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Commentary: Kazakhstan Concludes UNSC Presidency
Dr Rashmini Koparkar Commentary

Kazakhstan has recently concluded the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for one month. It had assumed the Non-Permanent Membership (NPM) of the UNSC in 2017 for the tenure of two years. As a matter of fact, Kazakhstan is the fi....

March 13, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , Kazakhstan , UNSC , Non-Permanent Membership , Security Council
Whither ‘Quad’ – Alliance or Alignment
Commodore Somen Banerjee

The congregation of the leaders of the US, Japan, India and Australia on the sidelines of ASEAN Summit in November 2017 in Manila has been a significant geo-political statement for the Indo-Pacific community. The timing and place for rekindling the o....

March 07, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Indo-Pacific , China’s naval power , QUAD
राष्ट्रपति रूहानी का भारत दौरा
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

2003 में राष्ट्रपति खतामी के दौरे के लगभग 15 वर्ष बाद, राष्ट्रपति रूहानी 15-17 फ़रवरी तक भारत दौरे के लिए....

March 06, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , India , modi , भारत-ईरान के संबंध , राष्ट्रपति रूहानी भारत दौरा , President Rouhani’s Visit
Overview of US-China Relations under the Trump Administration

... US-China relations are being shaped by the assertive policies of Xi Jinping ... and the Trump administration’s view that the large trade deficit and security challenges in East Asia require a more proactive policy towards China .... being the ....

March 06, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Xi Jinping , trade , East Asia , US-China relations
Commentary: China and Philippines Rapprochement: Implications for India
Asha Sundaramurthy Commentary

With the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Philippines conducting the second Bilateral Consultation Meeting on the South China Sea, there’s been a range of views on what this could mean for regional stability in the Indo-Pacific. While the USA....

March 06, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , Quad Plus , South China Sea , Philippines-China
Commentary: Quad Plus - Time for New Stakeholders
Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

China’s rapid march westward through the Indo-Pacific region appears to be running into rough weather. Australia, India, Japan and the United States, the members of the ‘Quad’, an ‘association of like-minded nations’, have established a Qua....

March 05, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , Indo-Pacific , Quad Plus , China’s assertiveness
Commentary: Strengthening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between India and Vietnam
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

Within a short period of less than two months there would have been two high level political leaders from Vietnam visiting India. Last month Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was in New Delhi as part of the India-ASEAN Commemorative Summit as also to w....

March 01, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , India-Vietnam strategic ties , President Quang’s visit
जॉर्डन का मसला – भारत एवं हाशेमाईट साम्राज्य
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

महामहिम राजा अब्दुल्लाह-इब्न-हुसैन, जॉर्डन के हाशेमाईट साम्राज्य के वारिस एवं उनकी महारानी रा�....

February 27, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , India , भारत-जॉर्डन मैत्रेयी , भारत-जॉर्डन व्यापार एवं निवेश , Jordan Matters , Hashemite Kingdom
Commentary: China’s Growing Naval Footprint in Pakistan
Dr Teshu Singh Commentary

China’s Jiwani Initiative Recently, media reports have raised the possibility of Jiwani being developed as a naval base in Pakistan by the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). Pakistan has six ports: Karachi, Muhammad Bin Qa....

February 26, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Featured , Commentary , Pakistan , China , Chinese naval base , Jiwani
Commentary: Taiwan in the Evolving Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific
Dr Teshu Singh Commentary

The New Southbound Policy In January 2016, Tsai Ing-wen, leader of Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) secured 56 percent of the total votes and became the first female president of Taiwan. The cross-strait relation was....

February 23, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy , US-Taiwan relationship
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