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Drone Attack on the Saudi Installation and Tensions in the Gulf
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The attack on Saudi oil field in Khurais and refinery in Abqaiq on Sunday has knocked out 5.7 million barrel per day of oil supplies. This is half of Saudi daily oil production; it amounts to 5 percent of global oil supply. There have been attacks on....

September 20, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Saudi oil supply , tension in Middle East , India’s energy requirements
China-Taiwan Conundrum
Dr Gunjan Singh Commentary

Chinese approach towards Taiwan has becoming increasingly assertive since Tsai Ing-wen became the President of Taiwan in 2016. Her position on not accepting the 1992 consensus has not gone down well with Beijing. She has adopted a very ‘independent....

September 20, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , China’s Taiwan policy , US-Taiwan relations
The ongoing Political Struggle in Kyrgyzstan: Who is Responsible?
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

Kyrgyzstan is a small Central Asian Republic which has perceived political turmoil since it became independent after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. It is the only Central Asian republic which has been practicing democracy; however, it has ....

September 20, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , Kyrgyz politics , political violence in Kyrgyzstan , Kyrgyz presidency rivalry
2019 Japan-South Korea Tensions: Why the ‘Past’ took Precedence over the ‘Future’?
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Since late last year, East Asia has been uneasy with wariness over the growing tensions between South Korea and Japan. Though, historical legacies and war memories of Imperial Japan continue to emerge as recurrent factors in the regional politics, th....

September 18, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Japan-Korea relations , GSOMIA pact , Japan-Korea-US tangle
Visit of Indian Prime Minister to Vladivostok
Major General (Retd.) Ajay Kumar Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM Article

Indian Prime Minister, Sri Narendra Modi, visited Vladivostok in Far East of Russia for two days; 04-05 Sep 2019. The PM had two main agenda points: First, to attend 20th Summit Level talk with the Russian President, Mr. Vladimir Putin; and second, ....

September 17, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , PM’s Vladivostok agreements , New vistas of India-Russia cooperation
Inner-Party Differences on Hong Kong Issue Pose Problems for Xi Jinping
Jayadeva Ranade Article

China’s leadership will have been incensed by the photographs and videos of protestors in Hong Kong carrying American flags and chanting “America please take over Hong Kong” on September 9, in apparent escalation of the protests against Chinese....

September 16, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Hong Kong protests , Chinese leadership’s Hong Kong dilemma
Boris Johnson and the Irish Backstop: Obduracy will only Work against the British and Irish Peoples` Interests
Gautam Sen Article

Britain is in a political crisis situation. Conservative Party premier, Boris Johnson has threatened to leave the European Union (EU) without a re-negotiated deal on Britain`s withdrawal arrangements with that multilateral body. The withdrawal arrang....

September 16, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Article , Brexit complexities , Irish factor in Brexit , British parliamentary concerns on Brexit
What the US-Led Naval Buildup in the Persian Gulf Tells Us!
Rajesh Soami Commentary

Australia has joined the United States of America (US) led maritime security mission in the Persian Gulf. It is one of the three countries to have become part of the mission, the other two being the United Kingdom (UK) and Bahrain. All three countrie....

September 13, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Persian Gulf security mission , European’s role in Gulf , American unilateralism
Interaction with Sichuan University

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted a delegation from Sichuan University, Chengdu. The delegation consisted of numerous scholars from various backgrounds. The Chinese delegation consisted of the following people:-

India and Russia – Two decades of Strategic Dialogue and Partnership
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

In the middle of 1999, Vladimir Putin, the then Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) was appointed the Prime Minister by the ailing and drinking Boris Yeltsin- maverick of the Russian history. Within six months, before the year ended, Putin....

September 11, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Modi-Putin meetings , Indo-Russian partnership
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