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Taiwan Elections 2020: Landslide Victory for Tsai Ing-wen
Dr Teshu Singh, Research Fellow, VIF Commentary

In the just concluded 15th Presidential Election in Taiwan, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader Tsai Ing-wen has swept the polls with 8, 170, 231 votes (57.1 per cent). She secured the highest number of votes for any candidate since Taiwan....

January 17, 2020 China , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Tsai Ing-wen , Taiwan Elections 2020 , One Country Two Systems , India-Taiwan , Cross-Strait
2019: A Year of Missed Opportunities for Afghanistan
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

The year 2019 ended for Afghanistan on a more chaotic and disappointing note because of two major reasons: a) failure in achieving any major breakthrough in the ongoing peace process with the Taliban, specifically in relation to the ceasefire and int....

January 13, 2020 Afghanistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , US-Iran escalation , Presidential election , Peace talks , Intra-Afghan dialogue , Ceasefire
Chinese President Xi Jinping Faces Difficult Times Ahead
Jayadeva Ranade Commentary

There are clear indications that popular dissatisfaction and discontent with Chinese President Xi Jinping inside China continues to simmer just below the surface. The economic slowdown, unemployment and rising cost of living have contributed to the d....

January 08, 2020 BRI , Protests , China's universities , surveillance , leaks , Commentary , Neighbourhood Studies , China
Digital Empowerment of Myanmar
Radhika Daga, Research Assistant, VIF Article

Introduction
On Oct 1, 2019, Myanmar celebrated “U-day”, to mark the official transition from its homegrown digital font Zawgyi (pronounced as “zaw-jee”) to a unified font conforming to the international standards of “Unicode....

December 30, 2019 Myanmar , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , technology , Myanmar , Digitalisation , Cyber-security
Recent Visit of a Multi-Think Tank Delegation to China
Dr. Pankaj Jha Article

A multi-think delegation of Indian scholars (Gateway House, Jindal University, India Foundation, ORF, and FORE School of Business Management) visited and interacted with Chinese scholars, officials, corporate agencies and academics in different unive....

December 27, 2019 China , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Think Tank Delegation to China , South East Asia
Afghanistan Presidential Election: Analysing the Preliminary results
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) has finally announced the preliminary results of the Presidential elections held in Afghanistan on 28 September 2019. The results, though not final, gave a thin majority to the incumbent President....

December 27, 2019 Afghanistan Elections , Ashraf Ghani , Abdullah Abdullah , Taliban , UNAMA , Commentary , Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan
एशियाई भूराजनीति में चीन का प्रभावः भारत के लिए निहितार्थ
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

शी चिनफिंग के शब्दों में चीन ‘बंधुत्व, परस्पर विश्वास एवं समावेशन’ के आधार पर प्रमुख देखों के स....

December 24, 2019 China , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , बेल्ट एंड रोड इनिशिएटिव , बीआरआई , चीन , एशिया प्रशांत क्षेत्र
China’s influence in Asian Geopolitics: Implications for India
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

China, in Xi Jinping’s words, is a building a “new model” of major-country relations, and crafting a policy of building relations with neighbouring countries, based on “amity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness”. Geographically speaking, C....

December 18, 2019 China , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , OBOR , Indian Ocean , India China Relations , China’s influence in Asian geopolitics , BRI , Asia
भारत-बांग्लादेश : द्विपक्षीय संबंधों के आगे की बात
Dr Sreeradha Datta, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, Neighbourhood Studies, VIF Article

द्विपक्षीय संबंध नई ऊँचाइयों को छुए इसके लिए किस बात की ज़रूरत होती है? हाल की स्थितियों को देखते....

December 17, 2019 Bangladesh , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , भारत-बांग्लादेश संबंध , बांग्लादेश प्रधानमंत्री की य़ात्रा , बांग्लादेश के सरोकार
Five ‘T’s of China-India ties
Dr. Pankaj Jha Commentary

Following the two informal summits between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in Wuhan (2018) and Chennai (2019) the important question that is being asked within the academic circles in China is what could be the possible template....

December 16, 2019 China , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , trade imbalance , Terrorism , SR talks , RCEP , QUAD , Kashmir , Informal Summit , Indo-Pacific , Belt and Road , Aksai Chin
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