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The man who brought down the Iron Curtain

Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has frequently been quoted as saying that the breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical disaster of the twentieth century. Mikhail Gorbachev, the last President of the USSR, who passed away in Mosco....

September 02, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Soviet Union , Vladimir Putin , mikhail gorbachev , nobel peace prize , warsaw pact

Belarusian Dynamics in the Context of Russia-Ukraine Crisis

Varuna Shankar Article

Introduction

Belarus is a European nation with a population of 10million and runs a 1000km long southern border with Ukraine. The political character of the government is a unitary presidential constitutional republic with capital at Mins....

September 02, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Putin , Belarus , Lukashenka , Elections Economic relations , Protest

Pelosi’s visit: Who Won? An after Review

Gunjan Singh Article

United States’ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan can be regarded as one of the most surprising events in the international politics. The last visit by a United States speaker to Taiwan was 25 years ago. The major reason given by her fo....

September 01, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , Taiwan , Chinese Communist Party , United States , China-Taiwan relations , Tsai Ing-wen , Chinese Domestic Politics , Pelosi's visit to Taiwan , China-US relations , One China Principle

A Way out from the Dangers of Nuclear Leakage and Fallout from Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant

Gautam Sen Article

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in south-eastern Ukraine is in the crosshairs of the Russia-Ukraine conflict since March this year. The power station, largest in Europe and one of the three presently operative nuclear power generation sources of U....

September 01, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Russia , Ukraine , UN , Fall Out , nuclear plant

Russia questions Switzerland’s Policy of Neutrality

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The Ukraine crisis has dramatically altered how nation states view their foreign policies and conduct relations with other nations. For most part of the post-War years when the world was divided into two camps on ideological grounds each lead by the ....

August 31, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , sanctions , World war , Ukraine , Switzerland , neutrality

Organization of Turkic States: An Instrument of Turkey’s Central Asia Policy

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Background

In recent years, Turkey has emerged as an important regional player in Central Asia. The primary objective of Ankara’s Central Asia policy is to gain strategic dominance in the region. Turkish language and culture are a shared ....

August 29, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , Turkey , Pan-Turkic Ideology , Middle Corridor , Turkic Council , Nagorno-Karabakh war , Bayraktar TB2 drones

China’s Future Energy Resource: Hydrogen

Kota Mallikarjuna Gupta Commentary

Energy transition is a trend many countries adopt to address the climate change challenge in the 21st century. The measures undertaken by various governments are diverse based on their capabilities and resources. China, the world's largest emitter of....

August 23, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , India , South Korea , China , Japan , NDRC , Li Keqiang , Xinjiang , Germany , Inner Mongolia , green hydrogen , FCV

जी-20 का वित्तीय स्थिरता बोर्ड: वैश्विक वित्तीय स्थिरता पर उभरती कमजोरियां

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

समूह-20 के देशों ने वैश्विक वित्तीय प्रणाली में कमजोरियों का आकलन करने और उनसे निपटने के उपायों �....

August 23, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , भारत , जी-20 , आर्थिक सुधार , क्रिप्टो करंसी , वित्तीय स्थिरता

China’s transition from Hiding to Showing its Strength! India’s Determined March to Developed Nation – 2047

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

It is said that Mandarin is a nuanced language, where multiple meanings can be drawn and where even the tone in which it is spoken can completely change the meaning. What Deng Xiaoping said in 1989-90 has had many versions, the commonest being, �....

August 22, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , India , Taiwan , CCP , PLA , Rejuvenation , China Dream , nuclear arsenal , periphery