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China’s Challenge to the US in West Asia
Dr Adil Rasheed Article

The geopolitical sand dunes in West Asia are known to shift suddenly. However, major regional developments in recent times point to certain fundamental shifts, which may have significant long-term implications. The first among such important chang....

July 18, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , West Asia , Article , Israel , US , China , Iran , West Asia , Gulf States , petrodollar
World Bank Reforms and Climate Change
Dr Arpita Anant, Research Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction
There is a growing debate on the reform of multilateral development banks to provide ‘global public goods’. At the behest of G20, an independent review of the Capital Adequacy Framework of multilateral development banks w....

July 17, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Climate Change , Article , India , Climate Change , G20 , World Bank , climate finance , multilateral development banks , regime complex
प्रधानमंत्री मोदी की फ्रांस यात्रा ऐतिहासिक
Dr Rishi Gupta Article

ऐतिहासिक यात्रा
फ्रांस के राष्ट्रपति इमैनुएल मैक्रॉन के निमंत्रण पर प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्....

July 14, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , Prime Minister Narendra Modi , France , Strategic cooperation , India-France , Bastille Day , President Emmanuel Macron , Modi-Macron
Why Taiwan’s Presidential Election in January 2024 Interests the World?
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction
Taiwan has been in news for quite some time because of China’s threat to use force as it considers the island nation as a part of its territory and keen to integrate with the mainland. China has identified Taiwan as one of ....

July 14, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Indo-Pacific , DPP , TPP , KMT , China threat , Presidential elections in Taiwan , Southeast Asia’s interests , India’s stake
PM’s US Visit Done –The `Journey’ Begins Now
Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

(This article may be read in conjunction with an earlier article by the same author, titled, “Next Phase of India-US Strategic....

July 13, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Indigenisation , India-US , DTTI , iCET , HAL , Strategic Trade Dialogue , PM State visit , technology partnership , Defence industry road map , DIATF , Technology Cooperation Inter Agency Task Force (TCIATF) , Techno-Strategic Cooperation , Arms Control , Security of Supply Agreement , Reciprocal Defence Procurement , MQ 9B drones , GE Engines
Chandrayaan-3: Taking off for Indian Dominance in Space
Dr Dinesh Kumar Pandey Article

The project ‘Chandrayaan-3’ is an ambitious endeavour by India's National Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to demonstrate end-to-end landing and roaming capabilities by deploying a lander and rover on the lunar highlands near the South Pole in ....

July 12, 2023 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , ISRO , Chandrayaan-2 , Space , Chandrayaan-3 , GSLV , LMV , MOM , Lander , Rover
"Work in Progress": Visits from Washington to Beijing
Dr Sweta Kumari, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has made a trip to China. Prior to her, Secretary of State Antony Blinken was on a two-day visit to Beijing on June 18-19 and met President Xi Jinping. These high-level delegations are an effort by Washington t....

July 11, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , US , China , South China Sea , Taiwan , trade , President Xi Jinping , East Asia , Secretary Antony Blinken , Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
Evaluating the African Peace Mission to Ukraine and Russia: What did it Achieve?
Samir Bhattacharya Article

Almost a year and a half into the conflict, African leaders joined the crowded group of peacemakers attempting to mediate the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.[1] On June 16 ....

July 10, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , Russia , Ukraine , Ukraine Crisis , Ukraine Russia War , African Peace Mission
The 1937 Act divided India. Will UCC integrate it?
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

The BJP’s articulators’ understanding of the UCC doesn’t seem to go to the deep, sordid historical origins of the UCC. After the 1937 Act was passed, the Muslim League emerged as a Muslim mass party and began challenging the unchallenged Gan....

July 08, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Uniform Civil Code , Shariat , hindus , Muslims , Act
1937 Shariat Act – For Muslims or for Jinnah and the Zamindars?
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

The 1937 Act, the joint strategy of the British and the League, was driven by political expediency rather than a desire to enforce Islamic Sharia. Less than a week after the opposition parties met in Patna to oppose him, Narendra Modi threw a huge....

July 08, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Politics , Sharia , UCC , British Raj
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