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A Brief Assessment of China’s 3rd Session of the 13th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference - May 2020
Jayadeva Ranade Article

  1. As usual China’s top political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), held its annual plenary session in Beijing along with the National People’s Congress (NPC). The plenum was delayed this year a....

    June 23, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Article , Politburo , CCP , PLA , Li Keqiang , COVID-19 , CPCC , PAP , Deputies , critics of Xi , Hong Kong Deputies , National security Law , TAR , Xinjiang
India-China Standoff and Stability in the Indo-Pacific
Vice Admiral Girish Luthra (retd.) Article

Recent violent clashes near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between Indian and Chinese army units, resulting in large number of casualties in the Galwan region, has caused significant alarm in the wider Indo-Pacific region. While the nature of the c....

June 22, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Indo-Pacific , China , Article , Indo-Pacific , South China Sea , PLA Navy , Indian Navy , Galwan , IOR , COC
An Assessment of China’s 13th National People’s Congress – May 2020’
Jayadeva Ranade Article

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India gets Elected as a Non-permanent Member of the UNSC: A Busy Agenda Ahead
Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

On 17 June, India wascomfortably elected to the non- permanent seat of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the period of two years starting January 2021, receiving the endorsement from 184 out of the 192 countries who voted. In its last bi....

June 20, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , UNSC , Multilateralism , Non-permanent member , permanent seat
गुटनिरपेक्षता के 65 वर्ष
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

अंतरराष्ट्रीय चर्चाओं में गुटनिरपेक्षता के विचार को अंतरराष्ट्रीय चर्चा में अक्सर बाबा आदम क....

June 19, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , कोविड-19 , प्रधानमंत्री मोदी , विदेश मंत्रालय , अंतरराष्ट्रीय चर्चा , संयुक्त राष्ट्र , गुटनिरपेक्षता
Tensions Return to the Korean Peninsula
Professor Rajaram Panda Commentary

At a time when the world attention is focussed in battling the Covid-19, two communist nations – China and North Korea – are engaged in different terrains as if to deflect the focus from containing Covid-19. Both are unfortunate developments and ....

June 19, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Kim Jong-un , Singapore , Pyongyang , Kaesong , Demilitarised zone , 2018 deal , Blue House , Moon Jae-in , Kim Yo Jong , sanctions relief , summits , Hanoi , dialogue , Roh Moo-hyun , Park Geun-hye , Covid-19 pandemic.
US Naval Transformation Challenges PLA Navy
Dr Vijay Sakhuja Article

Numerous commentaries and essays have argued and concluded that the military gap between the US and China is closing and the numerical naval balance between the two Pacific powers has converged. The PLA Navy is growing rapidly, and in the last five y....

June 17, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Article , 4IR technologies; Warfighter Development office; Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO); Ghost Fleet; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV); US Navy; PLA Navy; Sea Hunter
The United States and the COVID Challenge: it’s Impact on the 2020 Presidential Election
Dr Harinder Sekhon Article

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the United States. In June, the US crossed the two million mark in infected cases and has reported over 117 thousand deaths. Of these, New York alone has recorded over 382,000 cases, far higher than most nat....

June 16, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , Donald Trump , US elections , Pandemic , New York , US economy , Immigration , Paycheck Protection Program , COVID Challenge , US Demographics , US Unemployment , Great Depression , CARES Act , America's troubles , H1B Visas , Epicentres of the disease , Rural America.
Russia and Turkey Embroiled in Libya
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

For over a decade the biggest problem and misfortune of the Libyans has been the competition among the rival powers. This included the regional and non-regional interventionists who continue to support their favourite militias or quasi governments wh....

June 16, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Putin , Tripoli , Tobruk , GNA , Erdogan , Gen. Haftar , UN , Berlin Process
COVID-19 in Tajikistan: From Denial to Full-scale Crisis
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Associate , VIF Article

Despite being surrounded by the countries with positive cases of coronavirus, the Tajik Government had consistently denied the existence of the virus until April 30 when 15 cases were reported. This announcement was made when the World Health Organiz....

June 15, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , India , China , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , poverty , Unemployment , Tajikistan , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , World Bank , Pandemic , IMF , Remittances , Pneumonia , Medical Diplomacy , Vande Bharat
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