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Implications of the Ongoing Tension with China along the LAC
May 26, 2020 Jayadeva Ranade Commentary

China has accused India of crossing and violating the LAC. On 5 May the Chinese media reports said: On the May 18th, a reporter from the Global Times (in Chinese) learned from sources that the Chinese border guards have strengthened control over t....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , CPEC , PLA , Sikkim , LAC , Ladakh , BMP , Tibet , Military District
Indian Navy: Time to Explore Drone Motherships
May 26, 2020 Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

Technological disruptions led by Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies are now a common feature among the advanced navies. Smart, intelligent, predictive and cognitive technologies are being added to the menu of naval warfare. The military/....

Keywords : National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , 4IR technologies , Drone Mothership , UAV , UUV) , Indian Navy , Make in India , Atma Nirbhar Bharat , FDI , DTIS
What happened at World Health Assembly?
May 25, 2020 Amb K P Fabian Commentary

There is considerable confusion as to what happened in the diplomatic bridge game between rising China and declining US, declining at an accelerated pace under President Trump, who holding trumps got trumped badly by President Xi Jinping who finessed....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , US , China , Xi Jinping , COVID-19 , World Health Assembly
HAIL TO THEE- THE CPC | A POEM
May 22, 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

THE SONG OF XI ( WITH MARTIAL MUSIC) Tibet now is under our yoke, We have made Dalai Lama broke, With monasteries in control And tight surveillance, it’s our goal, The reincarnation process Will be done under our duress. A....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , democracy , CPC , Xi Jinping , Coronavirus , Shanghai , HAIL TO THEE
The West Bank Jitters
May 21, 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Last week in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s intent of formally annexing some parts of the disputed West Bank to their territory , King Abdullah II of Jordan warned the Israelis and the World especially the US that it will l....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , Israel , Palestine , West Bank , Deal of the century , MEPP
Regulating the Use of Autonomous Weapon Systems
May 19, 2020 Mayuri Mukherjee Commentary

Instead of worrying about technical definitions, focus on how humans can retain control over their machines
Terminators running amok; the wanton killing of human beings; the end of civilisation as we know it; these a....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , artificial intelligence , Lethal autonomous weapons , Emerging technologies , UN CCW , International humanitarian law
Taiwan Deserves Support of Democratic Countries for its World Health Assembly Bid
May 17, 2020 Rup Narayan Das Commentary

Taiwan has attracted international media attention from time to time, particularly whenever there is news regarding supply of arms, like fighter air crafts by the U.S.A or there is sabre rattling in the Taiwan Straits by communist China. In recent pa....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , China , Taiwan , USA , WHO , COVID-19 , WHA
COVID-19 Opens up Pressures and Opportunities for Quad
May 14, 2020 Aayush Mohanty Commentary

Before the Indian Government initiated a nationwide lockdown from March 25, 2020, the Foreign Secretary of India participated in a telephonic discussion with representatives of some countries of the Indo-Pacific. Issues related to countering the COVI....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , COVID-19
Self Reliance: Modi’s Revival Plan for India
May 13, 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

In his address to the nation on 12 May 2020, Prime Minister Modi announced a ₹ 20,00,000 crore plan and a bold reform plan aimed at rebuilding and reviving India in the 21st century. Modi’s visionary speech was notable for laying down a framew....

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , PM Modi , Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan , Special Economic Package , Land and Labour Reforms , Self-Reliance. Human centric , Good infrastructure , Vocal for local
The Idea of Non -Alignment @ 65
May 11, 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The idea of Non- Alignment (NAM) in the international discourse is often being scoffed as anachronistic and archaic especially in the 21st century political hyphenism where brute power plays out at will. Multilateralism and its notional institutions ....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , International Solar Alliance , PM Modi , COVID-19 , Multilateralism , Bandug conference , NAM , NAM Contact group
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