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Taiwan Needs World’s Support to Defend its Sovereignty

Like the South China Sea, the Taiwan Straits is another flashpoint in the Indo-Pacific region. Both have the China factor where it is flexing its military muscle. While in the South China Sea, it is in conflict with some other Asian countries which m....

July 12, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , South China Sea , BRI , Joe Biden , Mao Zedong , Taiwan Straits , THAAD , Peter Dutton , flashpoint , ‘One-China Policy’ , Chang Kai-shek , TAEPIE Act , A2/AD capabilities , Pacific Command , Aegis Ashore.

कॉर्नवाल से सप्रेम¹

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

प्रिय गैर-समूह7 नागरिकों

आपने 12-13 जून 2021 को कॉर्नवाल में समूह-7 लोकतांत्रिक देशों के खुशहाल पर....

July 09, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , चीन , BRI , जलवायु परिवर्तन , कॉर्पोरेट कर , साइबर हमले , G7 शिखर सम्मेलन , रूस , टीके

India-Central Asia Relations: Issues and Prospects

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Despite close historical and cultural connection that India shared with Central Asian region, the bilateral relations have remained below the potential. The key reason is the lack of connectivity. However, in 2015, with PM Modi’s visit to this regi....

July 07, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , China , Russia , INSTC , Central Asia , trade , Energy Security , Chabahar , BRI , Oil and Gas , Connectivity , Podcast

From Cornwall with Love¹

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

Dear non-G7 Citizens,

You would have seen the cute pictures of the G-7 happy family gathering of democracies at Cornwall on 12th-13th June 2021. The weather held up. Sunbathed beaches were wonderful. We were relieved that Trump who had sp....

June 15, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , China , Russia , Climate Change , G7 Summit , BRI , Cyber attacks , Vaccines , corporate tax

Second China-Central Asia (C+C5) Foreign Ministers Meet: Major Takeaways

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Background

China’s relations with its Central Asian neighbours have been complicated. Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Central Asia has been crucial for Chinese foreign policy for two reasons. First, the security of its nor....

June 07, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , China , Kyrgyzstan , SCO , INSTC , Chabahar Port , Kazakhstan , Eurasian Economic Union , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , BRI , COVID-19 , China's Belligerence , C+C5 , Afghanistan. Uzbekistan

China-Central Asia Relations

Amb Ashok Sajjanhar

Since the Soviet disintegration, Chinese activities in Central Asia grew leaps and bounds. China has penetrated deep into economic and strategic spheres of these countries with its ambitious Belt and Road projects. However, with the increasing Chines....

May 17, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , China , China , Russia , Central Asia , BRI , Debt Trap , Oil and Gas , Military Exercises , Sinophobia , Podcast , Railways and roads

CPEC: Chinese ‘Dragon’ in Pakistan’s ‘Tent'

Col Nilesh Kunwar (Retd.) Article

On Monday, 22 Feb 2021, Pakistan’s Cabinet Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor [CCoCPEC] instructed Ministries of Defence and Interior to ensure that Pakistan Navy and the Coast Guards immediately vacate 116 acres of real estate in Gwadar....

March 02, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan , Article , China , CPEC , Gwadar , Pakistan Navy , BRI , Pishkuan

China’s ‘Helmsman’ and the Game of Monopoly

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

China looms large on Indian public consciousness driven by cataclysmic COVID-19 virus that caused the global pandemic, aggression in 2020 and continued tense face-off in Eastern Ladakh. At the turn of the new decade three events stand out for mention....

January 11, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , India , Xi , Chinese Dream , CMC , CCP , BRI , Uighur , National Defence Law , Mongols , National People's Conference

New Geopolitics: India’s Foreign Policy Challenges in 2021

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

Covid-19 has accelerated the global political and economic rebalancing that had been underway for the last two decades. New power equations are emerging. China’s confidence has increased many folds while the West is struggling to find answers to it....

January 01, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , ASEAN , Act East , UNSC , QUAD , New Cold War , Indo Pacific , BRI , EU , COVID-19 , Neighbourhood First , Multilateralism , LAC , Biden , Middle East , Xi's China

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