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Malabar Joint Naval Exercise – A Viable Deterrent of Quad in the Indo Pacific?
Shashank Sharma, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

Malabar 2021
The Phase-II of Indian Navy’s (IN) Multilateral Maritime Exercise Malabar2021 (25thedition) kicked off in the Bay of Bengal on 12 October 2021 with participation from the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF), Royal Aus....

October 15, 2021 Defence , Article , QUAD , Indian Navy , Exercise Malabar , Japan Maritime Self Defence Force , JMSDF , Royal Australian Navy , RAN , United States Navy , USN
The Economic and Geopolitical Implications of Evergrande
Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

More often than not, the most objective and well-analysed piece of writing is not possible when a crisis is unfolding. The tendency of journalists and analysts will be to rush information to their readers and clients, respectively. There will be less....

October 14, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi , Fiscal Deficit , Evergrande , Debt crisis , Communist Party , Lehman Brothers , property boom , Yuan
Evolving Situation in Afghanistan: Challenges and Prospects for India-Tajikistan Cooperation
Amb Yogendra Kumar Article

The Setting
The events in Afghanistan have come full circle since 18 October, 2001 when the US Special Forces were inserted from across the Central Asian borders. Whilst it might appear as history repeating itself, the circumstances have ....

October 13, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , Russia , SCO , Iran , Afghanistan , Taliban , India-Uzbekistan , Tajikistan , CSTO
China: Daily Scan, October 13, 2021

Chinese vice premier stresses importance of improving textbook quality: Xinhuanet October 13, 2021
Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan on Tuesday urged accelerated efforts to build a high-quality textbook system to serve students' all-round....

October 13, 2021 Beijing , G20 , Coal , China Daily Digest , Taipei , Evergrande , Harvard , CICA
Myanmar Round Up: September 2021

September 2021 marks the seventh month of continued demonstrations and protests against the Myanmar military after the coup. The violence has spread to both urban and ru-ral areas. Meanwhile, COVID-19 has surged and this could result into a public he....

October 13, 2021 Pakistan , Protests , ASEAN , COVID-19 , World Bank , refugees , UNGA , Rohingya , Indiain Myanmar , Myanmar Round Up , NUG , China in Myanmar , Poeple’s War , Whatshappening in Myanmar
Implications of China’s Hydro-Hegemony on River Yarlung Tsangpo: Another Lever of China’s Expansionist Tactics into India’s East
PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF

On 11 March 2021, China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress, endorsed a plan to build a ‘super dam’ on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in southeastern Tibet. According to Chinese media reports, the dam will have an ins....

October 12, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , China’s water hegemony , Brahmaputra as a life-line , Rights of lower riparian’s , Dangers of ecological interference , Security of Eastern India
The Libyan Elections – Amidst Hope and Despair
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

I fondly and vividly recall one of the finest and first ever elections held in the newly liberated Libya in 2012 when the man on the street just looked enthusiastically at their future that might have fulfilled their revolutionary dream. The election....

October 12, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , India , elections , Libya , General Haftar , Tripoli , Tobruk , Gadaffi
भारतवर्ष का विचार
Dr Dilip K. Chakrabarti, Editor, VIF History Volumes Article

एक ऐसे व्यक्ति के रूप में जिसको अपने भारतीय पासपोर्ट पर पाकिस्तान की यात्रा करना लगभग असंभव है, ....

October 12, 2021 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , भारत , भारतवर्ष , दाइमाबाद , विष्णुपुराण
China: Daily Scan, October 12, 2021

Xinjiang government refutes Western lies about human rights: Xinhuanet October 12, 2021
The government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Monday refuted the lies fabricated by the United States and some other Western countries about hum....

October 12, 2021 China , South China Sea , Taiwan , China Daily Digest , Xinjiang , Meituan , Wang Xing , Lithium , Fintech
Tackling Vaccine Inequity: Quad’s Role in the Global Vaccine Supply Chains
Avantika Menon, Research Assistant, VIF Article

The Covid-19 pandemic which reared its ugly head in the Wuhan province of China in December 2019 was quick to wreak havoc across the globe in the mere matter of a few months. In the current global realities a newly emergent virus isn’t necessarily ....

October 12, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , QUAD , Vaccine supply chains , Vaccine Inequity
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