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What does a Seat in the UN's Commission on Women mean for Afghan Women?
Dr Anwesha Ghosh Commentary

For the first time, Afghanistan has secured a seat in the UN Commission on Status of Women (CSW) for a four year term.1 India was the other country to have secured a seat for the 2012-2025 term. The CSW is a pivotal international intergov....

September 29, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary , US-Taliban peace talks , Adela Raz , Afghan women , CSW , Fawzia Koofi , Roya Rahmani
भू-मध्य सागर में तुर्की का ग्रीस और साइप्रस के साथ रार
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

यूरोपीयन यूनियन कांउसिल ने 14 अगस्त को एक वक्तव्य जारी कर ‘ग्रीस और साइप्रस के साथ अपनी पूरी एकज�....

September 29, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , तुर्की। कमाल अतातुर्क। ईयू। एर्दोगन । ग्रीस। फ्रांस। साइप्रस। मेडिटरेनीअन। ऑटमन एम्पायर।
Leadership Transition in Japan and its Implications
Amb Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa Commentary

Japan swore in a new Prime Minister, Mr. Yoshihide Suga, on September 16, 2020. The leadership change came about due to the unexpected decision of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to step down a year before time citing ill health, ending a consecutive 8-yea....

September 28, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , China , QUAD , shinzo abe , Covid , GDP , Senkaku Islands , LDP , US Japan Alliance , Yoshishide Suga
Unlocking the Lockdown in Nepal
Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

In Nepal, people suffered most during the nationwide lockdown that was imposed in the country almost six months ago on March 24. Nevertheless, COVID-19 cases keep on spreading in different parts of the country. There were only two COVID-19 cases in t....

September 28, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , Tourism , COVID-19 , Remittances , Diwali , Kathmandu Valley , UN Development Programme , Vijay Dasjami
China and the International Human Rights Regime
Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction
China’s rise marked by the combination of high economic development, swift modernisation and authoritarian political structure has been highly attractive for other developing states to imbibe and follow course. In reality h....

September 25, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , UNHRC , Hong Kong , Tibet , Xinjiang
भारत और बांग्लादेश: मजबूत और घनिष्ठ पड़ोसी
Dr Sreeradha Datta Commentary

बांग्लादेश के विदेश मंत्री एके अब्दुल मोमिन ने हाल ही में कहा कि ‘भारत के साथ बांग्लादेश के बेह�....

September 25, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Commentary , भारत , एशिया , बांग्लादेश , द्विपक्षीय
Chinese involvement in IUU Fishing
Amruta Karambelkar Article

Within the strategic community a less-spoken issue when it comes to China is its role in global fishing. Threat from China is often discussed in terms of its territorial aggression, military, its state-owned enterprises, its technology, hybrid warfar....

September 25, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , North Korea , China , Africa , UNCLOS , conservation , Maritime , Ecology , IUU , SDG , Ecuador , Fisheries , Sustainability , Environment
China’s Role in Eroding Tibetan Identity: Religious and Cultural Issues
Dr Himani Pant Commentary

Four years after passing a similar law in Xinjiang, the Chinese government passed the “Regulations on the Establishment of a Model Area for Ethnic Unity and Progress” in Tibet earlier this year. This contentious new law identifies Tibet “an ina....

September 24, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Tibet , Commentary , Tibet , Communist Party of China , Identity , Religious and cultural identity , People’s Republic of China
Xinjiang: China’s Playground for Repressing Uyghurs
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

“Great crimes feed on great silences. And the Uyghur today have fallen into a kind of black hole”.1

- Dilnur Reyhan, President of the European Uyghur Institute

The quote is a part of an....

September 24, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , Xi Jinping , Uyghur , United States , Xinjiang , Human Rights , Uighur , Han , Kashgar , Urumqi
The Twin Crises at America’s Doorstep
Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran Article

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