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President Kovind’s Visit: India -Africa Relations Reach New Heights
Dr Neha Sinha Commentary

India and Africa have nurtured a warm and strong relation through ages. After assuming office in July, 2017, Indian President Shri R N Kovind embarked his third foreign tour to Africa. He visited Equatorial Guinea, Swaziland and Zambia in order to ex....

May 10, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Commentary , President’s Africa tour , Cooperation with Africa
Kyrgyzstan in Political Turmoil
Dr Rashmini Koparkar Article

Kyrgyzstan, a small, landlocked and mountainous republic in Central Asia, is less known to the world because of its remote location and tiny population (about 6 million). The country borders China on the east and three Central Asian Republics (CARs) ....

May 09, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , Kyrgyzstan , Central Asia
हिन्द-प्रशांत क्षेत्र में अपनी बढ़त की आशा के साथ भारत ने सेय्चेल्लेस के साथ संधियों पर हस्ताक्षर किये
Dr Neha Sinha Article

सेय्चेल्लेस गणतंत्र, हिन्द महासागर का एक द्वीप समूह है। इस देश में 115 द्वीप है जिनकी राजधानी विक�....

May 09, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article
India Keeps Australia out of the Malabar Exercise - Again
Asha Sundaramurthy Article

Published in The Diplomat on 8th May 2018.....

May 08, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , VIF Scholars Outreach , Article
Why S-400 Will Make Sense Despite (Un)Likelihood of US Sanctions
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Commentary

The open source is abuzz with the news that India and Russia are close to finalising the deal for the purchase of S-400 System despite the threat of US sanctions1. Making it a central issue during the visit of Defence Minister, Mrs ....

May 08, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Air defence , S-400
Significance of Exercise ‘Gagan Shakti-2018’
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out a massive pan-India Exercise ‘Gagan Shakti 2018’ from 08-22 Apr 2018 involving practically the entire operational and logistic component of the IAF. What is the significance of the exercise? India faces f....

May 07, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Exercise Gagan Shakti , Indian Air Force
Commentary: Modi-Xi Informal Summit: Striving to Achieve Equilibrium
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

The informal summit between Modi and Xi has taken place at an appropriate time when one looks at both the global and regional situation as also at the domestic situations in both the countries. While the statements made by the Indian and Chinese side....

May 04, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary
हिन्द-प्रशांत भू-राजनीती में ताइवान की भूमिका
Dr Teshu Singh

नवीन दक्षिण-बाध्य नीति जनवरी 2016 में ताइवान डेमोक्रेटिक प्रोग्रेसिव पार्टी (डीपीपी) की न�....

May 04, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , ताइवान , दक्षिण-बाध्य नीति , अमेरिका-ताइवान सहभागिता
Commentary: Exploring India-Russia cultural linkages at 70
Dr Arpita Mitra Commentary

The historic city of Saint Petersburg was recently the venue for the Third Conference of Indologists organized by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). Since 2015, the ICCR has been organizing a series of annual conferences of Indologists....

May 03, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , India-Russia cultural linkages , ICCR , Conference of Indologists , Indo-Russian ties
Commentary: The Fifth India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue
Dr Teshu Singh Commentary

The swelling trade deficit with China has emerged as key area of concern in India’s bilateral ties. Some fear a hollowing out of large segments of Indian industrial capacity. It is in this background that the fifth India-China Strategic Economic di....

May 03, 2018 Economic Studies , Commentary , India-China trade deficit , Strategic Economic Dialogue
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