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Covid-19 - Africa the Next Battle Ground
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Covid 19 virus has pervaded the globe and, in the bargain, has hit the developed countries the most. While the struggle against it is on the war footing with experimenting leadership all around, another populous and important continent is faced with ....

April 24, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Commentary , India , Africa , WHO , COVID-19 , World Bank , IMF , Chinese narrative , G-20
Kazakhstan Protests Chinese Language Article questioning its Territorial Integrity
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

Introduction
On April 14, 2020, the Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan summoned Chinese ambassador Zhang Xiao to register a formal protest against the publication of an article on a major Chinese website, Sohu.com. This website was the offici....

April 23, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Central Asia , China , Commentary , China , Central Asia , Kazakhstan , Social Media , Coronavirus , Weibo , Wechat , Territorial integrity , Manipur , Hyper-nationalism , Chinese medical assistance , Chinese diplomacy.
WHAT YOU EAT IS WHAT YOU ARE! | A POEM
Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

What you ingest can tell one how You tend to think, how you behave We may therefore examine now The things that Chinese stomachs crave And what this tells about their conduct In politics, investment, trade Offering you a vital produ....

April 21, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , China , Commentary , China , CCP , Coronavirus , Wuhan virus , WHO , COVID-19 , Wuhan curse , Lunar Year , China-made , Chinese Virus , Poem , Made in China , silk roads
GCC and the Indian Diaspora in the context of Covid-19
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

West Asia is India’s strategic extended neighbourhood. No wonder India’s policy with respect to the region especially the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain) has acquired a new depth a....

April 20, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , GCC , Cooperation , COVID-19 , diaspora , Kafala system
GUNNING WITH PUNNING | A POEM
Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

The coroning ignominy Will come when we discover The roots of the conspiracy And the “WHO-HAN” link uncover Ideas whether batty or not Immersed in Made-in-China soup At all that thrown into the pot The world must look at with a ....

April 17, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , CCP , Coronavirus , Wuhan virus , WHO , COVID-19 , Wuhan curse , Lunar Year , China-made , Chinese Virus , Poem , Made in China
International Day for Monuments & Sites 2020: The Indian Scenario
Dr Arpita Mitra Commentary

In 1983, the 22nd General Conference of the UNESCO approved the establishment of the International Day for Monuments and Sites by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), the only global NGO that works for the conservation and prote....

April 16, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , UNESCO , United Nations , ICOMOS , monuments , antiquities , archaeology , conservation , heritage , space archaeology , World Heritage Sites , CAG Report 2013
Vietnam as ASEAN Chair - Preparing for the Next Decade
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

The ASEAN under the Chairmanship of Vietnam has been preparing a draft for the mid-term review of the Overall Plan for the Implementation of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025. It is assessing the outcomes and accordingly working out a feasible timeline....

April 16, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Vietnam , COVID-19 , ASEAN Vision 2025 , CLMV , ADDM + , ASEAN Community , SDGs
Covid-19 and India’s Maoists
DR P V Ramana Commentary

Even as the country is under a lockdown in the wake of COVID-19, also being referred to as novel Corona virus, alleged sympathisers of Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), Maoists in short, Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde have been....

April 15, 2020 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , COVID-19 , Urban Maoists , Expansion of bases , Relief from courts , Recruitment
To Lockdown or Not
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Commentary

All Indians await with bated breath the government's decision as to what should be done on expiry of the current countrywide lockdown. There are no easy answers and this is an occasion when no one would envy being in Prime Minister Modi's shoes. Indi....

April 12, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , economy , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , lockdown , Rising infections , Graded lifting
Covid-19: Can it be the Sputnik Moment for India?
Rup Narayan Das Commentary

History often tells us that the best in you comes out in the worst of circumstances. At times devastations caused both by man and nature has impelled people and nations to rebuild from the ruins. There is no dearth of instances when people have rise....

April 11, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Economic Studies , Commentary , COVID-19 , APIS , India China trade , Telecom equipment , Domestic manufacurers
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