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China: Sifting through Contradictions and Paradoxes
September 26 , 2023 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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There has been a dominant narrative that China is peaking, has fallen off the miracle path, has an ageing population, burdened by high debt and a meddling government, all turning China into a fading pow...

National Security and Strategic Studies, China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : CCP’s expansionism , China’s internal politics , Chinese economy , PRC’s great power ambitions , the China threat to neighbourhood , weaponization of economy and trade

Not Fair to Equate Religion with Caste: Insights from Swami Vivekananda
September 25 , 2023 Dr Arpita Mitra
Article Views: 4064
Perhaps we are once again at that historic juncture where religion has to bear the brunt for the existence of social evils such as caste system. India was at such a juncture during the social reform mov...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Brahminhood , Caste system , Sanatana dharma , smriti , social reform movements , Upanishads , Vedanta

Kishida Reshuffles Cabinet: Women Empowerment in Focus
September 25 , 2023 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 3579
Introduction In a significant move after his return from the East Asia Summit in Jakarta and G-20 Summit in New Delhi, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida undertook the second reshuffle exercise of hi...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Cabinet reshuffle , Fukushima Nuclear Plant , India-Japan Relations , reactions of Business Inc. , Women empowerment , Womenomics

Afghanistan and Central Asia: The Canal Conundrum
September 22 , 2023 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 4055
In 2021, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in an attempted military takeover that overthrew the country’s officially recognised government. The Taliban encountered little resistance in retaking c...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Amu Darya , Protocol 566 , Qosh Tepa Canal , Soviet Union , Taliban , Trilateral meeting , UNGA , Uzbekistan. Turkmenistan

A Waning Conventional Deterrence- A National Security Portent
September 22 , 2023 Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 4603
The last decade has been awash with incidents of Chinese belligerence on India’s borders, in the North and North East. The long period of supposed peace and tranquility has actually worked to the strate...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , deterrence , IAF , LAC , multi domain , PLAAF , PLAN , Tibet

Nepal Remains Unconvinced by China's Expansionist Outlook
September 21 , 2023 Dr Rishi Gupta
Commentary Views: 3111
The New Map Controversy
The Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda is visiting China from 22 September. The visit comes in the backdrop of Nepal’s objections to the recently released “2023 edition of the standard map of China”, released on 28 August 2023 by China’s Ministry of Natural Resources. Ministry of Foreign Affairs has noted that “Nepal unequivocally believes that this map must be respected by our neighbours as well as the international community.”

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : China , India , MCC , Millenium Challenge Corporation , Nepal , Nepal-China , Nepal-U.S. , Prachanda , Pushpa Kamal Dahal , Tibet

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