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How Real is the Possibility of India-China and India-Pakistan Conflict in 2024
March 21, 2024 Amb JK Tripathi Commentary

The “Annual Threat Assessment Report” released by the US Directorate of National Intelligence on 11th March is being widely discussed these days as it has warned that the escalation of tension between India and China in one theatre and India and ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Commentary , India , Pakistan , China , War , US Intelligence Report
खास है प्रधानमंत्री तोबगे की भारत यात्रा
March 19, 2024 Dr Rishi Gupta Commentary

भूटान के नव-निर्वाचित प्रधानमंत्री शेरिंग टोबगे अपनी पाँच दिवसीय यात्रा पर भारत आए। प्रधानमं�....

Neighbourhood Studies , Bhutan

Tags : Commentary , India , Bhutan , Tshering Tobgay , India Bhutan Relations , भूटान
Making Sense of a so-Called Frozen War
March 18, 2024 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

This brief piece picks up the thread from the latest the Russo-Ukraine war and attempts to reflect on what may lie ahead. Visiting the Russo-Ukraine Battlefield Following points briefly reflect the current scene:- The Russ....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , Russia Ukraine war , Ukraine War , Frozen battlefield , Russia War
US and China Jostle for Influence in Southeast Asia
March 15, 2024 Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction China’s conduct of diplomacy backed by its economic strength and military power has emerged as the topic of analysis by experts who try to understand what could be China’s long-term goals. Its relations with the US are un....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , ASEAN , Maritime Security , HADR , Global Security Initiative , ASEX 2023 , Cope Thunder , Cobra Gold , Garuda Shield
China is Raising Tensions in the Taiwan Strait
March 14, 2024 Jayadeva Ranade Commentary

Tension across the Taiwan Strait has increased since Taiwan's pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won the Presidential elections for the third consecutive time in January 2024. The victory of the DPP's Lai Ching-te clearly signalled t....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Commentary , China , Taiwan , CCP , DPP , PLA , KMT , Kinmen , Quemoy , reunification
Continuing Tragedy in Gaza
March 13, 2024 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

President Biden’s statement last week that there would be a Hamas-Israel deal by Monday, 4th March had raised hopes for a breakthrough in the talks being hosted in Cairo for hostage release and a pause in fighting. Israel had not sent its delegatio....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , Israel , Gaza , UNGA , Netanyahu , Hezbollah , Biden , Hamas , ICJ , hostages
Chilling Geostrategic Environment: An era of ‘Authoritarian Conflict Management’
March 12, 2024 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Are we getting close to a global confrontation or are these fears grossly exaggerated? Lately, the French President had spoken of sending ground troops to Ukraine, there are reports of 12 CIA bases in Ukraine, and 50 British troops (SAG) are in Ukrai....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , Israel , Russia , War , Myanmar , Nuclear , NATO , Ukraine , Gaza , Hamas , Sahel region
Hezbollah in the North
March 12, 2024 Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

Israel currently in midst of ground operation in Gaza Strip is simultaneously engaged in limited war across the Blue Line on its northern frontier with Hezbollah. The near daily exchange of fire that began since Israel Defense Forces (IDF)’s assaul....

International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia

Tags : Article , US , Iran , Indian Diaspora , Hezbollah , Hamas , Israel Defense Forces (IDF) , 7 October attack
Where India-US Relations Stand in 2024?
March 11, 2024 Dr Sweta Kumari, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

In his recent visit to New Delhi, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources and former Ambassador of the United States to India, Richard R. Verma presented a ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Article , Defence , India-US , Challenges , 2023 , iCET , INDUS-X , Trade Initiatives , Regulations , Khalistan issue
Pakistan’s Political Pantomime
March 09, 2024 Sanjiv Khanna Article

The Pakistan Conundrum Pakistan never fails to baffle the policy makers and analysts across the world. The exasperation is effectively expressed in words of Late US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. In Dec 2012, she stated, “Pakist....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Article , Post-partition Pakistan , Pakistan’s constitutional imbroglio , military in Pakistan politics , farcical elections of 2024 , Imran Khan’s politics
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