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Sustainability of Federalism in Nepal
September 11 , 2020 Prof Hari Bansh Jha
Commentary Views: 1873
Federalism is a system of government that distributes power between the Central government and the regional bodies.1 Most of the countries in the world have adopted federalism for it helps them in bridging the gap between the government and the people on the one hand and inproviding cushion to democracy on the other. As the division of power between the Centre and the regional bodies are made distinct in a federal system, it becomes far easier for the constituent units to make decisions of their own in the matter related to governance and development activities.
Tags : Budgetary allocations , CPN (Maoist) , Federalism , Janjatis , Madheshis , Nepal , Nepal , Neighbourhood Studies
India-China military standoff: What next?
September 10 , 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 2077
The India-China military stand-off has worsened in the last few days. Each side has blamed the other for the current round of tensions. In a pre-emptive move, the Indian forces occupied important heights in the Rezin La/Rechin La area on its side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The move was dictated by the compulsion of preventing the Chinese to do the same. Warning shots have been fired on the border for the first time in the last 50 years.
Tags : China , Defence Ministers , Indian Army , Rezin La , SCO , China , International Relations and Diplomacy
चीनी विदेश मंत्री की यूरोप यात्रा: जनसम्पर्क की असफल कवायद
September 10 , 2020 Amb JK Tripathi
Article Views: 1829
चीन के विदेश मंत्री वांग यी ने 25 अगस्त से 1 सितम्बर तक यूरोप का दौरा किया। उनकी यह यात्रा कुछ चुनिंदा देशोंइटली,फ्रांस,नीदरलैंड्स,नार्वे और जर्मनी तक सीमित रही। चीनी विदेश मंत्रालय के प्रवक्ता झाओ लीजियन के अनुसार यह यात्रा "चीन-यूरोपीय संघ के संबंधों की दृष्टि से दोनों पक्षों के लिए बहुत महत्वपूर्ण थी और इसका उद्देश्य महामारी के खिलाफ अंतर्राष्ट्रीय एकजुटता को सुदृढ़ करना, बहुपक्षीयता की रक्षा करना तथा वैश्विक अर्थव्यवस्था को पुनः तेज़ी से ऊपर उठाना" था।
Tags : Hindi , उइग़र , कोविड-19 , जी-7 , तिब्बत , यूरोप , वांग यी , शी जिनपिंग , हांगकांग , China , Europe , International Relations and Diplomacy
India-China Face Off- Has China Committed a Faux Pas?
September 9 , 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Article Views: 4309
China has committed a grave error in triggering a military confrontation in Ladakh. It has underestimated the Indian resolve to stand up to its bullying tactics. Doklam should have been a warning to China that its military efforts to gain territorial advantage at India’s cost would not go unchallenged. That rebuff seems to have goaded the Chinese leadership to plan a blow on India in Ladakh and retrieve lost political, military and psychological ground.
Tags : CCP , China , Defence Ministers meeting , economic front , LAC , Ladakh , military conflict , Pangong Tso , PLA , Wang Yi , Xi Jinping , China , International Relations and Diplomacy
Pulwama Charge Sheet: Lessons for Future
September 9 , 2020 Abhinav Pandya
Article Views: 2188
On Aug 25, 2020, NIA (National Investigation Agency) filed the charge sheet in the Pulwama fidayeen attack in Jammu court, after 16 months of rigorous and intensive investigation (The Print, Aug. 25, 2020).
Tags : National Security and Strategic Studies , Balakot , Jaish-e-Muhammad , Jihad , Kashmir , Masood Azhar , NIA , Pakistan , Pulwama , Terrorism , Pakistan , Neighbourhood Studies
The Shifting Strategic Connotations of Line(s) of Control
September 8 , 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.)
Article Views: 2534
The Line of Control (LOC), the Line of Actual Control (LAC) hereinafter the LINES, and the Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL) in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, are denoted by huge dissimilarities, as chalk and cheese. The 772 km LOC with Pakistan is delineated, and has Anti Infiltration Obstacle System, except in the Kargil Sector. The LOC had over decades extensive eyeball to eyeball defensive positions manned by the Army, with some units of Border Security Forces under command.
Tags : National Security and Strategic Studies , CBMs , China , Chushul , CPEC , Eastern Ladakh. , Gilgit-Baltistan , PLA , Raksha Mantri , China , International Relations and Diplomacy
चीन-भारत ठहराव: क्य़ा भारत अमेरिका पर भरोसा कर सकता है?
September 8 , 2020 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF
Article Views: 1596
चीन का अमेरिका के साथ सम्बन्धों में आ रही गिरावट और भारत का अमेरिका के साथ संपूर्ण रूप से बिना किसी शर्त के परस्पर सम्बन्धों में वह सहज खिलाव नहीं आय़ा है। य़द्य़पि, जैसा कि भारत चीन के साथ सैन्य़ टकराव देखता है, जैसा कि उसके साथ लद्दाख में झड.प हुई, तब से भारत में अमेरिका से मिलने वाली सैन्य़ सहाय़ता को लेकर संदेह रहा है। दरअसल, य़ह ऩिश्चित रूप से लम्बे समय़ से चली आ रही संशय की विरासत पर आधारित है, जिसमें अपने मित्रों को लज्जित करने का अमेरिका का इतिहास रहा है और इस बात का डर ज्य़ादा है कि चुनाव बाद अंमेरिका में बदला हुआ प्रशासन अपनी चीन-नीति को बदल सकता है। यह संदेह सही हो या नहीं, लेकिन इसको देखते
Tags : Hindi , चीन। ट्रंप। बीइसीए। लद्दाख। भारत-अमेरिकी सेना। चीनी जासूस। लोकतांत्रिक देशों का गठबंधन। बाइडेन। उइगुर। , China , International Relations and Diplomacy
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