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President Trump’s Visit to India: Need to Focus on the Strategic Context
February 17, 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

President Trump is visiting India on a state visit on 24-25 February 2020. The Indian government will no doubt lay out the red carpet for the visiting President. This is President Trump’s first visit to India as President. Although the visit comes ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Commentary , China , trade , Dalai Lama , DTTI , CAA , Howdy Modi , LEMOA , BECA , tariffs , Art 370
Notes from the Sub-continent (Jan 15 - Feb 14)
February 16, 2020 Mayuri Mukherjee Article

In this fortnight’s compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we look at the coverage of the coronavirus (CoVid-19) outbreak--and it’s interesting to note the many similar strands of concern ....

Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Article , China , COVID-19 , Outbreak
Myanmar Round Up: January 2020 (A round up of selected English open source reports on Myanmar)
February 14, 2020 Jaideep Chanda Article

Myanmar charged into the New Year with high profile events dominating January 2020, viz. the visit by Xi Jinping; publication of the Independent Commission of Enquiry (ICOE) Report and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) interim verdict. In addi....

Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar

Tags : Article , Xi Jinping , ICOE , ICJ Interim , Japan Myanmar Relations
The Wuhan Coronavirus Epidemic - Lessons for Governance
February 14, 2020 PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction Transparency or the sharing of accessible, timely, relevant, and accurate information in an open manner is a core component of good governance.1 More broadly, transparency refers to “the quality of being open, co....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Article , Wuhan coronavirus epidemic , Coronavirus Outbreak
The Virus Effect on India-China Trade
February 14, 2020 Naval Jagota Commentary

Coronavirus (CoV) has caught China in its grip, China and the world are trying to grasp the effect of this virus on its population both medically as well as economically. The World Health Organisation (WHO) describes it as “a large family of viruse....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Commentary , Tourism , India-China trade , Carona virus , Import-Export , Aviation
पूर्वोत्तर में तस्वीर बदलने वाले समझौते
February 14, 2020 Rajesh Singh Article

पिछले दिनों दो अहम समझौते किए गए और उनसे पूर्वोत्तर में स्थायी शांति और समृद्धि आने की उम्मीद ह�....

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Hindi , Article , Bru-Reang people , Mizo , Bodoland , Bodoland Territorial Council
Creating an Effective CDS for India’s National Defence
February 13, 2020 VIF Study Group Report Article

Background Nearly two decades after submission of the Kargil Review Committee (KRC) report in 1999, the Group of Ministers (GOM) Report in 2001 and recommendations of the Naresh Chandra Task Force in 2012, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , CDS , Govt CDS initiative , Guidelines on CDS function , MoD reforms
West Asia Roundup - January 2020
February 13, 2020 Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF | Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Abstract: The year ended on a sombre note and 2020 woke up to more accentuated volatility in West Asia pursuant to the targeted killing of highly influential Iranian IRIGC General Qassem Soleimani by the US drone strikes in Iraq ( ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia

Tags : Article , Berlin Conference , US-Iran tensions , The Demise of Sultan Qaboos of Oman , US drone strikes in Iraq
The United Kingdom Hit by another Islamist Extremism Inspired Terror Attack
February 13, 2020 Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Commentary

The knife terror attack on 02 February 2020 in Streatham High Road in London, United Kingdom (UK) brought back memories of a similar terror incident on the streets of London on 29 November 2019 in which a Pakistan-origin British national—Usman Khan....

Terrorism , International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , Islamic State , Terrorism , Islamist Extremism , Streatham terror attack , London attack , UK , London Sudesh Amman , Stabbing
Does The Trump Plan for Peace Make Sense?
February 12, 2020 Amb K P Fabian Commentary

Before answering the question, let us look at the highlights of the 180-page plan worked out over three years, between Israel and U.S., with marginal consultations with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and one or two others , but not with the Palestinians wh....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , Jerusalem , Palestine , Gaza , West Bank , Arab League , OIC
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