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Think Tank Dialogue on the Quadrilateral Grouping: The ‘Quad-Plus Dialogue’- 2019, Sydney, Australia, February 19-21, 2019 (Report)

(A Track 1.5 dialogue hosted by think tanks from Australia, India, Japan, and the U.S., and Quad-Plus Partner France) Participants: Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA), The Heritage Founda....

March 26, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Seminars , India , US , Indo-Pacific , Quad Plus , Australia , Japan , Maritime Domain Awareness , Nuclear Forces Treaty
Revival of Peace Initiatives in Afghanistan: Implications for India

Introduction
Seventeen years have passed since the American forces entered Afghanistan in October 2001 and ousted the Taliban. The massive crackdown forced the Al-Qaeda and the Taliban leaders to melt into Pakistan, where they replenished....

January 31, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , US , Taliban , al-Qaeda , Peace Initiatives in Afghanistan , Afghan National Army
US-China Trade War: Analyses of Deeper Nuances and Wider Implications
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… 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 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , India , US , trade , US-China Trade War , Chian
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 Governance and Political Studies , India , US , BJP , Myanmar , Mizoram Contends , Refugee , Border , मिज़ोरम की आंतरिक स्थिति , बौद्ध शरणार्थि
Overview of US-China Relations under the Trump Administration

... US-China relations are being shaped by the assertive policies of Xi Jinping ... and the Trump administration’s view that the large trade deficit and security challenges in East Asia require a more proactive policy towards China .... being the ....

March 06, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Xi Jinping , trade , East Asia , US-China relations
Threat of Military Conflict on Korean Peninsula

..... the latent possibilities of a conflict have now moved into the direction of a US-North Korea conflict. The increased pace of nuclear and missile testing under Kim Jong-un’s supremacy has sought to hasten North Korea’s surge of being able to....

February 13, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , North Korea , US , Korean Peninsula , US-North Korea conflict , Songun Policy , Kim Jong-un Regime
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 , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , International shipping , UN sanctions , North Korea , South Korea , US , Regime , United Nations Security Council , China , Russia
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 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , US , Iran , ईरान परमाणु समझौता , अमेरिकी ऐलान , Trump ‘Decertifies’ Iran , JCPOA , Iran Nuclear Program , Nuclear
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 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , India , US , UNESCO , Trump , Bhaswati Mukherjee , US Withdrawal
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 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Russia , US , Russia , Trump , New Cold War , Asia pivot , geo-politics in Asia , Edward Lucas , Putin
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