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At the time of writing, the Tokyo Olympics are on but there is a strong case for its cancellation in view of the extraordinary situation before it is too late as lives are at stake. The ferocity of the rampaging pandemic shows no signs of ebbing out ....

June 09, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Coronavirus , Pandemic , Tokyo Olympics , Yoshihide Suga , Seiko Hashimoto , IOA , super-spreader , Kosuke Takahashi , Taro Kono , Thomas Bach , Sir Keith Mills

Left-Wing Extremism: Contained but Continues to Exist

Tejusvi Shukla Article

Based on an intelligence input on the night of 02 April 2021, over 2000 security forces’ (SFs) personnel carried out a major anti-Naxal operation in the Sukma-Bijapur area in Chhattisgarh. However, the anti-Naxal operation soon turned to a “surpr....

June 08, 2021 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , national security , Internal Security , insurgency , Maoism , poverty , Naxalism , Red Terror , Urban Naxals , Inequality , Bastar , Abhujmad , Tribal

Penpa Tsering, the New President of the Central Tibetan Administration, Calls on China to Grant ‘Genuine Autonomy’ to Tibet

Penpa Tsering has been elected as the new Sikyong or President of 17th Tibetan government-in-exile (TGiE), formally known as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA). This write-up explores the life and policy stance of the newly elected Sikyong, his....

June 07, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Tibet , Sikyong , Penpa Tsering , Genuine Autonomy , Central Tibetan Administration (CTA)

Second China-Central Asia (C+C5) Foreign Ministers Meet: Major Takeaways

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Background

China’s relations with its Central Asian neighbours have been complicated. Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Central Asia has been crucial for Chinese foreign policy for two reasons. First, the security of its nor....

June 07, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , China , Kyrgyzstan , SCO , INSTC , Chabahar Port , Kazakhstan , Eurasian Economic Union , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , BRI , COVID-19 , China's Belligerence , C+C5 , Afghanistan. Uzbekistan

Israel-Hamas Conflict

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Join Amb Anil Trigunayat and Hirak Jyoti Das dissect the escalation between Israel and Hamas and India's potential role. ....

June 04, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Jerusalem , Israel , Gaza , Netanyahu , Hamas , Podcast , Benjamin , Israel Hamas Conflict

मोदी सरकार : एक मूल्यांकन

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

चूंकि देश कोविड-19 की दूसरी घातक लहर के दुष्प्रभाव से जूझ रहा है, प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी इसक�....

June 04, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Article , विदेश नीति। मेक इन इंडिया। स्मार्ट सिटी।कोविड-19।टीका। पुलिस सुधार।नौकरशाही की उदासीनता। सामाजिक-आर्थिक नीतियां। सुरक्षा उपायों। स्वच्छ भारत।

ASEAN’s Future

Amruta Karambelkar Commentary

Since the advent of the Indo-Pacific paradigm and the Quad, there has been a sense of pessimism from the ASEAN about these new developments. The overarching sense is that both the Indo-Pacific and the Quad will upset regional dynamics and ASEAN will....

June 04, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , China , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Myanmar , QUAD , South China Sea , Security , Southeast Asia

Release of Russian Translation of the book “Swami Vivekananda Biography and Teachings”

Vivekananda International Foundation organised the virtual release of the Russian translation of the book “Swami Vivekananda Biography and Teachings” on 13th April 2021. The webinar was a collective effort of Vivekananda International Foundation ....

June 03, 2021 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Book Discussions , Swami Vivekananda , Civilisational values , World Religions , Urban education , Humanity

“India’s China Challenge: A Journey through China’s rise and what it means for India” by Ananth Krishnan, Harper Collins, 2021, pp.420, Price Rs. 599

Rup Narayan Das

No scholar following India-China relations in India or abroad can ever claim anonymity with Ananth Krishnan regarded as the most authentic interpreter of India-China relations for about decades as a correspondent filing despatches from mainland China....

June 03, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Book Reviews

Water Security as Part of Non-Traditional Security: Threat - Implications for India

Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… it would be important for the Indian government to assess how China could ‘weaponize’ its control over trans-boundary waters and potentially ‘choke’ the Indian economy … there are different opinions about the impact of the proposed dams....

June 02, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , water security , Asian water scarcity , Water sources and consumption in Asia , The Tibetan water reservoir , China’s water management policy