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Does the World Need Chinese Hegemony?
Brigadier V Mahalingam (Retd)

In 2004, Premier Wen Jiabao said that China’s rise “will not come at the cost of any other country, will not stand in the way of any other country, nor pose a threat to any other country”. The broad Pacific Ocean is vast enough to embrace both ....

October 23, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Mayhem of ‘peaceful rise’ , China’s neighbourhood policy , China’s push to global power , China’s territorial usurpations , China’s domineering ambitions
The Frozen Conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh Flares up again
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Nagorno Karabakh is one of the frozen conflicts in Eurasia for over a quarter century. However, on September 27 the two contenders and neighbours Azerbaijan and Armenia fired up the conflict yet again resulting in hundreds of casualties and attacks o....

October 23, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , India , Pakistan , Russia , Iran , Putin , Turkey , Oil , Azerbaijan , Erdogan , Armenia , CSTO , OSCE Minsk group
How the Sabah Dispute Challenges ASEAN’s Regional Security Vision
Amb Gurjit Singh Article

The issue of Sabah or North Borneo, as it was known till 19631, was brushed under a legal carpet of convenience ever since the Malaysian Federation was formed. Sabah lies on the island of Borneo, the world’s third largest island astride ....

October 22, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , ASEAN , South China Sea , Philippines , Borneo , ICJ , Malaysia , PCA , Sabah , Sulu Islands , Treaty of Amity and Cooperation
India favours gradual evolution of the Quad
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The 2nd ministerial meeting of the Quad group of countries hosted by Japan in Tokyo on 6th October 2020 was significant. The Foreign Ministers of India, Australia and the US Secretary of State flew specially to Tokyo for a face-to-face meeting, ignor....

October 22, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , China , QUAD , Japan , NATO , 2+2 Dialogue , LAC
Why the Revival of CPEC now?
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

In international rhetoric, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is often referred to as the crown jewel or the colossal blunder of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. These diametrically opposite assessments reflect the ambiguity and irrationa....

October 21, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Pakistan , Article , Afghanistan , CPEC , Imran Khan , Ladakh , Gilgit-Baltistan , Xinjiang , Hydel Power Projects , Chinese Military Base , Wakhan Corridor , CCCC , External Debt
Need for a Vigorous Africa Strategy
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Africa enchants most people. But our relations and contacts with Africa have been umbilical to say the least. Africa is close to us and very important too is a given. Has it acquired salience remained debatable for quite some time despite the best i....

October 20, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Commentary , India , China , East Africa , PM Modi , Covid 19 , Asia Africa Growth Corridor , AfCFTA , debt traps , IAFS
Japan- Vietnam Security Matrix in the Indo-Pacific Region
Professor Rajaram Panda Article

The security scenario centring in the much contested South China Sea continues to be grimmer because of China’s expansionist designs and expanding maritime claims, converting this part of the ocean into the most dangerous hotspot. In its intimidati....

October 19, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , China , Article , China , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , South China Sea , Philippines , Indonesia , Wang Yi , defence sale , Yoshide Suga
वेनेज़ुएला- संपन्न देश की निर्धनता
Amb JK Tripathi Article

लातीनी अमेरिकी देश वेनेज़ुएला इन दिनों कई आपदाओं से जूझ रहा है। अभूतपूर्व मुद्रास्फीति, आर्थिक ....

October 17, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , भारत , भ्रष्टाचार , अमेरिका , कोरोना , खनिज तेल , कोल्टन , ह्यूगो चावेज़ , इंफ्रास्ट्रक्चर में सुधार , मुद्रा स्फीति , निकोलस मादुरो , स्पीकर जुआन गाइदो , बढ़ती बेरोज़गारी
Chinese Stance in United Nations Security Council towards India
Dr Teshu Singh, Research Fellow, VIF Article

Amidst the on-going stand-off at the Galwan Valley, China had once again tried to raise the Kashmir issue in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Also, China has persistently tried to block India’s entry into the UNSC, Nuclear Suppliers Grou....

October 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Pakistan , China , UNSC , Terrorism , Article 370 , NPT , LAC , Galwan valley , NSG
India and Japan: “Lotus Waters in Chrysanthemum Lake”
Dr Anil Rawat Article

The conclusion of a defense deal between India and Japan marked a new high in the burgeoning relationship between the two countries. Had it not been for the constrains imposed by the COVID-19 and Prime minister Abe’s announcement to lay down his o....

October 13, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , QUAD , strategic partnership , PM Modi , Suzuki , ACSA , Confluence of Two Seas , Digital Arc , Justice Radha Binod Pal , Okakura , PM Abe
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