Articles

Assessing Indo-Pacific in 2021: Indian Perspective

Amruta Karambelkar, Research Associate, VIF Article

The year 2020 was a landmark event in and for the Indo-Pacific. The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed the regional perception of China. Until then the challenge from China was known but it had yet to manifest itself in its entirety. The major ....

January 12, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , India , US , China , Russia , Nepal , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Myanmar , QUAD , Australia , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , Japan , Indian Ocean , COVID19 , Galwan , Himalaya , Biden , Maritime

Fifth Generation (5G) Cellular Communication: Technology and Geopolitics

Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak Article

What Makes 5G Wireless Communication So Different?

The steady growth from first to fourth generation mobile communication was smooth, rapid and vastly beneficial to the Information, and Communication Technology (ICT) related industries.....

January 07, 2021 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , India , China , Taiwan , 5G , COVID-19 , Samsung , IOT

Nepal: Year 2020 in Retrospect-Nepal Communist Party Causes a Political Storm

Dr Sangeeta Thapliyal Article

The intra-party feud within the ruling Nepal Communist Party has brought about a political crisis in the country. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli dissolved the Parliament, declared the dates for next elections, and those opposing the dissolution have ap....

January 07, 2021 Nepal , Article , India , China , PM Oli , Nepali Communist Party , Madhav Nepal , Prachanda

West Asia – 2020 in Retrospect

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Year 2020 will go down in the history not only for the adverse impact of Covid-19 on global and regional economies, lower oil prices, budget deficits, health hazards but when the West Asia region nearly came to a catastrophic war between Iran ....

January 06, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , India , China , Russia , Trump , Saudi Arabia , Arab Spring , Turkey , Deal of the century , Netanyahu , Abraham Accords , Al Ula Summit

EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The EU and China announced a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment on 30th December. The announcement comes less than a month before the inauguration of the Biden Presidency. The development shows a rift opening up between EU and US positions even be....

January 05, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , China , Commentary , China , EU , FDI , Forced Labour , Jake Sullivan , Comprehensive Agreement on Investment , Paris Agreement on Climate

US-Taiwan Relations under Joe Biden Administration

Dr Teshu Singh, Research Fellow, VIF Article

Amongst many of the sensitive issues that Joe Biden will inherit, the US-Taiwan relations is going to be of critical importance for the US, Indo-Pacific strategy. Tsai Ing-wen has already congratulated Joe Biden on Twitter, she wrote: “The values o....

December 31, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , China , Indo-Pacific , Donald Trump , Xi Jinping , COVID-19 , TAIPEI Act , Joe Biden , FTA , US-Taiwan , Alex Azar , Keith Krach , Summit of Democracy

China Debates Policy towards U.S. as Biden’s Administration Takes Over

Jayadeva Ranade Article

China’s leadership echelons have been very apprehensive about anti-China actions the Trump Administration might take in its last days. Zhou Li, a former career diplomat who is presently senior researcher at the Chongyang Institute of Financial Rese....

December 30, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , Qiao Liang , Biden , Jake Sullivan , six scenarios , US China competition , Xi Jinping thought

Tibetan Buddhism: A Source and Strength of India’s Soft Power Diplomacy

Dr Tenzin Tsultrim Article

The relations between Tibet, India and China are best illustrated in the words of Claude Arpi, a noted historian and journalist who has written a series of important books on Tibet, India and China, including, The Fate of Tibet: When the Big Insec....

December 08, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Tibet , Article , China , Buddhism , Soft Power , Dalai Lama , BRI , Tourism , Nalanda , Bodh Gaya , Padmasambhava , Vikramshila University