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Sustainability of Federalism in Nepal
September 11, 2020 Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

Federalism is a system of government that distributes power between the Central government and the regional bodies.1 Most of the countries in the world have adopted federalism for it helps them in bridging the gap between the government an....

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , Nepal , Federalism , Budgetary allocations , CPN (Maoist) , Janjatis , Madheshis
India-China military standoff: What next?
September 10, 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The India-China military stand-off has worsened in the last few days. Each side has blamed the other for the current round of tensions. In a pre-emptive move, the Indian forces occupied important heights in the Rezin La/Rechin La area on its side of ....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , SCO , Indian Army , Defence Ministers , Rezin La
चीनी विदेश मंत्री की यूरोप यात्रा: जनसम्पर्क की असफल कवायद
September 10, 2020 Amb JK Tripathi Article

चीन के विदेश मंत्री वांग यी ने 25 अगस्त से 1 सितम्बर तक यूरोप का दौरा किया। उनकी यह यात्रा कुछ चुन....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , China , Hindi , Article , तिब्बत , कोविड-19 , वांग यी , जी-7 , उइग़र , हांगकांग , शी जिनपिंग , यूरोप
India-China Face Off- Has China Committed a Faux Pas?
September 09, 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal Article

China has committed a grave error in triggering a military confrontation in Ladakh. It has underestimated the Indian resolve to stand up to its bullying tactics. Doklam should have been a warning to China that its military efforts to gain territorial....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , Xi Jinping , CCP , PLA , LAC , Ladakh , Pangong Tso , Wang Yi , economic front , military conflict , Defence Ministers meeting
Pulwama Charge Sheet: Lessons for Future
September 09, 2020 Abhinav Pandya Article

On Aug 25, 2020, NIA (National Investigation Agency) filed the charge sheet in the Pulwama fidayeen attack in Jammu court, after 16 months of rigorous and intensive investigation (The Print, Aug. 25, 2020). NIA's charge sheet, a bulky document....

Tags: Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , NIA , Jihad , Pulwama , Jaish-e-Muhammad , Masood Azhar , Balakot
The Shifting Strategic Connotations of Line(s) of Control
September 08, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.) Article

The Line of Control (LOC), the Line of Actual Control (LAC) hereinafter the LINES, and the Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL) in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, are denoted by huge dissimilarities, as chalk and cheese. The 772....

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , CPEC , PLA , Gilgit-Baltistan , CBMs , Chushul , Eastern Ladakh. , Raksha Mantri
चीन-भारत ठहराव: क्य़ा भारत अमेरिका पर भरोसा कर सकता है?
September 08, 2020 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

चीन का अमेरिका के साथ सम्बन्धों में आ रही गिरावट और भारत का अमेरिका के साथ संपूर्ण रूप से बिना क....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Hindi , Article , चीन। ट्रंप। बीइसीए। लद्दाख। भारत-अमेरिकी सेना। चीनी जासूस। लोकतांत्रिक देशों का गठबंधन। बाइडेन। उइगुर।
Myanmar Round Up: August 2020
September 08, 2020 Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF Article

August 2020 marked significant developments in Myanmar’s political process. The fourth “21st-Century Panglong Conference” was concluded, which was stalled since 2018. The government officials and military leaders along with ten Ethnic Armed Org....

Tags: Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , elections , Arakan army , Tatmadaw clashes , Unilateral Ceasefires , Democratic Processes , 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference , Rohingyas Exodus , Indiain Myanmar
Visit of Czech Senate President to Taiwan
September 07, 2020 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The visit of the Czech Senate president to Taiwan has drawn sharp comments from China. Mr. Milos Vystrcil in his address to the Taiwanese Parliament on 1st September declared ‘I am a Taiwanese’. The expression of empathy with the Taiwanese people....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Dalai Lama , EU , One China policy , Czech , Middle Kingdom , Slovakia , Wang Yi
A Perspective on the Senkaku Islands Dispute
September 04, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The dispute over the Senkaku/ Diaoyu Islands comprising five uninhabited islands and three rocks totalling seven square kilometres in the East China Sea is often understated as a simple sovereignty dispute or a resource conflict. It may, in fact, be ....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Southwestern Wall Defense , Uotsuri Island , ADIZ , SDF , PAFMM , UNECAFE , Okinawa Trough , Bilateral Fisheries Agreement , F35 , aircraft carrier
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