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The Divergences in the Gulf Have Their Own Dynamic

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

West Asia has an unusual knack of keeping the watchers and analysts on feet most of the times. On the one hand ongoing conflicts and hotspots in Yemen, Libya, Syria and Iraq keep one frustrated. And on the other simmering cinders of the Arab Spring k....

July 08, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , US , Iran , JCPOA , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , OPEC , UAE , MBS

India-Central Asia Relations: Issues and Prospects

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Despite close historical and cultural connection that India shared with Central Asian region, the bilateral relations have remained below the potential. The key reason is the lack of connectivity. However, in 2015, with PM Modi’s visit to this regi....

July 07, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , China , Russia , INSTC , Central Asia , trade , Energy Security , Chabahar , BRI , Oil and Gas , Connectivity , Podcast

Japan’s Four-day Workweek Proposal Unlikely to Work

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Japan and Japanese are known for their famously workaholic corporate culture. There are cases in which companies have forced employees to put extra hours, thereby driving some to commit suicide and giving rise to the word karoshi or “death from ove....

July 07, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Coronavirus , Abe Shinzo , Yoshihide Suga , karoshi , four-day workweek , Womenomics , OECD , top-down system , corporate culture , Microsoft

‘Great Rejuvenation’ of the Chinese Nation to Continue: Xi’s Message at the CCP Centenary Celebrations

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The Chinese Communist Party celebrated its 100th birth anniversary. CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered a much anticipated speech on the occasion. Being a centenary speech, it had obvious political significance. It sums up the state of affair....

July 06, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Xi , CCP , PLA , Party Congress , Centenary , China rejuvenation

Origin and Growth of Sino Pak Nexus against India: Suggested Tenets of Indian Response

Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

An Assertive and Proactive India

The Surgical Strike in Uri Sector (2016¹, Doklam standoff (2017)² and air strike in Balakot³ have portrayed an assertive and proactive Indian response to the Chinese and Paki....

July 06, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan , Article , Belt and Road Initiative , Aksai Chin , Sino Pakistan Nexus

टोक्यो ओलम्पिक के निरस्तीकरण का मामला

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

इस लेख के लिखे जाने के समय (9 जून 2021), टोक्यो में ओलम्पिक खेलों के आयोजन की बात हो रही थी पर असाधारण व....

July 06, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , कोरोना वायरस। महामारी। टोक्यो ओलम्पिक्स। योशिहिदे सुगा। सेकौ हाशिमोतो। सुपर स्प्रेडर। कोसुके ताकाहाशी। तारो कोनो। थॉमस बाख। सर कीथ मिल्स।

The Raisi Presidency in Iran and its Implications

Kingshuk Chatterjee Article

It is much too early to make out straight away what the well-predicted election of Ebrahim Raisi, the incumbent Chief of Iranian Judiciary, to the Presidency of Islamic Republic of Iran is likely to bode for Iran and the world. Since his election to....

July 05, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , JCPOA , USA , New Delhi , IRGC , Ebrahim Raisi , Khamenei , resistance economy

Role of India and Japan in the Myanmar Crisis

Akash Sahu Commentary

The ousted leaders from National League for Democracy (NLD) party in Myanmar have formed a shadow ‘National Unity Government’ (NUG) to challenge the military or the ‘Tatmadaw’ which came to power through a coup in Feb, 2021. Many analysts pre....

July 02, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Myanmar , Commentary , India , China , Indo-Pacific , Myanmar , QUAD , Japan , Security , Negotiations

हमास फैक्टर

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

लगभग एक शताब्दी पुराने फिलिस्तीनी आंदोलन की जटिल परिस्थिति के अपने आंतरिक आयाम हैं, सत्ता के ल�....

July 02, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , यरुशलम। इजराइल। फिलिस्तीन। अमेरिका। गाजा। हमास। दो राष्ट्र समाधान।

Is Taiwan’s Ongoing Drought a Wake –Up Call for the Rest of the World?

Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

The increased frequency and severity of droughts across the globe is becoming a matter of huge concern. In 2018, the global media was flooded with the news of the capital city of Cape Town of South Africa running out of water as the city experienced ....

July 01, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , agriculture , Water crisis , Drought , microchips , semiconductors , heatwaves , typhoons , blackouts , Island , manufacturers , Tourism.