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The ‘Trumpeachment’ Clouds
Amb K P Fabian Commentary

The clouds are thickening, and we do not know whether there will be thunder and lightning that can cause peril to the occupant of the White House. But, we do know that it will get worse before it gets better, if it ever does, and we see a cloudless b....

November 14, 2019 Impeaching US President , Trump’s Ukraine episode , American election , US , Commentary , International Relations and Diplomacy , US
US-China Trade War: Analyses of Deeper Nuances and Wider Implications
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd), Consultant, VIF

… China is unsatisfied with the degree of accommodation offered by the US and the US is uncomfortable with the strategic demands made by China … US wants China to reduce its trade deficit … an unrealistic request given the time it would take to....

September 17, 2018 US-China Trade War , Chian , US , India , trade
म्यांमार से आने वाले शरणार्थियों की बढ़त को लेकर मिज़ोरम ने जताई चिंता
Gautam Sen

हाल ही में मिज़ोरम सरकार ने म्यांमार में शरणार्थियों की समस्या को लेकर चेतावनी जारी की है। पिछल....

March 22, 2018 Refugee , Mizoram Contends , Myanmar , Border , India , BJP , US , मिज़ोरम की आंतरिक स्थिति , बौद्ध शरणार्थि , Governance and Political Studies
Commentary: North Korea Takes Advantage of Flags of Convenience Regime
Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

Amid high decibel ‘verbal exchanges’ between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over latter’s nuclear ambition, the United Nations Security Council announced on 22 December 2017 new economic sanctions against Democrat....

January 12, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , US , United Nations Security Council , UN sanctions , South Korea , Russia , Regime , North Korea , International shipping , China , Indo-Pacific
ईरान को ट्रंप की ‘नामंजूरी’: आगे क्या
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

शुक्रवार 13 सितंबर, 2017 को अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डॉनल्ड ट्रंप ने सख्ती भरे भाषण में ऐलान किया कि वह सं....

October 27, 2017 Trump ‘Decertifies’ Iran , अमेरिकी ऐलान , ईरान परमाणु समझौता , JCPOA , US , Iran , Iran Nuclear Program , Nuclear , International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia
Politics and Implications of US Withdrawal from the UNESCO
Amb Bhaswati Mukherjee

On Thursday, 12th October, 2017, the Trump Administration abruptly announced that United States would withdraw from its membership of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation or the UNESCO. Israel made a similar....

October 23, 2017 Trump , UNESCO , US , India , Bhaswati Mukherjee , US Withdrawal , International Relations and Diplomacy , US
The False Euphemism of ‘New Cold War’
Vivek Sugandh

Introduction Russia’s relationship with West has been on a downward trajectory for a very long period of time. It is under this pretext that an eminent discourse of ‘A New Cold War’ has emerged in the official and academic c....

October 17, 2017 geo-politics in Asia , Asia pivot , New Cold War , Russia , US , Trump , Edward Lucas , Putin , International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia
Trump ‘Decertifies’ Iran: What Next?
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

In a hard hitting speech on Friday the 13 October, 2017, President Trump announced that he would not certify to the Congress that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed with Iran is in US’ national security interest. He accused Iran ....

October 15, 2017 US decertification , Iran nuclear deal , sanctions , US , Iran , President Trump , national security , Islam , International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia
The Perils of the United States Strategy in Syria
Abhilash Prasann

In March, at least four hundred United States (US) troops were deployed to Syria without congressional approval.i The stated US objective is to join the offensive against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Raqqa. There are unofficia....

May 09, 2017 Syria , ISIS , US , United States Strategy in Syria , post ISIS , Central Intelligence Agency , Obama , Vietnam , Iraq and Afghanistan , International Relations and Diplomacy
US Treasury Securities: Why holding US Debt matters in East Asia
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Being an exports-driven and a high trade-to-GDP region, East Asia has more often than not used monetary instruments to affect favorable exchange rates. Depreciated exchange rates have been vital in ensuring the competitiveness of exports and a pos....

January 16, 2017 US Treasury Securities , East Asia , US , Economic Studies
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