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Ukraine is not an easy nut to crack
March 31 , 2025 Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 31
This war is not about Russia and Ukraine as much as between Russia and NATO, which seeks to inflict a comprehensive strategic defeat on Moscow. The Donald Trump administration’s shift in approach to the...

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Russia-Ukraine War , Trump administration , Ukraine

GPS Spoofing Threat and Mitigation
March 31 , 2025 Sudhir Saxena, Senior Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 37
Recent media reports have highlighted the growing menace of GPS Spoofing across the world and its potential disastrous effects on a range of technical systems and utilities, especially aviation. This is...

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : GPS spoofing , manipulation , NavIC , PNT , Signals

Japan’s Arms Export Shift: A Double-Edged Sword in the Indo-Pacific
March 28 , 2025 Dr Dalbir Ahlawat Dr Satoru Nagao
Commentary Views: 102
Introduction
Eighty years after the March 1945 bombing of Tokyo that killed around people, Japan remains divided on whether to uphold its pacifist stance or play a more pro-active role in regional security.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article 9 , Defence Exports , India , Japan

Evolving Multipolar World Order: Opportunities and Challenges for Myanmar
March 27 , 2025 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 105
(Given below is the keynote address delivered by Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow and Editor, VIF at “Forum on Myanmar beyond 2025: Challenges and Opportunities in the Multipolar World” held at Nay Pyi T...

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : ASEAN , Democratic transition , India , Multipolar , Myanmar

No Peak China: Reanalysing China’s Economic Model
March 26 , 2025 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 126
Since Donald J. Trump’s start of second term as US president, his executive decisions have triggered disruptions that could fundamentally reshape the global order. To understand China’s potential to alt...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Debt laden growth , Foreign direct investment , Geoeconomic competition , Manufacturing , Peak China , Private sector , SOEs , State Owned Enterprises

कुम्भ मेला अनुभव
March 25 , 2025 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF
Commentary Views: 177
कुम्भ मेला – एक परिचय
कुम्भ मेला कैसे प्रारम्भ हुआ, इसके बारे में कोई जानकारी नहीं है। लोगों के एकत्र होने और नदी में स्नान करने की परम्परा हमारे देश में अद्वितीय है। कई देशों में नदियों में अकेले स्नान करना एक परम्परा है। किन्तु लोगों के एक साथ एकत्र होकर स्नान करने की आध्यात्मिक और सांस्कृतिक परम्परा केवल हमारे देश में ही रही है।

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : आध्यात्मिक अनुभव , कुम्भ मेला , नागा साधु , निर्वाणी अखाड़ा , महाकुम्भ , हिन्दू

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