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Outlining a Geoeconomic Strategy for India
February 19 , 2021 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 921
Since time immemorial, states have used economic tools to practise power politics. Thus, questions arise on the recent discourse of the emergence of a new geoeconomic era in international relations. The rise of China which markedly defines today’s international order is often attributed to its skills as the world’s leading practitioner of geoeconomics. But what is geoeconomics? While multiple definitions exist, at its core geoeconomics simply means the use of economic means to achieve geostrategic objectives.
Tags : China , Domestic Market , Geoeconomics , globalization , India , Indo-Pacific , Liberalism , RCEP , Revionism , TikTok , USTR , China , Indo-Pacific , International Relations and Diplomacy
China is Replacing Ethnic Languages with Mandarin
February 18 , 2021 Jayadeva Ranade
Article Views: 1068
Wary of efforts by the US and West to bring about the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), particularly as memories of the disintegration of the erstwhile Soviet Union and collapse of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) still remain sharply etched, Chinese President Xi Jinping has been focussed on strengthening the CCP to ensure it retains its monopoly on power.
Tags : CCP , Han , Mandarin , Mongolian , Tibetan , United Front Work , China , International Relations and Diplomacy
Revival of the Iran Nuclear Deal: Options and Possibilities
February 17 , 2021 Col Rajeev Agarwal
Article Views: 1232
21st February is an important date in the global calendar this year and specifically for Iran and the West Asian region. On this day, Iran has declared that it will expel United Nations nuclear inspectors unless sanctions imposed on it by the US are lifted1. This may perhaps end whatever slim hope there is of salvaging the Iran nuclear deal.
Tags : Abraham Accords , Biden , IAEA , Iran deal , IRGC , JCPOA , Trump , US , International Relations and Diplomacy
चीन के खेवनहार और एकाधिकार का खेल
February 17 , 2021 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.)
Article Views: 1170
चीन पिछले वर्ष कोविड-19 जैसी वैश्विक महामारी फैलाने की एक प्रमुख वजह माने जाने, भारत के प्रति लगातार आक्रामकता दिखाने और उसके पूर्वी लद्दाख में निरंतर तनाव बनाए रखने के कारण भारतीय जनमानस के लिए एक बड़ी समस्या है। इस नए दशक के प्रारंभ की ये तीन घटनाएं उल्लेखनीय हैं। पहली, चीन के राष्ट्रपति शी जिनपिंग को 370 सदस्यीय कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी ऑफ चाइना (सीसीपी) की 19वीं सेंट्रल कमेटी के 26-29 अक्टूबर 2020 को हुए पांचवें विस्तृत अधिवेशन में ‘मुख्य पथप्रदर्शक और खेवनहार’ की उपमा से नवाजा गया था। इसके पहले ‘महान खेवनहार’ की यह सम्मानजनक उपाधि दी गई थी, जो 1949-1976 के दौरान कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी ऑफ चाइना के च
Tags : Hindi , भारत। शी। चीनी स्वप्न। सीएमसी। सीसीपी। बीआरआई। उईगर। राष्ट्रीय रक्षा कानून। मंगोल। नेशनल पीपुल्स कांफ्रेंस। , China , International Relations and Diplomacy
Can Biden Bring Peace to Afghanistan?
February 16 , 2021 Amb Ashok Sajjanhar
Article Views: 1327
The Joseph Biden administration declared on 23rd January, 2021, within a few days of coming to power that it will reassess the agreement reached by Donald Trump with the Taliban in February 2020. It stated that the US proposed to review whether the militant group was abiding by the terms of the agreement including the provisions pertaining to reduction in the extent of violence and also substantive engagement in dialogue with the Kabul government.
Tags : Afghanistan , Afghanistan , Al Qaeda , Biden , Ghani government , India , Pakistan , Peace Deal , Taliban , Trump , US , Neighbourhood Studies
Agreement on Disengagement on LAC: A Short, Positive, Step Forward…
February 15 , 2021 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.)
Article Views: 1539
Phased, coordinated and verified manner is the operative part of the agreement on disengagement in Eastern Ladakh, commencing with the North and South Bank of the Pangong Tso. It was also accepted that there are still some outstanding issues with regard to deployment and patrolling at some other points along the LAC…, which, will be the focus of further discussions with the Chinese side.
Tags : National Security and Strategic Studies , 1959 Line , Chushul , Depsang , Disengagement Agreement , Galwan , Kailash Range , LAC , Pangong Tso. Spanggur Gap , PLA , China , International Relations and Diplomacy
‘Genocide’ in East Turkestan (Xinjiang) – What Can the World Do?
February 12 , 2021 Amb Ashok Sajjanhar
Article Views: 2048
Introduction In one of its last acts before demitting office, the Trump administration declaredthat China was engaged in perpetrating genocide against the minority Uighurs and other Muslim groups in East Turkestan (Xinjiang). Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s declaration on the final full day of the Trump Presidency to this effect is the most damning criticism yet of Beijing’s crackdown on its Uighur minority.
Tags : Antony Blinken , China , Chinese Communist Party , Forced Labour , genocide , Han people , Human Rights , Winter Olympics 2022 , China , International Relations and Diplomacy
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