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Iran’s Presidential Elections
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The Presidential election in Iran has resulted in Mr. Ebrahim Raisi’s victory by 62 percent of the votes. The election coincided with the talks in Vienna to revive the nuclear deal. Both the events came at a time when the situation in Afghanistan ....

June 28, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Chabahar Port , Taliban , Nuclear Deal , Hazaras , Ebrahim Raisi , Iran elections
US and Russia Engage Again
Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The publicly-stated “outcomes” from the US-Russia summit meeting in Geneva on June 16 are well-known: return of their Ambassadors to their respective stations; foreign office discussions on restoration of diplomatic properties and staff strengths....

June 28, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia , Commentary , Putin , NATO , Cyber Security , Biden , Post Cold War , Strategic stability
निश्चित ही यह भूल नहीं है, क्वाड पर बांग्लादेश को चीन की चेतावनी
Dr Sreeradha Datta Commentary

यह बात अब जगजाहिर हो चुकी है और चीनी राजदूत ने बांग्लादेश को स्पष्ट रूप से यह बता दिया है कि चीन न....

June 22, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Commentary , क्वाड। विदेश मंत्रियों। कोविड। दक्षिण एशिया। चीनी राजदूत।
Takeaways from the Biden-Putin Summit
Dr Himani Pant Commentary

The downturn in the trajectory of US-Russia ties has become more pronounced since 2014. The differences over Ukraine, Middle East and others have been further exacerbated by charges of election meddling, cyber attacks levelled against Russia. At pres....

June 21, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia , Commentary , US Foreign Policy , Cyber Security , Joe Biden , Vladimir Putin , US-Russia ties , Biden-Putin Summit , Geneva Summit , Russian Foreign policy
कोविड के काल में विवेकानंद
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

कोविड के इस संकट में आज चारों ओर विषाद और निराशा फैले हुए हैं। यह निराशा स्वाभाविक है। कई लोग मा�....

June 16, 2021 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , विवेकानंद , कोविड , सिविल सोसाइटी , सेवा , सिख संस्कृति
सोशल मीडिया डिलेमा : पूंजीवाद से राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा तक
Anushka Saraswat Commentary

प्रस्तावना
सोशल मीडिया के अभ्युदय ने आधुनिक लोकतंत्र को अनेक मोर्चों पर चुनौतियां दी है�....

June 11, 2021 Commentary , राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा। सोशल मीडिया। पूंजीवाद। टिवटर। पाकिस्तान-चीन युग्म।
Nepalese Budget 2021-22: Whiter Madhesh?
Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

As the parliament in Nepal was dissolved by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on May 22 to pave the way for the mid-term elections in November, a week later, on May 29, in a televised address Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel presented the annual budget pl....

June 10, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , Nepal , COVID-19 , Budget , Terai
ASEAN’s Future
Amruta Karambelkar Commentary

Since the advent of the Indo-Pacific paradigm and the Quad, there has been a sense of pessimism from the ASEAN about these new developments. The overarching sense is that both the Indo-Pacific and the Quad will upset regional dynamics and ASEAN will....

June 04, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , China , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Myanmar , QUAD , South China Sea , Security , Southeast Asia
Surely not a Faux Pas-China warns Bangladesh against Joining the QUAD
Dr Sreeradha Datta Commentary

It is out in the open and it took a Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh to say it straight. China does not want Bangladesh to join the QUAD. On 10 May 2021, Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming said Beijing-Dhaka ties would be “substantially dam....

June 01, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , China , Commentary , QUAD , Foreign Minister , Covid , South Asian region , Chinese ambassador
Will US politics bury or expose truth?
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Commentary

Respected science writer Nicholas Wade uncovers more. About how the guild of virology obfuscated, the World Health Organisation was suborned, the anti-Trump US media kept silent and the divided US polity let the culprit escape. Being a disciplined wr....

May 28, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , US , PLA , Chinese Military , Media , WHO , COVID-19 , Biden Administration , Wuhan Institute , US-China politics
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