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Western Media Bias against India
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The Western Media is now more vocal about the growing pervasiveness of moral denunciation through ‘Cancel Culture’ in western societies. Cancel Culture refers to a boycott of someone in professional or social circles that is determi....

August 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Information Warfare , Western Media , Cancel Culture , Civilian Awards , Unbiased Journalism , Gulf Countries
Tajikistan: Another Victim of Chinese Belligerence in Central Asia
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Associate , VIF Article

Introduction
Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic, China has shown increasing irredentist tendencies. From the South China Sea to its South and Central Asian neighbours, Chinese territorial encroachment has created fissures in b....

August 12, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , China , Russia , Central Asia , Kazakhstan , military base , Tajikistan , Kyrgyz Republic , Debt Trap , Pamir , Land grab , irredentism
China menace decoded by the USA
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

If Sino Indian relations have reached an inflexion point following China's breach of all agreements as demonstrated by their recent actions in Eastern Ladakh so too have Sino-US relations. While the latter had been under stress, since the advent of t....

August 11, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Article , India , US , China , QUAD , Trump , CCP , Covid , WTO , Huawei , ZTE , LAC , Xi Jinping dreams , Stealing data , FBI cases , Intellectual property , espionage
West Asia Round Up: July 2020
Hirak Jyoti Das, Research Associate, VIF Article

ABSTRACT:
China-Iran deal announced earlier this month continued to reverberate through the continent and elsewhere that has been dictated by the enhanced US-China and US-Iran rivalry. The proposed 25 years Agreement , which has b....

August 07, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Iran , Egypt , Yemen , Turkey–Egypt , Iraq-Iran , Turkey and Russia , Israel-Hezbollah , Iran-Iraq , China-Iran
परमाणु हथियार की ईरान की चाहत पर लगा ग्रहण
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

ईरान के नतंज़ परमाणु केंद्र पर पिछले 2 जुलाई को हुए विस्फोट से ऐसा लगता है कि उसके महत्त्वपूर्ण ....

August 07, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , चीन , सऊदी अरब , इस्राइल , जेसीपीओए , साइबर आक्रमण , नतांज , जो बाईदेन
Now the Blasts in Beirut
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

On 04 August twin blasts rocked the Beirut skyline shattering the buildings and property around. The sound of the blasts was heard in Cyprus some 200 Kms away. According to the Lebanese authorities 78 people were killed and over 4000 injured and the ....

August 06, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Israel , Iran , Lebanon , Beirut , Hezbollah , INDBATT , UNIFIL
Indonesia and the Growing Influence of Islam
Amb Gurjit Singh Article

Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim country but is not an Islamic State. It is governed by its doctrine of Pancasila enshrined in the Constitution1. Besides its belief in One God, the Constitution also recognises six religions in Ind....

August 06, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , democracy , Army , Saudi Arabia , Pakistan ISI , Tableeghi Jamaat , Hizbut Tahrir , Political Islam , Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) , Nahdlatul Ulama , Jemma Islamiyah , Jokowi
EU Budget and Special Economic Package to Fight COVID-19
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The EU adopted a Euro 1.074 trillion dollar budget for a seven-year budget cycle from 1921-27 last month. This was combined with a Euro 750 billion package to assist the Member States to recover from the impact of COVID-19 on their economies.1

August 06, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , European Parliament , COVID-19 , R & D , EU Budget , Franco-German cooperation , Germany , Green Budget
Has a Cold War Started between U.S. and China?
Amb K P Fabian Article

China-U.S. relations are deteriorating at a rapid pace and some scholars have wondered whether we are witnessing the beginnings of Cold War 2 between the two biggest economies? On 21st July 2020, the U.S. State Department ordered that Chinese C....

August 04, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Article , US , China , Taiwan , Trump , Japan , Globalisation , COVID-19 , UN Security Council , Hong Kong , Cold War , Nixon
ऑटोनॉमस शस्त्र प्रणालियों के प्रयोग पर नियंत्रण
Mayuri Mukherjee Article

तकनीकी परिभाषाओं की चिंता करने के बजाय जोर इस बात पर हो कि मानव अपनी मशीनों पर नियंत्रण कैस....

August 01, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , UN CCW , घातक स्वायत्त हथियार , उभरती प्रौद्योगिकियां , अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मानवीय कानून , 113/5000 कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता
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