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The emergence of Samia Sulu Hassan as the President of Tanzania has gone quietly unnoticed.¹ She was the incumbent Vice President, who has succeeded to the presidency, following the demise of President Magfuli,² who had won an e....

April 07, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , Ethiopia , Africa , Magfuli , President Samia Sulu Hassan , Tanzania , Zanzibar

Re-calibrating Strategies to Combat Maoists’ Violence

Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Vijay Kumar Ahluwalia PVSM, AVSM**, YSM, VSM (Retd.) Article

The recent dreadful attack by the Communist Party of India (Maoist), Maoists in short, on the joint team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) including elite elements of Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), District Reserve Guard (DRG) a....

April 07, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Internal Security , Naxalism , Military Doctrine & Strategy , Military Strategy

चतुष्टय (क्वाड) शिखर सम्मेलन : उत्तर कोविड-19 काल में हिंद-प्रशांत क्षेत्र की रूपरेखा को परिभाषित करने का अवसर

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

भारतीय प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी, अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति जोए बाइडेन, ऑस्ट्रेलिया के प्रधानमंत्�....

April 06, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , भारत। चीन। हिंद प्रशांत। क्वाड। जापान। बाइडेन।

ALL Roads Lead to Tehran

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Overturning the Obama era JCPOA nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) in 2018, President Trump brought back the Iranian issue to centre stage of global and middle eastern politics. He firmly endorsed the Israeli and Saudi assessment that....

April 06, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , China , Iran , JCPOA , Trump , Saudi Arabia , Houthis , Hezbollah , Biden , Hamas , Ayatollah Khamenei

The Democracy Conundrum in Hong Kong

Rup Narayan Das Article

The National People’s Congress of China earlier this year, passed sweeping legislative measures which increases, among others, the composition of the Election Committee of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSR) to 1500 from existing 1200 an....

April 05, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Shenzhen , Carrie Lam , Legislative Council , District Council election , Umbrella Movement , Chris Patten , one country , two systems

Lessons for the World from the Suez Canal Crisis

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction

The Suez Canal has never lost its newsworthiness because of its strategic location and significance in the realm of maritime trade. The 193-kilometre (120 mile) long canal, one of the world’s most vital maritime arteries, was....

April 05, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Suez Canal , Mediterranean , MV Ever Given , Cape of Good Hope , waterway , Suez Canal Authority , Yom Kippur War , nationalization , Shoei Kisen , Lt. Gen. Osama Rabie , cargo

Tibet is Headed for Major Changes

Jayadeva Ranade Article

The People's Daily on March 25, 2021, published a lengthy 3975-character article authored by Che Dalha (in Chinese: Qi Zala), Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). Che Dalha’s important article, which included nine mentions of Xi Jinping, ....

April 02, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Tibet , Article , NPC , CCP , Dalai Lama , Tibetans , Mandarin , Border Defence villages , Hans , Putonghua , Sinicisation , Sichuan-Tibet railway

EU Foreign Policy and EU-India ties

Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

As the EU copes with several internal and external challenges amid COVID-19, join Amb. Anil Wadhwa and Dr. Himani Pant for a discussion on the broad contours of the EU's domestic and foreign policy and the trajectory of EU-India ties.....

April 01, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , EU-India Summit , European Union , Podcast , EU Foreign Policy , EU-China , EU-Russia , EU-US ties

SEBI’s Prudence & Finance Ministry’s Concerns on AT-1 bonds

Praveen Menon Article

Back in March 2020, the Reserve Bank of India proposed an SBI-led restructuring package for the struggling Yes Bank by exercising a clause in a manner no one expected.¹ The proposed restructuring entailed writing down of over Rs.8400 crore....

April 01, 2021 Economic Studies , Article , RBI , AT-1 Bonds , Finance Ministry Mutual Funds , NAV , SEBI