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Myanmar Economy: Current Trends and Issues
March 6 , 2020 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
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According to a recent World Bank Report (15 January 2020) the Myanmar economy is growing at a steady pace; it grew at 6.3 percent in 2018/2019 which is slightly higher compared to 6.2 percent growth in...

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : COVID-19 , economic sanctions , India , Myanmar GDP , Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan (MSDP) , State Owned Enterprises , World Bank

भारत-अमेरिका संबंध – कितने रणनीतिक!
March 6 , 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 5095
अमेरिका के राष्ट्रपति डॉनल्ड ट्रंप 24-25 फरवरी को 36 घंटे की अपनी पहली भारत यात्रा के लिए आ रहे हैं, इसलिए दो दिन तक मीडिया और भाषणों में “नमस्ते ट्रंप जी” ही गूंजता रहेगा। अपने पसंदीदा नेता प्रधानमंत्र...

US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Energy Security , Hindi , India developed country , King of Tariffs , LEMOA , Namaste Trump , अहमदाबाद , ताजमहल , भारत-अमेरिका संबंध , राष्ट्रपति डॉनल्ड ट्रंप , सरदार पटेल स्टेडियम

Coronavirus: Role of the Chinese Government
March 4 , 2020 Dr Teshu Singh
Commentary Views: 4824
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General has praised China for its handling of the crisis and for “protecting the rest of the world”. The outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is the bigges...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ASEAN , Cambodia , China , COVID-19 , the Wall Street Journal , two-sessions , virus , WHO , Wuhan , Xi Jinping

US-Taliban troop withdrawal deal
March 2 , 2020 Dr Yatharth Kachiar
Article Views: 4529
After 18 months of negotiations, the US-Taliban signed the troop withdrawal deal in Doha on February 29 in the presence of representatives from 30 countries and international organisations, signalling t...

Afghanistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : al-Qaeda , Counter-terrorism , Ghani government , India , intra-Afghan talks , troop withdrawal , US-Taliban deal

Cyber Wargame - An Indian Scenario
March 2 , 2020 Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)
Article Views: 11650
Introduction Immediately after the first gulf war in the early 1990’s the theories of Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) and Information Warfare were being studied all over the world as a new kind of ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security

Tags : cyber breach , cyber defence planning , Cyber Wars , Indian scenario , RMA , STUXNET

Raising ‘Myanmar Consciousness’: Visit of the President of Myanmar to India (26 - 29 February 2020)
February 28 , 2020 Jaideep Chanda
Article Views: 8188
Myanmar scholars have a tough time! The appalling lack of ‘Myanmar consciousness’ of the Indian mainstream media, especially the English print media, is reflected by the near total absence of the covera...

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Joint Statement Myanmar February 2020 , MoUs with Myanmar February 2020 , Myanmar consciousness , Myanmar President visit to India February 2020 , Rakhine State Development Programme

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