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Impact of Moon Jae-in’s Pardon to Park Geun-hye as South Korea goes to Polls on 9 March – An Assessment

At a time when the security environment and geo-strategic considerations of key countries in the Asian region are witnessing significant churning, with each country repositioning its foreign policy priorities in response to the demands of the time, o....

January 24, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Indo-Pacific , Democratic Party , Moon Jae-in , Park Guen-hye , pardon , scandals , Lee Myung-bak , presidential polls , Yoon Suk-yeol , People Power Party

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Economic Planning in India

Dr Arpita Mitra Article

In the past few decades, public discussion on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose has been so mired in the controversy around his death that we forgot to pay attention to his life. Netaji’s contribution to the Indian national movement is in any case under r....

January 22, 2022 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Socialism , Planning Commission , Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose , Economic Planning , Five-Year Plan , Haripura Address

Houthi Strike at Abu Dhabi

Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

The Houthi attack using ballistic missiles and drones at an oil refinery in Abu Dhabi’s Musaffah Industrial City that killed two Indians and one Pakistani national on 17 January 2022 has drawn attention to the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s role in....

January 22, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Houthis; Abu Dhabi; STC; Indian Diaspora

Climate Change – A Review of 2021 and Outlook for 2022

PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction

This article analyzes some of the key findings of the latest scientific reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s leading authority on climate science, as well as those from leading resear....

January 21, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , COP26 , Paris Agreement , net-zero emissions , IPCC Sixth Assessment Report , Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) , COP27 , Glasgow Climate Pact.

2022 में संभावित भू-राजनीतिक रुझान

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

हमें नए वर्ष 2022 में दुनिया की महान शक्तियों के बीच घमासानी प्रतिद्वंद्विता और इसके चलते भू-राजन�....

January 21, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , भारत। पाकिस्तान। अमेरिका। चीन। रूस। लोकतंत्र। हिंद-प्रशांत क्षेत्र। शी जिनपिंग। ताइवान। पड़ोसी देश। बाइडेन।

The Himalayan Conundrum: Nepal and Bhutan in 2021

Dr Rishi Gupta Article

Nepal

The year 2021 can be surmised as a year of political upheavals, economic downfall, and geo-political uncertainties for Nepal. Also, when countries worldwide were engaged in making arrangements to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, Nepal’....

January 20, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Bhutan , Article , Nepal , economy , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Year in Review 2021 , Himalayan , Nepal-China , India-Bhutan , Bhutan-China , geo-politics

चीनियों को चिंतित कर रहा है, साझा समृद्धि का शी जिनपिंग का नया नारा

Jayadeva Ranade Article

'आम समृद्धि' अगस्त 2021 के बाद से चीन के जनवादी गणराज्य में नया मूलमंत्र बन गया है। यह शब्द लोगों के �....

January 19, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , शी जिनपिंग। सीसीपी। सांस्कृतिक क्रांति। साझा समृद्धि।

America’s Diplomatic Boycott Policy for Beijing Olympics

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

No bigger international sport event than the Olympics escaped from the impact of the on-going pandemic when the global event scheduled to be held in Tokyo in 2020 was postponed for a year and finally held in 2021 amid plenty of protocols in place and....

January 18, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Article , Xi Jinping , Senkaku Islands , IOC , Winter Olympics , Fumio Kishida , boycott , Pyeongchang , Olympic truce , political manipulation

China Central Economic Work Conference Flags the Difficulties Ahead

Jayadeva Ranade Article

China’s important annual Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing from December 8 – 10, 2021. The conference is an important forum where Chinese leaders map out the country’s economic priorities for the coming year and when analysts....

January 18, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , Xi Jinping , CCP , NDRC , Li Keqiang , Central Economic Work Conference , stability

Background

Introduction

Nepal