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Drone Attack on the Saudi Installation and Tensions in the Gulf
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

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....

September 20, 2019 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
Radhika Daga, Research Assistant, VIF Article

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....

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

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....

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

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 ....

September 20, 2019 Kyrgyz politics , political violence in Kyrgyzstan , Kyrgyz presidency rivalry , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia
Women’s Rights in Afghanistan: A Long Struggle Ahead
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF

… there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women, no policy is more important in preventing conflict, or in achieving reconciliation after a conflict has ended .. international community must continue to provide the n....

September 19, 2019 Afghan women issues , emancipation of Afghan women , women’s rights in Afghanistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan
भारतीय संघवाद की भावना
Rajesh Singh Article

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

September 19, 2019 संविधान में ‘यूनियन’ (संगठन) की प्रमुखता , सत्तारूढ़-विपक्ष के टकराव , संघवाद के विवाद , Article , Governance and Political Studies
2019 Japan-South Korea Tensions: Why the ‘Past’ took Precedence over the ‘Future’?
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

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....

September 18, 2019 Japan-Korea-US tangle , GSOMIA pact , Japan-Korea relations , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific
Deadlock in Afghanistan
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

In a dramatic turn of events, the US President announced in a tweet on September 7 that he has called-off the secret meeting with the Taliban leaders at Camp David, and ended the peace talks with the armed group.1 Further, keeping alive th....

September 18, 2019 Afghanistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , US-Taliban talks , Taliban intransigence , Afghanistan violence
Visit of Indian Prime Minister to Vladivostok
Major General (Retd.) Ajay Kumar Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM Article

Indian Prime Minister, Sri Narendra Modi, visited Vladivostok in Far East of Russia for two days; 04-05 Sep 2019. The PM had two main agenda points: First, to attend 20th Summit Level talk with the Russian President, Mr. Vladimir Putin; and second, ....

September 17, 2019 Russia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , PM’s Vladivostok agreements , New vistas of India-Russia cooperation
Inner-Party Differences on Hong Kong Issue Pose Problems for Xi Jinping
Jayadeva Ranade Article

China’s leadership will have been incensed by the photographs and videos of protestors in Hong Kong carrying American flags and chanting “America please take over Hong Kong” on September 9, in apparent escalation of the protests against Chinese....

September 16, 2019 Hong Kong protests , Chinese leadership’s Hong Kong dilemma , Article , Neighbourhood Studies , China
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