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Middle East and the Next US President -Worries Galore
November 12 , 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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U.S. has traditionally been the arbiter of the security in the Middle East. Of late, arguably there have been signs of U.S. distraction and disengagement as the geo-economics and geo-politics transform the power matrix especially towards the Indo-Pacific. As the U.S. became the largest producer of oil including shale and gas and turns into a competitive producer rather than a strategic consumer the surging demand in the fast-growing Asian economies will become the battle ground. All key producers will compete for the pie and would want to secure their markets.
Tags : Deal of the century , GCC , Golan Heights , JCPOA , Netanyahu , Palestine , Peace Process , Riyadh , Tel Aviv , US , International Relations and Diplomacy
The Boat Clinics of the Brahmaputra: Life, Hope, Healing
November 11 , 2020 Sanjoy Hazarika
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A few months back, the national lockdown to battle the Covid-19 was in its early critical phase and a boat clinic in Assam’s Dhemaji district on the mighty Brahmaputra was on its regular way to a routine camp on one of the thousands of islands or saporis scattered across the riverscape.
Tags : Assam , Brahmaputra , C-NES , COVID-19 , CSOs , Doctors boat , Majuli , National Health Mission , NGOSs , Primary Health Care
75वें साल का संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघ
November 11 , 2020 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघ की 75वीं आम सभा को संबोधित करते हुए कहा कि संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघ का वर्तमान स्वरूप और संरचना 1945 के विश्व को प्रतिबिम्बित करती है। लिहाजा, यह 21वीं सदी के विश्व की चुनौतियों का सामना करने के लिए पर्याप्त नहीं है। प्रधानमंत्री ने संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघ के तत्वावधान में चलाये जाने वाले शांति स्थापना के प्रयासों में भारत की सक्रिय भागीदारी का उल्लेख करते हुए इस विश्व संस्था के प्रति भारत के योगदानों को रेखांकित किया। उन्होंने बल देकर कहा कि दुनिया की 18 फीसद आबादी वाले देश भारत को दुनिया के बारे में निर्णय लेने की प्रक्रिया का हिस्सा अवश्य ही बनाया जान
Tags : Hindi , भारत। पाकिस्तान। चीन। तुर्की। कोविड-19। बहुपक्षीय। संयुक्त राष्ट्र आम सभा।फ्रांस। संयुक्त अरब अमीरात। संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासचिव। , International Relations and Diplomacy
West Asia Round up – October 2020
November 10 , 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Hirak Jyoti Das, Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 2849
ABSTRACT:
Normalisation of ties by someArab countries with Israel after UAE and Bahrain continued as Sudan’s transitional government, despite internal opposition, established diplomatic relations at the behest of U.S. USA agreed to remove Sudan from the list of states supporting terrorism and even considered reducing compensation by the beleaguered North African country.
Tags : French , Islamic separatism , Israel-Sudan , Lebanese , Libyan , Russia-Georgia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Turkey , UNSMIL , West Asia , International Relations and Diplomacy
Post-Election Crisis in Kyrgyzstan
November 9 , 2020 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Associate , VIF
Article Views: 2997
Introduction
Recently, Kyrgyzstan faced one of the worst political crises in a decade. The current political turmoil is no different from the previous two popular revolutions of 2005 and 2010. The 'Tulip Revolution' of 2005 marked the then President Askar Akayev's fall from power, while the 'Melon Revolution' resulted in the toppling of President Kurmanbek Bakiev following the Osh conflict of June 2010.
Tags : Central Asia , China , Clan Politics , India , Jeenbekov , Kyrgyzstan , North-South Divide , Parliamentary elections , Political Crisis , Protests , Rigged Elections , Russia , Sadyr Japarov , USA , International Relations and Diplomacy
Myanmar Round Up: October 2020
November 9 , 2020 Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 2965
Myanmar is scheduled to conduct the third general elections in November 2020. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services, during the fifth anniversary of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on 15 October stated that election is a necessity in a multi-party democratic system and it is needed to be fair and independent. However, the Human Rights Watch has criticised the upcoming Myanmar elections as fundamentally flawed.1
Tags : Arakan army , Chinainterventions , COVID-19 , Elections 2020 , Indiain Myanmar , Online Media , Rohingya , Violence EAO , Myanmar , Neighbourhood Studies
Assessing Pompeo’s Five-nation Asian Visit
November 7 , 2020 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 3259
In a rather unusual diplomatic move a week ahead of the important Presidential elections in the United States on 3 November and amid the raging pandemic on a global scale, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo decided to undertake a five-country tour of Asia, probably the last trip in office to rally support from key Indo-Pacific nations, the significance of which cannot be overlooked. Pompeo visited first India to participate in the third 2+2 ministerial dialogue followed by his visits to Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Indonesia and added Vietnam in the itinerary at the last moment.
Tags : 2+2 Dialogue , Bay of Bengal , BECA , China’s assertiveness , COMCASA , Gotabaya Rajapaksa , Indian Ocean , LEMOA , Malabar naval exercises , Maritime Security , Nguyen Xuan Phuc , Pham Binh Minh , Pompeo , South China Sea , China , International Relations and Diplomacy
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