opening ceremony that lasted for three hours as the grandest show on earth that the human history has ever seen. Since then the event has been a centerpiece of televi....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , Japan , COVID-19 , Tokyo Olympics , Kyokujitsu-ki , Waka , Chinese

Recognizing the Rise of the Private Military Contractors

July 23, 2021 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

“The disjunction between the seriousness of international politics and the triviality of international relations theory is quite startling.” —Professor R. B. J. Walker Despite the current intern....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , BRI , war on terror , PMCs , UNPKOs , Montreux Document , Clinton , Executive Outcomes , DynCorp , Frontier Services Group , SADAT