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Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Nepal: Facts, Disputes, and the US-China Contest
Dr Rishi Gupta

In the past two months, Nepal’s political space had been marred by upheavals and doubts over the future of the ruling alliance between the Nepali Congress, Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center)/Maoist Party, and Communist Party of Nepal (...

April 19, 2022 Download
Tags: 12-Point Interpretive Declaration, Hydropowe, India, India-Nepal, Indo-Pacific Strategy, Intellectual Property Rights, KP Oli, MCC, MCC in Nepal, MCC Ratification, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Nepal Communist Party, Prachanda, Sher Bahadur Deuba, Three Supports, Tibet, UML, US-China, Wang Yi, Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies
Tracking the Money Trail: Islamic Terror Groups in South Asia
Rhea Sinha

South Asia has been plagued by Islamic terrorism for decades. An increasingly hostile political environment and the prolonged conflict in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Jammu & Kashmir has enabled terror organisations to thrive because of the...

September 15, 2021 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Af-Pak region, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, International Relations and Diplomacy, International Security, Neighbourhood studies, Pakistan, Terror Financing, Terrorism, Terrorism
The Curious Case of Huawei
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF

China’s journey from being an agrarian economy to one of the largest economies with a strong military and cyber capabilities is commendable. However, its military and cyber capabilities are built upon relentless efforts to steal critical military...

February 15, 2021 Download
Tags: Australia, China, espionage, FiveEyes, Huawei, India, New Zealand, Reliance Jio, surveillance, Trojan, United Kingdom, United States, China, Cyber Security, Technological and Scientific Studies
The US-China Bout: Who’s on the Ropes
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Rajesh Isser, AVSM,VM (G)

The world is witnessing momentous shifts in geopolitics, and in fact, in every facet of human life. The US-China zero-sum game for dominance may well define pathways nations take to bring prosperity to their people in the next decade. This paper...

February 12, 2021 Download
Tags: Critical Questions, India, Indo-Pacific, Russia Conflict Narrative, Taiwan, US-China Competition, China, US, International Relations and Diplomacy
A Guide to India-Australia Relations
Amruta Karambelkar

For the first time in India’s diplomatic history a summit was held on a virtual platform. On 4th June 2020 Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed a range of issues with his Australian counterpart, Prime Minister Scott Morrison. This summit is...

June 22, 2020 Download
Tags: Australia, China, COVID-19, India, Indian Ocean, Indo-Pacific, International Relations, Maritime Security, QUAD, Terrorism
Turkey’s Islamist Agenda in India
Abhinav Pandya

Post revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, India faced a month and a half long diplomatic ordeal at various multilateral diplomatic platforms. India successfully navigated the dire strategic straits with most of the countries either...

February 12, 2020 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, India, Islamic Countries, Islamist Agenda, Islamist organizations, President Erdogan, Turkey, UNGA, Terrorism
India-Tajikistan Relations: The Security Factor

India and Tajikistan share great historical and cultural relations. Tajikistan was a part of Kushana and Persian Empires which had close cultural linkages with the Indian subcontinent. During the Islamic rule in India, Persian language and Sufism...

March 3, 2019 Download
Tags: Central Asia, India, India-Tajikistan Relations, India’s Central Asia policy, Tajikistan, International Relations and Diplomacy
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