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Time to Focus on Success Stories of India-Bangladesh Relations

The recent controversy over India-Bangladesh relations is a reminder to the Indian planners to review their communication strategy – an area where China excels. Indeed, if good news made headlines, the bilateral relations had some solid achievement....

August 01, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Commentary , China , Tripura , West Bengal , Sri Lanka , Railways , container service , Kolkata , Chittagong port , Pyara port , Hasina

India’s Chinese Conundrum

Vivek Sugandh Article

“China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move the world” (Xinran, 2011). This quote, attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte acknowledges the unprecedented change the rise of China will bring about in the world. In the fiel....

July 28, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , China , Article , China , Xi Jinping , Doklam , Galwan valley , Atmanirbhar Bharat , expansionism

Igniting Total Factor Productivity Growth in Indian Economy

Praveen Menon Article

For decades, India has looked upon China as competitor in the economic sphere and rightly so. Indian civilization has historically been an economic superpower for centuries ahead of China. It was inevitable in contemporary economic history that a gia....

July 21, 2020 Economic Studies , Article , China , Indian Economy , Global supply chains , ROI , reforms , Purchasing Power Parity , R&D , spending , Total Factor Production , Research Excellence

Parliament and India-China relations

Rup Narayan Das Article

The recent accusation and allegations by the opposition parties particularly Congress with regard to the government’s handling of the India-China relations, in the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the India-China border was unfortunate and irrespons....

July 20, 2020 China , Governance and Political Studies , Article , China , foreign policy , opposition parties , Territorial integrity , LAC , Tibet , national interest , Members of Parliament , India-China war 1962 , Prof. NG Ranga , McMahon Line , forthcoming Parliament Session

The EU -USA- China Contradiction: the Friends Turned Foes and Vice Versa

Amb Gurjit Singh Article

The European Union (EU) is today facing a major contradiction. Its traditional ally, the USA has in several ways turned its back on Europe and is entering into trade and defence related quarrels. China which is the EU’s ‘systemic rival’ is on t....

July 20, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , China , Article , US , China , Climate Change , trade , Brexit , NATO , EU , UK , COVID-19 , FDI , TTIP , 2020 EU China Cooperation Agenda

Iran’s Nuclear Quest in Recess

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

On July 2, some explosions at the nuclear component facility at Natanz in Iran appear to have damaged the crucial centrifuges delaying its programme by at least two years as per Iranian officials. Earlier, there was yet another blast said to be at th....

July 16, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Israel , China , JCPOA , Saudi Arabia , Cyber Attack , Natanz , Joe Bidden

‘Unknown Pneumonia’: Another Chinese Propaganda in Kazakhstan?

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Associate , VIF Article

Introduction

Kazakhstan has again become the victim of China’s sensationalist and maligned propaganda at the time when it is grappling with the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the country. On July 9, Chinese Embassy in Kazakhstan issue....

July 16, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , India , China , Kazakhstan , South China Sea , trade , Security , Fake news , BRI , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Pneumonia , Gas pipeline , Chinese Embassy , Propaganda , Misinformation , Exports , Aggressive China , Chinese Intrusion.

Happenings Concerning Hagia Sofia Call for India’s Moral Voice

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Commentary

Turkey's recent decision to convert the iconic Hagia Sofia museum into a mosque is condemnable. It marks yet another move by Erdogan's Turkey to turn its back on the measures, admired the world over, taken by Kemal Ataturk to turn Turkey into a truly....

July 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , China , Turkey , Kemal Ataturk , Uighurs , Erdogan , Islamization , UNESCO World Heritage site , mosque

Pakistan Stock Exchange Attack— BLA’s Thwarted Attempt

Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF Article

“You can't keep snakes in your backyard and expect them only to bite your neighbours. You know, eventually, those snakes are going to turn on whoever has them in the backyard.”¹

July 15, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , China , Iran , Afghanistan , Terrorism , CPEC , Balochistan , Sindh , Baluchistan , BLA , Karachi , PSE , StockExchange

Exploring Indian Airpower Doctrine & Debacles in The Himalayas

Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Rajesh Isser, AVSM,VM (G)

This is an article exploring some of our wars in the Indian Himalayas to derive correct lessons for future conflict management. In light of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and future theatre commands, restructuring and reorientation for the future i....

July 12, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , China , Chinese stratagem , Indian Airpower , IAF , Himalayas , Leh , Kargil , Sino-Indian War , Air Operations