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Fresh Challenges for Kishida as Upper House Elections are held on 10 July
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

With less than a year in office, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida now confronts domestic political challenge when the country’s Upper House goes to the polls on 10 July in which his ruling coalition government expects to get a majority, which....

July 06, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Women empowerment , SDF , LDP , Article 9 , Komeito , Fumio Kishida , Upper House , declining birth rate , collective self-defence , Japan-US alliance
China: Daily Scan, July 06, 2022

Chinese vice premier stresses consolidating poverty alleviation outcomes: Xinhuanet
July 5, 2022
Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua has stressed efforts to consolidate poverty alleviation achievements and push forward rural vitaliz....

July 06, 2022 Pakistan , Thailand , 5G , Indonesia , Huawei , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , Karachi , Hunan
Great Game Revisited: China's Grand Eurasian Strategy through the Prism of 'One Belt One Road'
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Senior Research Associate , VIF

… despite multiple flaws, China's expanding participation in Central Asia is a long-term phenomenon and a watershed moment in the post-Soviet history and economic development of these countries… China is the only country capable of mobilising mas....

July 05, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , OBOR , post-Soviet Central Asia , China & Central Asia , China’s economic overdrive , China’s development loans , Central Asian States’ fiscal bondage , loan diplomacy in Euresia
Satinder Kumar Lambah: Diplomat Par Excellence
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Commentary

Satinder Kumar Lambah, or Sati, as known to his associates, was undoubtedly not only one of India’s most accomplished diplomats but also a wonderful human being inspiring both respect and affection. It is a tribute to him that while his friends, fr....

July 05, 2022 Commentary , Pakistan , Special Envoy , Sati Lambah , Diplomat , Professional
China: Daily Scan, July 05, 2022

Climate change: melting Tibetan glaciers could unleash potentially dangerous bacteria, scientists say: South China Morning Post
July 3, 2022
Scientists have found nearly 1,000 species of bacteria – many of them new – in glac....

July 05, 2022 US , Russia , Japan , COVID-19 , Huawei , Tibet , China Daily Digest , Canada , Senkaku , Everbright
Geostrategic Implications of Ukraine Conflict
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

The Ukraine conflict has been a turning point in both geopolitics and geoeconomics. Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director VIF takes a purview on the geostrategic implications of the Ukraine conflict, delving into the global food and energy crisis, impact on car....

July 05, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Climate Change , globalization , Podcast , energy crisis , Food Crisis , Ukraine Conflict
Bangladesh-India Relations and the New Horizons of Possibilities

On the 21st of June, 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation organized a talk on ‘Bangladesh-India Relations and the New Horizons of Possibilities’. Ambassador Shahidul Haque, former Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh, delivered the talk that....

July 04, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Conferences , Geopolitics , Foreign Secretary , Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna
Ambassador Sati Lambah : A Wise Diplomat
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Ambassador Satinder Lambah passed away on 30 June 2022 at the age of 81 after battling cancer for two and a half years. He did not let his fight against the disease temper his optimism and positive outlook to life. As he was doing his round of radio....

July 04, 2022 Commentary , Sati Lambah , Diplomat
Floods in Assam: The Case for Rethinking Adaptation
PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

Introduction
North-east India has been witnessing unusually heavy rainfall since the beginning of May. That has resulted in one of the worst floods ever recorded in Assam. As of 3 July, flood has affected 1,835,551 people in 26 out of the s....

July 04, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Commentary
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 16-30 June 2022

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