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Impact of Attack on Saudi Aramco Facilities on India
September 25, 2019 Major General (Retd.) Ajay Kumar Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM Article View: 758

The Scenario On 14 September 2019, an attack by drones was launched on the Saudi Aramco oil pro-cessing facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais in Eastern Saudi Arabia. The Houthi movement in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack, it wa....

Keywords : Energy Security , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Saudi oil facilities attacked , petroleum prices , Conflict in Middle East
China’s Xiaokang (well-off) Border Defence Villages in the Tibet Autonomous Region
September 24, 2019 Jayadeva Ranade Article View: 389

Since the 19th Party Congress in October 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping has signalled that extra attention would be paid by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership to building a more comprehensive security structure in the Tibet Autonomous R....

Keywords : Article , Neighbourhood Studies , China
Way Forward in India-China Relations after the Amendment of Article 370
September 24, 2019 Rajesh Soami Article View: 474

News has emerged that the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will not be visiting India on the 22nd of this month as had previously been scheduled. The request for the change of dates has ostensibly been made by the Indian side. Wang Yi is the Chinese ....

Keywords : Sino-India relations , China’s India-averse policies , China’s meddling on Kashmir issue , Article , Neighbourhood Studies , China
इमरान खान की यात्रा के बाद अमेरिका-पाकिस्तान संबंध
September 24, 2019 Husain Haqqani Article View: 307

मीडिया की गहमागहमी और घर में मिली सराहना को किनारे रख दें तो इमरान खान की अमेरिका यात्रा से पाकि....

Keywords : खान की खोखली अमेरिका यात्रा , तालिबान- पाकिस्तान के रिश्ते , पाकिस्तान-अफगानिस्तान प्रासंगिक , Hindi , Article , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
Drone Attack on the Saudi Installation and Tensions in the Gulf
September 20, 2019 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary View: 512

The attack on Saudi oil field in Khurais and refinery in Abqaiq on Sunday has knocked out 5.7 million barrel per day of oil supplies. This is half of Saudi daily oil production; it amounts to 5 percent of global oil supply. There have been attacks on....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , tension in Middle East , Saudi oil supply , India’s energy requirements
To the Moon and Beyond: Time for India to Strengthen its ‘Space’ Muscles
September 20, 2019 Radhika Daga, Research Assistant, VIF Article View: 555

Lunar exploration missions date back to the very beginning of space exploration itself. In over a year’s time following Sputnik, the advances in aerospace technologies were made to enable forays into our closest neighbour in outer space. The desire....

Keywords : India to Moon , India’s space journey , celebrating Indian science , Article , Technological and Scientific Studies
China-Taiwan Conundrum
September 20, 2019 Dr Gunjan Singh Commentary View: 409

Chinese approach towards Taiwan has becoming increasingly assertive since Tsai Ing-wen became the President of Taiwan in 2016. Her position on not accepting the 1992 consensus has not gone down well with Beijing. She has adopted a very ‘independent....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , US-Taiwan relations , China’s Taiwan policy
The ongoing Political Struggle in Kyrgyzstan: Who is Responsible?
September 20, 2019 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Assistant, VIF Commentary View: 370

Kyrgyzstan is a small Central Asian Republic which has perceived political turmoil since it became independent after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. It is the only Central Asian republic which has been practicing democracy; however, it has ....

Keywords : Kyrgyz politics , political violence in Kyrgyzstan , Kyrgyz presidency rivalry , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia
भारतीय संघवाद की भावना
September 19, 2019 Rajesh Singh Article View: 1074

भारत की संघीय प्रकृति की बात बार-बार की जाती रही है और यह सत्तारूढ़ पार्टी तथा विपक्ष के बीच टकरा....

Keywords : संविधान में ‘यूनियन’ (संगठन) की प्रमुखता , सत्तारूढ़-विपक्ष के टकराव , संघवाद के विवाद , Hindi , Article , Governance and Political Studies
2019 Japan-South Korea Tensions: Why the ‘Past’ took Precedence over the ‘Future’?
September 18, 2019 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article View: 496

Since late last year, East Asia has been uneasy with wariness over the growing tensions between South Korea and Japan. Though, historical legacies and war memories of Imperial Japan continue to emerge as recurrent factors in the regional politics, th....

Keywords : Japan-Korea-US tangle , GSOMIA pact , Japan-Korea relations , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific
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