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Regional Cooperation in BIMSTEC in Post-COVID-19 World
Dr Prabir De

The Bay of Bengal region is home to roughly 1.6 billion people, around 23% of the world population. The COVID-19 crisis has hit each individual and economy in the world. Join Dr. Prabir De and Cchavi Vasisht in this podcast to discuss the prospects ....

July 30, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , COVID-19 , Economic impact , Social , Podcast , Trade and commerce , Post-COVID-19
VIF Virtual Talk by H.E. Rahmatullah Nabil, former head of Afghanistan’s NDS

The complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan before September 11 is turning out to be a complicated affair. Taliban is gaining a strong foothold in Afghanistan. It has not shown any seriousness in negotiations over intra-Afghan dialogue an....

July 30, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Interaction , Pakistan , US Withdrawal , Taliban , Intra-Afghan dialogue
POK: Election or Selection?
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

POK underwent the 11th general election on 25th July. The outcome held no surprise. It is invariably the party in power in Islamabad, which wins the election in the territory. The outgoing regime of Raja Farouk Haider was elected when PML (N) of Nawa....

July 30, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Kashmir , POK , Imran Khan , PTI , Islamabad , PML (N) , PPP
Afghan Lives Matter: Part 1- Role of Pakistan and her Emerging Dilemma
Amb Amar Sinha Article

(This article is Part 1 of two parts’ series; second part will be on the Taliban role and what to expect from them and what does one make of the chorus of voices one sees in favour of Taliban and why any such outreach will take us nowhere.) ....

July 30, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Taliban , Imran Khan , Deep State , President Ghani , Spin Boldak , Abdul Ghani Baradar , Doha deal
BIMSTEC: Potential Arena of Maritime Convergences and Capacity Building
Dr Probal K Ghosh

BIMSTEC member states (apart from landlocked countries- Nepal and Bhutan) are connected via maritime boundaries of the Bay of Bengal. It is the direct linking factor between the littorals. To discuss the importance of maritime connectivity, join Dr P....

July 29, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Bay of Bengal , trade , Maritime Connectivity , Podcast , India's role , Port modernization , Security.
VIF Virtual talk on ‘India-Tajikistan Relations’ by Amb. Viraj Singh, Indian Ambassador to Tajikistan

India and Tajikistan are traditional partners. They share deep historical and cultural relations. Tajikistan was a part of the Kushana and Persian Empire, which had close cultural linkages with India. Subsequently, during the Islamic rule in India, t....

July 29, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , India-Tajikistan Relations , Tajikistan , inetraction , Dushanbe , Kushana
Xi Jinping Visit to Tibet is Important and has Implications for India
Jayadeva Ranade Article

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) at Nyingchi’s Mainling Airport on July 21 at the start of a two-day (July 21-23) visit, without prior public notice. The visit, which comes shortly before the 70th anniversar....

July 29, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Tibet , Article , Xi Jinping , CMC , PLA , Tibet , TAR , Sichuan-Tibet railway , Lhasa , Nyingchi , WTC , Yarlung Tsangpo
Foreign Secretary’s Vimarsh Talk on "Global Rebalancing and India's Foreign Policy"

In the series of Vimarsh public lectures delivered by eminent personalities, the VIF hosted an online talk by India’s Foreign Secretary, Shri Harsh V. Shringla on 30 June 2021. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, in his welcome address outlined how the ....

July 28, 2021 Vimarsh , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Aatmanirbhar Bharat , Financial crisis , Global Rebalancing
Deepening Democracy in Taiwan under Democratic Progressive Party
Rup Narayan Das Commentary

The consolidation and deepening of democracy in Taiwan as evident from the regular and periodic elections and peaceful transfer of political baton from one political party to another speak volume of the democratic culture and tradition of Taiwan. The....

July 28, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , democracy , Taiwan , DPP , KMT , G-7
Biden as a Liberal Crusader: Assessing the Obama-Biden Human Rights Legacy
Sarada Subhash, Research Assistant, VIF

… the hope is that Biden would have learnt from the Obama era mistakes and hence follow a non-interventionist policy to avoid another ‘humanitarian’ war … at the end of his Presidential term, Biden may emerge a ‘liberal crusader’ or be an....

July 27, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , President Trump , Obama , UNHRC , NATO , Biden , Liberalism , US President , Realpolitik of foreign intervention , Human Rights Legacy , Human Rights Watch
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