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1 1-Jan Expectations from in the UN Security Amb Asoke Mukerji 2506 Council

2 2-Jan COVID-19 has not Affected the EV Push in Aayush Mohanty 2416 India 3 5-Jan EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Amb D P Srivastava 2203 Investment 4 5-Jan Afghanistan: What Lies Ahead in 2021? Dr Yatharth Kachiar, 2306

5 11-Jan Concentration: An Important Component in Dr Arpita Mitra 2165 Swami Vivekananda’s Idea of Education 6 18-Jan India and the BIMSTEC FTA Proposal: Need Pratim Ranjan Bose 2028 for a Rethink 7 19-Jan Russia Joins the Race for AI Arvind Gupta 1960

8 20-Jan 2021: The Year Ahead for Japan Prerna Gandhi 2033

9 22-Jan Where do the Afghanistan-Taliban Peace Talks Anwesha Ghosh 2148 Stand?

10 25-Jan De-classified US strategy document on the Indo Amruta Karambelkar 1347 -Pacific

11 30-Jan Vietnam’s Thirteenth National Party Congress: Brig Vinod Anand 803 Agenda, Achievements and Expectations

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1 1-Jan New Geopolitics: India’s Foreign Policy Chal- Arvind Gupta 2595 lenges in 2021 2 4-Jan A Review of Atmanirbharta Policies Aayush Mohanty 2267

3 6-Jan West Asia – 2020 in Retrospect Amb Anil Trigunayat 1131

4 7-Jan Nepal: Year 2020 in Retrospect-Nepal Com- Dr Sangeeta Thapliyal 2240 munist Party Causes a Political Storm

5 7-Jan Fifth Generation (5G) Cellular Communica- Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak 2335 tion: Technology and Geopolitics

6 8-Jan An Authoritative Chinese Assessment of How Jayadeva Ranade 2965 China Views India

7 11-Jan China’s ‘Helmsman’ and the Game of Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma 1159 Monopoly (Retd.)

8 11-Jan Neighbourhood Year End Review 2020: Way Cchavi Vasisht & Shaurya 2409 Forward for 2021 Agrawal

9 12-Jan New US- China Cold War on Tibet and Take Vijay Kranti 2630 Aways for India

10 12-Jan Assessing Indo-Pacific in 2021: Indian Per- Amruta Karambelkar 2461 spective 11 12-Jan Myanmar 2020: Prospects and Challenges for Cchavi Vasisht 2439 2021

12 13-Jan Trends in Central Asia in 2020 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta 2375

13 14-Jan Combating COVID-19: Challenges before Prof Rajaram Panda 2338 Suga 14 15-Jan All Eyes on the Horn of Africa and its Balanc- Amb Gurjit Singh 2316 ing Act

15 15-Jan Pakistan: The Relentless Killings of the Tilak Devasher 2351 Hazaras 16 18-Jan International Security: Review of 2020 & Pro- Anurag Sharma 2027 jections for 2021

17 19-Jan Xi Jinping Further Strengthens Chinese Com- Jayadeva Ranade 2160 munist Party’s ‘Magic Weapon’-The United Front Work Department 18 20-Jan Trends in West Asia in 2020 Hirak Jyoti Das 1949

19 21-Jan Annual Review of Islamic State and Al Qaeda: Soumya Awasthi 2047 What is on the Horizon in 2021?

20 21-Jan What does Eighth Party Congress of North Prof Rajaram Panda 2121 Korea Reveal?

21 27-Jan Future of Tokyo Olympics Uncertain Prof Rajaram Panda 1097

22 29-Jan India-China Line of Actual Control: Increas- Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma 983 ingly Fuzzier… (Retd.)

* As on 6th February 2021 VIF Brief | VIF Report | National Security

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1 8-Jan Decoding the Turkey-Pakistan alliance Dr Yatharth Kachiar 294/225

2 21-Jan Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Naval Jagota 172/124 Expert Groups: December 2020

3 29-Jan National Security Vol. IV Issue I | January 294 – March 2021

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1 15-Jan Developments in West Asia Amb. Anil Trigunayat 40

2 19-Jan Implications of Migration of the Kashmiri Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain 93 Hindus from Kashmir

3 21-Jan China-Pakistan Nexus Amb G. Parthasarthy 68

4 22-Jan China’s Domestic and Foreign Policy Jayadeva Ranade 82 under Xi Jinping

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1 5-Jan Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly 28 December 2020 - 03 186 Monitor January 2021

2 6-Jan VIF News Digest: National Security - 15-31 December 2020 936 Defence Studies & Terrorism

3 12-Jan Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly 04 - 10 January 2021 134 Monitor

4 14-Jan Myanmar Round Up 1 - 30 December 2020 269

5 17-Jan West Asia Review 1 - 30 December 2020 237

6 19-Jan Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly 11 - 17 January 2021 172 Monitor

7 20-Jan VIF News Digest: National Security - 01-15 January 2021 186 Defence Studies & Terrorism

8 22-Jan VIF News Digest: International 1-15 January 2021 204 Developments (US, Europe and Russia)

9 27-Jan Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly 18 - 24 January 2021 103 Monitor

* VIF also issues China: Daily Scan, Neighbourhood News Digest & Information Alerts on a daily basis.

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Scholars Outreach

Articles/OPEDS in Indian main stream Media/Journals

6 Jan Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF - ‘Why is Turkey wooing Bangladesh?’, (Published in The Financial Express)

30 Jan Dr Teshu Singh, Research Fellow, VIF - ‘Reinstating Ties: Wang Yi’s Timely Trip to Southeast Asia’, (Published at Kalinga International Foundation)

Participation in Conferences

Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

10 Jan Delivered a Keynote address on ‘Contours of Emerging Geopolitical world Order : Implication for India’ organised by Strve, Lucknow. 13 Jan Participated in the Virtual meeting on ‘Possibility of setting up fab in India’ organised by NITI Aayog . 20 Jan Spoke at the Plenary Session on ‘Building Cooperation between European and South Asian Think Tanks’ in the virtual 'EU- SAARC Think Tank Summit 2021’. 23 Jan Attended the Date debate on (Astronomical Dating :3000+ BCE – VS - 1000+ BCE) TITHI SHASTRARTH. 27 Jan Participated in the eighth session of the Heart of Asia Society’s Track 2 Dialogue Series ‘Building a Peaceful Afghanistan: Regional and International Support for Afghan Peace’. 28 Jan Delivered a keynote address on 'India's Internal Security Overview’ in the seminar on ‘Dousing the Embers: India's Internal Security in the Next Decade’ organised by, DSSC Wellington. 30 Jan Participated in the webinar on ‘Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership’ organised by Synergia Foundation 31 Jan Attended VKIC Foundation day Celebration organised by VKIC Guwahati.

Dr Arpita Mitra, Research Fellow, VIF

16 Jan Delivered a talk on ‘Sister Nivedita and the Ideal before Indian Women’ at Bhagini Nivedita College, New Delhi .

Television Appearances

Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

4 Jan Discussion on ‘India joins UN Security Council’ at RSTV.

31 Jan Talk on ‘'अभी कहना मुश्ककल है कक कि쥍ली धमाके के पीछे कौन है?’ at ABP NEWS.

Major Events at VIF

7 Jan Talk on ‘France and India: Partners for a Stable and Prosperous Indo-Pacific’ by H. E. Amb. Emmanuel Bonne.

11 Jan Panel Discussion on ‘Swami Vivekananda and National Development’.

12 Jan Talk on ‘The Future of India-US Relations’.

15 Jan Interaction with Amb D. Bala Venkatesh Varma, Indian Amb to Russia on ‘Indo-Russian Relations’.

21 Jan Vimarsh on ‘Changing Contours of Competition and Conflict - Implications for ’ by Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, ADC, Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) .

21 Jan Vimarsh on ‘India-Bangladesh Relations - Opportunities and Challenges’ by H.E. Mr. Md. Shahriar Alam, M.P. State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Government of Bangladesh VIF in Social Media

331K 23.3K Impressions on Twitter Followers on Twitter

12,137 35,608 Followers on Facebook Page Impressions on Facebook Page

1.4K 12.4K Hours watched on VIF YouTube Channel Views on VIF YouTube Videos

Videos watched on VIF YouTube Channel (January 2021)

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11 Jan 2021 | Discussion on ‘Swami 52.6 508 Vivekananda and National Development

25 Jan 2021 | Talk on ‘Introduction to Charvaka 45.3 263 Philosophy’ by Prof. Shashi Prabha Kumar

21 Jan 2021 | Vimarsh on ‘India-Bangladesh 26.9 239 Relations - Opportunities and Challenges’ by H.E. Mr. Md. Shahriar Alam, M.P. State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Government of Bangladesh VIF Website Analysis

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