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Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: September 2021

Vivekananda International Foundation organized seven expert groups through webinar on events and topics affecting India’s interests worldwide in the month of September 2021 with the dominant theme being Afghanistan. The expert groups provide layers....

October 11, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Pakistan , US , China , Indo-Pacific , Indian Ocean Region , Afghanistan , Europe , Islam , West Asia , US withdrawal from Afghanistan

Using AUKUS to Brazen it Out

Sarosh Bana Article

The United States’ and the United Kingdom’s overtures to Australia to help it acquire a fleet of nuclear-powered general-purpose attack submarines (SSNs) infuse a perilous complexity into the strategic Indo-Pacific environment, rendering it more ....

September 28, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , China , Indo-Pacific , South China Sea , PLA , Biden , AUKUS , Boris Jhonson , SSBN

Evolution of Indo-US Relations: From Estranged Democracies to Engaged Democracies

Rup Narayan Das Article

From being what Dennis Kux, the US diplomat and author, called ‘estranged democracies’, India –U.S.A relationship has been transformed to ‘Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership’. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s current visit to USA is....

September 26, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , Indo-Pacific , PM Modi , Nuclear Deal , COMCASA , DTTI , LEMOA , Biden

At the Cross-Roads: A ‘Fleet- in- Being’ for QUAD 3.0?

Vice Admiral Anil Chopra Article

The QUAD Leaders’ Summit on 24th September in Washington DC is akin to a cross-road, a juncture, at which the collective political leadership of four nations will have to choose between different paths as they move forward in defining the objective....

September 22, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Indo-Pacific , South China Sea , AUKUS , Fleet-in-Being , Quad 3.0

The QUAD Navies Exercise for the Second Time

Amruta Karambelkar Article

In the 2021 edition of the Exercise Malabar, the navies of India, US, Japan and Australia came together during 26-29 August for the sea phase. This year makes the second year when Ex. Malabar was conducted in its expanded form. Nowhere is it being o....

September 04, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , South China Sea , Malabar , Indian Navy

BIMSTEC: The Journey and The Way Ahead

Dr Sreeradha Datta

The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a sub-regional organisation straddling five member states from South Asia and two from Southeast Asia. In the larger context of the global developments in....

August 31, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Indo-Pacific , Bay of Bengal , BIMSTEC , Book Published , COVID-19 pandemic , Free Trade Agreement

Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: July 2021

Naval Jagota

Vivekananda International Foundation organized six experts group through webinar on events and topics affecting India’s interests worldwide in the month of July 2021. The expert groups provide layers of understanding and contextualized the present ....

August 24, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Pakistan , US , China , Russia , Indo-Pacific , Taiwan , India foreign policy , EU , Oman , FTA , SOMNE

Takeaways from the Fullerton lecture

Amruta Karambelkar Commentary

A high-level US visit was due in Southeast Asia. The region felt having been neglected from the previous administration. Lloyd Austin, the Secretary of Defense visited Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines in July. The choice of three specific coun....

August 19, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , US , China , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Taiwan

Role of India and Japan in the Myanmar Crisis

Akash Sahu Commentary

The ousted leaders from National League for Democracy (NLD) party in Myanmar have formed a shadow ‘National Unity Government’ (NUG) to challenge the military or the ‘Tatmadaw’ which came to power through a coup in Feb, 2021. Many analysts pre....

July 02, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Myanmar , Commentary , India , China , Indo-Pacific , Myanmar , QUAD , Japan , Security , Negotiations

India-Japan in the Indo-Pacific: A Strategic Convergence for Peace, Progress and Prosperity

Dr Anil Rawat

Over the last three decades, with the economic rise of India, Japan, China, Korea, ASEAN combined with Australia and New Zealand, Indo-Pacific has surely emerged as the new theatre of Great Power contest. The idea of Indo-Pacific and its coordinates ....

June 30, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Soft Power , Abe Shinzo , Resilient Supply Chains