Articles

West Asia Round-up - November 2019

Hirak Jyoti Das, Research Associate, VIF Article

Overview

Efforts are underway to de-escalate tensions between Iran on the one side and the US and Saudi Arabia on the other. Oman’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi had met Secretary Pompeo in Washington and....

December 06, 2019 West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , West Bank settlement , Iraq demonstrations , Iran protests , Gaza strikes

2019 जापान-दक्षिण कोरिया तनाव: ‘भविष्य’ पर क्यों हावी हुआ ‘अतीत’?

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

पिछले साल से ही दक्षिण कोरिया और जापान के बीच बढ़ते तनाव के कारण पूर्वी एशिया में चिंता व्याप्त ह....

December 06, 2019 दक्षिण कोरिया-जापान के तनाव , जापान-दक्षिण कोरिया आर्थिक रिश्ते , जीसोमिया मिसाइल रक्षा प्रणाली , Article , International Relations and Diplomacy

Afghanistan: Reopening of peace talks

Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

President Trump, during his surprise visit to Afghanistan on 28 November, has once again shifted the contour of US foreign policy towards the Taliban by declaring that the US has renewed the peace talks with the armed group. What is unique in this re....

December 04, 2019 Afghanistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , US-Taliban engagements , Taliban’s intransigence , Afghanistan peace

अमेरिका-चीन में कारोबारी जंग: चीन में विग्रह

Jayadeva Ranade Article

चीनी कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी (सीसीपी) के नेताओं का मूड उदास-उदास सा है। जैसा कि कहा जाता है कि अमेरिका �....

December 03, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Article , China

Use of Precision Artillery on the Line of Control

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Article

Background

Artillery has been a major contributor in all conflicts which the nation has undertaken since independence. It has played important roles in Jammu and Kashmir where there has never been a peaceful moment ever since the I....

December 02, 2019 Indian artillery , fire power in counter-terrorism , response to Pakistan’s terror tactics , Article , National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security

Issues with the National Register of Citizens in Assam

Rajesh Singh Article

Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah told the Rajya Sabha in the ongoing session of Parliament that the Government would conduct a pan-India exercise to prepare a National Register of Citizens (NRC). His remarks have drawn criticism from opposi....

November 28, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Article , The NRC debate , problem of illegal migration , amending the Citizenship Act , 1955

The China Factor in RCEP

Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

After seven years of negotiations, the 16 participating states in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement issued a statement on 4 November 2019 at Bangkok, conveying that 15 of the participating states had concluded text-base....

November 26, 2019 RCEP conditions , India’s economic interests vs RCEP , Article , Economic Studies

Myanmar Round Up: October 2019

Jaideep Chanda, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

The irony of the democratic process in the ‘imperfect’ democracy that is Myanmar, is the military attempting to use the democratic mechanisms to elbow out the modicum of civilian control that exists! Slowly, but surely, the upcoming ele....

November 21, 2019 Myanmar , Indian Ocean Region , Article , Rohingiya problem , ethnic armed groups in Myanmar , democracy in Myanmar

Political Unrest in Hong Kong: Where is it Headed?

Dr Teshu Singh, Research Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction

The current protests in Hong Kong doesn’t seem to be ending. The protestors are working on the weekdays and staging protests on the weekends. Recently, the clash between the police and the demonstrators have become fierce; ....

November 18, 2019 China , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Situation in Hong Kong , Freedom in Hong Kong , China’s autarkical policies

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