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Biden’s visit to M.E., Energy Crisis and Recession
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The sharp increase in oil prices following the Ukraine war brought President Biden to Saudi Arabia. This was seen as a departure from the position taken by candidate Biden during his election campaign when he had criticized the Crown Prince and threa....

August 16, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Russia , Iran , Saudi Arabia , EU , Oil , OPEC , Biden
Financial Stability Board of the G20: Emerging Vulnerabilities to Global Financial Stability
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Set up by the G20 in 2009, the Financial Stability board (FSB) is venerable institution with a responsibility to assess the vulnerabilities in the global financial system and suggest measures to deal with them. It coordinates the actions of the centr....

August 16, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , G20 , Economic Recovery , crypto currency , Financial Stability
Kishida Needs to Explain Japan’s Nuclear Future – Part II
Prof Rajaram Panda Commentary

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s tasks are cut out. He has to navigate between his anti-nuclear position as a native of Hiroshima and adopting a pragmatic approach on the country’s security. When he addressed the NPT Review Conference in New York, ....

August 16, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Senkaku Islands , Taiwan Straits , abduction issue , Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park , TPNW , Kurile Islands , NPDI , Nuclear and disarmament issues
Kishida Needs to Explain Japan’s Nuclear Future – Part I
Prof Rajaram Panda Commentary

The review conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons was held in New York on 1 August. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida became the first Prime Minister of Japan to attend the ministerial-level Review Conference of the....

August 13, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , SIPRI , Ukraine Crisis , Hiroshima , Nagasaki , NPT Review Conference , Little Boy , Fat Man , atomic bombing
Ukraine and the post-Cold War disorder
Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The war in Ukraine is in its sixth month, with no clarity on an endgame. Russia reiterates it will not back down, until it achieves its original objectives. Ukraine seeks more heavy weaponry from the West, to drive Russian forces back to their pre-wa....

August 12, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Russia , Europe , NATO , Ukraine , Cold War
Visit of Third Batch Gen-Next Democracy Network Programme of ICCR to VIF

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) organized the visit of the third batch of Gen-Next Democracy Network Programme. The delegates visited the Vivekananda International Foundation on July 21, 2022 for a roundtable discussion/lecture on di....

August 10, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , ICCR , Gen-Next Democracy , two-nation theory
India-Japan: Maritime Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
Mitrajit Bakshi Article

The Indo-Pacific, stretching from the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) to the central Pacific Ocean, is home to a large diversity of marine resources and ecosystems and plays a significant role in regional and global trade networks. Two states which look to....

August 10, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , India , QUAD , Bay of Bengal , Japan , shinzo abe , SAGAR , IPOI
The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and its Implications for the Environment
Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction
The Russia-Ukraine war is re-shaping the world. The war which began on 24th February 2022 has resulted in a fast-moving refugee crisis, unprecedented sanctions on Russia, and a re-shuffle of global relationships.August 10, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , genocide , Crisis , Environment , Nuclear threat , Ecocide , impacts , Generations , Explosions
How China's Past Actively Shapes its Foreign Policy
Anushka Saxena Commentary

China’s perceived image of its past actively shapes its policy in the present. For a China determined to restore its past glory, it is significant to utilize narratives from history to effectively shape and justify a fervent and yet aggressive fore....

August 09, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , Hong Kong , Mao , Rejuvenation
I2U2 Grouping: Transformational Force for Global Good and India’s Strategic Imperatives
Prof Debasis Bhattacharya Article

With the formation of I2U2 grouping comprising India, Israel, the USA, and the UAE a new strategic alliance has come into action towards promoting robust cooperation for establishing geostrategic and geo-economic equilibrium coupled with shared econo....

August 09, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , India , QUAD , USA , West Asia , Security , Cooperation , UAE , Geostrategic Equilibrium , Geopolitical , I2U2
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