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US Foreign Policy under Joe Biden
March 15 , 2021 Amb Arun K Singh
Podcast Views: 2713
On March 3rd, the new Biden administration released an Interim National Security Strategic Guidance to convey how the US would engage with the world as it begins its work on the National Security Strategy. As the new administration takes such first steps towards charting its foreign policy priorities, join Amb Arun K Singh and Dr. Himani Pant for a discussion on the broad contours of the US foreign policy under Joe Biden.
Tags : Biden Administration , Interim National Security Strategic Guidance , US Foreign Policy , US-Afghanistan , US-India Relations , US , International Relations and Diplomacy
World’s Options on Myanmar Limited
March 15 , 2021 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 2701
A little over a month has passed since Myanmar’s army chief Min Aung Hlaing shocked the world by seizing power on 1 February from the democratically elected National League for Democracy (NLD), and arrested the country’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Since then protests have intensified, lives have been lost, blood has been spilled but the junta remains unmoved and resorted to harsh measures to quell the protests. As a result, the country once again stares down the abyss of autocratic rule.
Tags : Act East Policy , Antonio Guterres , ASEAN , ASEAN’s centrality , Aung San Suu Kyi , Joe Biden , junta , Milk Tea Alliance , Min Aung Hlaing , Neighbour First , NLD , South Block , Tatmadaw , Myanmar , Neighbourhood Studies
The Leadership Summit will Consolidate the Quad
March 15 , 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 2692
The historic leadership summit of the Quad counties held on 12th March 2021 was a milestone in the evolution of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue which was set up back in 2007 and revived in 2017. Hosted by US President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Modi, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga participated in the summit in a virtual format. The leaders issued a joint statement that laid down the principles and objectives of the Quad.
Tags : ASEAN , Biden , China , Indo-Pacific , modi , Morrison , Quad summit , Spirit of quad , Suga , Indo-Pacific , US , International Relations and Diplomacy
India’s Cyber Deterrence Against China
March 12 , 2021 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak
Article Views: 3151
Cyber Threats from China: Chinese Offensive Capabilities and Modus Operandi
China raised cyber war units way back in 20031. Major objectives of these units has been cyber surveillance, manipulating network data, disseminating propaganda, misinformation, deception, planting logic bombs in the target networks to be activated later, establishing network spy stations, organizing information defense
Tags : National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Deterrence , Cyber war , Cyber Weapons , ICT Adaption , Media War , China , Cyber Security , International Relations and Diplomacy
सकारात्मक दृष्टिकोण के साथ वियतनाम की 13वीं नेशनल पार्टी कांग्रेस का समापन
March 12 , 2021 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 2788
वैश्विक महामारी कोरोना का अचानक प्रकोप हो जाने से कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी ऑफ वियतनाम (सीपीवी) की 13वीं नेशनल पार्टी कांग्रेस अपने निर्धारित समय से 2 दिन पहले ही हनोई में संपन्न हो गई। इसके पहले, नेशनल असेंबली की कार्यवाही 8 दिन चली थी। पार्टी कांग्रेस की अध्यक्षता नेशनल असेंबली के अध्यक्ष गुयेन थी नगन ने की थी। एक त्वरित उपाय में वियतनाम ने कोविड-19 की रोकथाम के लिए पहली वैक्सीन के उपयोग की इजाजत दे दी।
Tags : Hindi , दक्षिण चीन सागर। कोरोना वायरस। गुयेन फु त्रुंग। पार्टी कांग्रेस। प्रणय वर्मा। गुयेन थी नगन। इकोनामी ब्लूप्रिंट। फॉक्स एंड टेक्नोलॉजी को लिमिटेड। सैमसंग इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स को. एंड इंटेल क्रॉप। , International Relations and Diplomacy
Quad Summit: An Opportunity to Define the Contours of the Post Covid Indo-Pacific
March 11 , 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 2571
Indian Prime Minister Modi, US President Biden, Prime Minister Scott Morrisonof Australia and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan will hold the first summit level meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, popularly known as the Quad, on 12 March 2021 in a virtual format. The summit meeting comes soon after the foreign minister level meeting of the Quad in February. Its outcome will be watched with great interest in the Indo-Pacific region as it is expected to bring clarity to the grouping which has been struggling to define itself.
Tags : Australia , Biden , China , India , Indo-Pacific , Japan , QUAD , Indo-Pacific , US , International Relations and Diplomacy
LoC Ceasefire
March 10 , 2021 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Podcast Views: 2662
As a positive step, on 24-25 February 2021, the Director Generals of the Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC). Since 2018, a total of 12,969 incidents of Ceasefire Violations (CFV) by Pakistan along the LoC, since 2018, destroyed several homes, schools, and infrastructures on both sides of the border. To discuss the recent developments on the Ceasefire Agreement with us, we are honoured to have Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain, Distinguished Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation & former GOC of 15 Corps, Indian Army.
Tags : National Security and Strategic Studies , Ceasefire , CeasefireAgreement , DGMO , Indian Army , J&K , JammuandKashmir , Kashmir , Line of Control , LoC , Pakistan , Jammu & Kashmir , Neighbourhood Studies
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