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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 , International Relations and Diplomacy , 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 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 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , NPC , Xi Jinping , PLA , CPPCC , Coronavirus , Li Keqiang , COVID-19 , Hong Kong , Two Sessions , New Security Bill , US-China
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, June 04, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic
Saudi Arabia poised to reverse extra production cuts as Opec+ meets
Saudi Arabia is set to unwind the extra production cuts it pledged last month, increasingly confident that the grand bargain agreed by oil producers in....

June 04, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Covid-19; Corona Virus; WHO; Hong Kong; Chinese
Geopolitical Dynamics of the Post COVID-19 World

Vivekananda International Foundation held an online discussion on ‘Geopolitical Dynamics of the Post Covid-19 World’ on 29 May 2020. The discussion was moderated by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director VIF and the panellists included Lt. Gen. Ata Ha....

June 03, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , China , SCO , BRICS , Post COVID-19 , New World Order , Vaccine politics , RIC
The Rise and Fall of Khoqand: Central Asia in the Global Age, 1709-1876. By Scott C. Levi, Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017. 2017, 258pp.
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF

Until recently, a few books have been published on the history of Central Asian Khanates of Khiva, Bukhara, and Kokand. In his book, Levi C. Scott, a professor of Central Asian history at Ohio State University, focuses on the historical significance ....

June 03, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Book Reviews , Central Asian history , Ferghana Valley , Crimean War , Russian forces , Khanate of Kokand
Significance & Potential of Indo-US Relations in the Post-Covid World : Interaction with Amb. Kenneth Juster

The VIF hosted a special web-based interaction session with H.E. Mr. Kenneth Juster, Ambassador of U.S. to India on May 28, 2020. Amb. Juster spoke about the evolving geopolitical scenario in a post-Pandemic world, and the crucial position that U.S.-....

June 03, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Interaction , Kenneth Juster , COVID-19 , US India strategic partnership , Defence equipment , Military cooperation
Modi Calls upon the Indian Industry to ‘Think Big’ and Help Build Aatmanirbhar Bharat
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Speaking at the 125th Annual Session of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon the Indian industry to take advantage of the unprecedented opportunities thrown up by the Covid-19 crisis and help build a st....

June 03, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Economic Studies , Commentary , economy , COVID-19 , Supply chains , MSMEs , Aatmanirbhar Bharat , CII , health , structural reforms
COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, June 03, 2020
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic
U.S. Weighs Tariffs against Nations Seeking to Tax Internet Firms
The Trump administration is taking the initial step to prepare tariffs against a range of trading partners unless they back off proposals to impose taxes....

June 03, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Covid-19; Tax Internet Firms; lockdown; WTO; 6G; Coronavirus; China; Huawei
India at Crossroads - Part I
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Rajesh Isser, AVSM,VM (G)

Covid-19 was a predictable and avoidable event, if the world had been more transparent and accountable, and less greedy and ambitious. It is important to analyse fast-evolving international developments, thoughts and trends to grasp the choices and i....

June 02, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , national security , WHO , COVID-19 , Post Covid , Crossroads , Western Debates , Taiwan Resurgence , Geopolitical Scan , Pax-Sinica , Flawed Assumption
What is happening in Libya?
Amb K P Fabian Article

We have been coming across reports, more in the foreign media than in the Indian, of the military gains of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) headed by Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj at the expense of the Tobruk-based General Khali....

June 02, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Russia , Libya , Turkey , Oil , Tripoli , Tobruk , GNA , Haftar
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