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Will Indo-US Relations Survive The Strain of Geopolitics?
July 02, 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The US permanent envoy to the UN Nikki Haley, known for her hardline views on Iran and Russia, visited India from June 26-28, 2018. The visit should have strengthened Indo-US relations but the impact seems to have been just the opposite. The percepti....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Commentary , Russia , Indo-US partnership , US sanctions on Iran
Is ‘Democratic Quad’ a Viable Construct?
July 02, 2018 Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD) members - Australia, India, Japan and the United States (US) - met in June 2018 in Singapore on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) senior officials’ meeting, and later issue....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Commentary , QUAD , RIMPAC , Strategic Pertnerships
क्षेत्रीय पार्टियों और गठबंधन की राजनीति का उदय तथा इसके खतरे
June 29, 2018 RNP Singh Article

भारत में बहुदलीय व्यवस्था है। अनुमान है कि आजादी के बाद से भारत में 2100 से अधिक पंजीकृत राजनीतिक �....

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Hindi , Article , भारत में बहुदलीय व्यवस्था , क्षेत्रवाद गठबंधन की राजनीति
Beginning of a New End in the Korean Peninsula
June 28, 2018 Dr Teshu Singh | Gunjan Singh | Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

After almost three and a half months of high-powered diplomacy leading up to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in North Korea, the first meeting between a sitting United States and a North Korean leader took place on 12 June 2018 in Singapore. The mee....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Commentary , US-North Korea relations , Denuclearisation of North Korea
Nuances of a Skewed Agreement- An Analysis
June 28, 2018 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

As the dust has settled down on the much hyped meeting between President of the United States (POTUS) Mr. Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, the supreme leader of North Korea (DPRK), and after the experts have had their say on denouncing the outcome of t....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific

Tags : Article , Trump-Kim meeting , De-nuclearisation of Korean Peninsula
आगे के चुनौती भरे समय में भारत को सोचने होंगे नए तरीके
June 27, 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

प्रधानमंत्री मोदी ने विदेश नीति के क्षेत्र में हाल ही में एकदम नई सोच का प्रदर्शन किया है। इससे ....

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Hindi , विदेश नीति के नई सोच , भारत के कूटनीतिक मोर्चे
Report of the UN High Commissioner on “Kashmir”: Promotion of Human Rights or creating a controversy?
June 27, 2018 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussain submitted his Report on “Kashmir” on 14th June, 2018. The Report comes at a time when the Human Rights Council (HRC) has just begun its session in Geneva. The timing could be a coinc....

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Article , HRC Report on “Kashmir” , UN report legitimises terrorism
UN Report on Human Rights ‘Violations’ in Jammu & Kashmir: Countering Machinated Allegations against the State
June 26, 2018 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Credibility and impartiality are supposed to be the highest considerations for the United Nations (UN) or any of it multiple bodies when it comes to any investigative reportage about events it wishes the international community to take note of. Corre....

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Article , Human Rights in J&K , Malicious report on HR
China’s Economic Dilemma
June 26, 2018 Aayush Mohanty Article

In September 2017, the Chinese Government, to make the State Owned Enterprises (SOE) “navigate towards development direction”, revised certain rules and regulations, giving more power to the Communist Party units. This was done with the belief th....

International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Article , Chinese economy , Party control of economy
Kashmir - An Analysis of Recent Developments
June 22, 2018 C D Sahay Article

In a series of swift and surprise moves, on June 19, 2018, the BJP leadership in New Delhi decided to withdraw from the ruling coalition with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP); Chief Minister Mahbooba Mufti submitted her resignation to the Govern....

Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Article , Governor’s rule in J&K , Restoration of peace in J&K
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