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India-China Standoff : Contracting Options in Ladakh
Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.) Article

The India-China border dispute spreads over more than 800 kms in the Western Sector, extending from a little West of Karakoram Pass till Gaya Peak on the Ladakh border with Himachal Pradesh, in the South. India claims 38000 Sq km of the territory pre....

June 04, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Article , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan valley , China's transgressions , Western Sector , Middle Sector , Eastern Sector
Coronavirus and the Delayed “Two Sessions” of China
Dr Teshu Singh, Research Fellow, VIF Article

Every year, the two biggest annual meetings of China takes place in March for two weeks, together they are called the “Two Sessions” or Lianghui. The two sessions include the plenary sessions of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chin....

June 04, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , China , Article , NPC , Xi Jinping , PLA , CPPCC , Coronavirus , Li Keqiang , COVID-19 , Hong Kong , Two Sessions , New Security Bill , US-China
पाकिस्तान: कोरोनावायरस महामारी से निपटने में परेशान करने वाली बात
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

पाकिस्तान में कोरोनावायरस का पहला मामला 26 फरवरी 2020 को कराची में आया। उसके बाद यह चारों प्रांतों, ....

May 29, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , पाकिस्तान , कोरोनावायरस , कराची , राष्ट्रीय स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय
China’s Incursions, Covid and Military Coercion
Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia, PVSM, AVSM, SM (Retd) Article

The Incursions
The Galwan valley intrusion by China since early May is indicative of China’s strategic signaling to India, and cannot be seen as just one of the near 350 transgressions that occur every year. Reportedly, the PLA has buil....

May 27, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , China , Article , PLA , BRI , COVID-19 , LAC , Ladakh , Intrusions , transgressions , military coercion , Galwan valley , border infrastructure
Implications of the Ongoing Tension with China along the LAC
Jayadeva Ranade Commentary

China has accused India of crossing and violating the LAC. On 5 May the Chinese media reports said: On the May 18th, a reporter from the Global Times (in Chinese) learned from sources that the Chinese border guards have strengthened control over t....

May 26, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , China , Commentary , CPEC , PLA , Sikkim , LAC , Ladakh , BMP , Tibet , Military District
China Study Group Report: Domestic Politics and Economy in China during COVID-19
Dr Teshu Singh, Research Fellow, VIF Article

The Vivekananda international Foundation held a discussion on the developments in China amid the COVID-19 on 4 May 2020. The discussion focused on the Chinese President Xi Jinping and China's Domestic Politics and China's experience in the resumption....

May 26, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , China , Article , South China Sea , NPC , Chinese economy , Xi Jinping , Taiwan , Wuhan , India-China relations , COVID-19 , Moderately Prosperous Society
Can SAARC be made Effective?
Dr Sreeradha Datta, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, Neighbourhood Studies, VIF Article

The world at large including South Asia is already facing the devastating effects of Covid-19. This region already burdened with its teeming populations, uneven layers of growth and governance issues, all of which has got exacerbated with this crisis....

May 25, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Article , India , SAARC , COVID-19 , Public health sector
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor of the Belt and Road Initiative Concept, Context and Assessment by Siegfried O. Wolf, Springer, Switzerland, 2020, £88, ISBN 978-3-030-16198
Aakriti Vinayak, Research Associate, VIF

The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative that was officially launched in April 2015, promised to be a game changer. The economic corridor that would link Kashgar in Xinjiang to Gwadar in....

May 23, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , China , China , Belt and Road Initiative , CPEC , China-Pakistan Economic Corridor , Book Reviews
IS Pakistan Losing the COVID-19 Battle?
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

While the entire world is grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan’s handling of the crisis raises fears that if it does not get its act together quickly, it may be at risk of losing the battle. The numbers of positive cases as of 20 Ma....

May 22, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Balochistan , COVID-19 , lockdown , Sindh , lack of testing , polarisation
Pakistan Study Group Report: April 2020
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

A meeting of the Pakistan Study Group was held via video conferencing on 29 April 2020. The main items on the agenda were the COVID-19 situation in Pakistan and China-Pakistan relations.

COVID-19 Situation in Pakistan
Impact on C....

May 21, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , India , Pakistan , China , economy , Civil-Military , COVID-19 , IMF , Federalism
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