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India and the BRICS Rio Summit
July 8 , 2025 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
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Brazil hosted the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro on July 6-7, 2025. The Rio summit was anticipated to be highly promising due to the ongoing poly-crisis around the world, including the Israel-Iran conflict and the Russia-Ukraine war, as well as its implications for BRICS.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Artificial intelligence (AI) governance , Climate Change , Finance , Global health cooperation , Institutional development , investment , Multilateral peace and security architecture , trade

India’s Moment at the G7: Recognition, Responsibility, and the Realities of Global Power
July 7 , 2025 Dr Shreya Sinha, Associate Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 151
As the 51st G7 summit unfolded in the Canadian Rockies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's presence as a guest of honour was a reflection of India’s growing prominence on the world stage. There have been im...

Europe, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : G7 , Global South , India , multipolar world order , Operation Sindoor , Strategic Autonomy

The Four Pillars to Strengthen Indian Civilization
July 4 , 2025 Praveen Menon
Article Views: 101
Around 1600 BCE, a massive volcano at Thera shook the foundation of a mystical civilization across Crete in mainland Greece. Once the masters of Aegean, the Minoan civilization was swept by the tsunami ...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : ancient India , Indian civilization , Indian culture

Relevant Then: Relevant Now Foreign Policy Perspective of Syama Prasad Mukherjee
July 3 , 2025 Raghvendra Singh, Senior Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 100
Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee passed away on 23rd June 1953. He was only 52 years old then. A minister in undivided Bengal and in Nehru’s first cabinet, Syama Babu was the founder of Bhartiya Jana Sangh, w...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : India , Nehru , Pakistan , Syama Prasad Mukherjee , UNO

Cognitive Warfare and the Idea of Sahaj Intelligence
July 2 , 2025 Devsena Mishra
Commentary Views: 113
In a democracy like Bharat, the relevance of awareness-driven engagement and a first-responder model within the context of national security is only set to grow. These decentralized, agile responses wil...

Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : Cognitive Warfare , Influence Operations , Information Warfare , Intelligence , PsyOps , technology

PCI’s Paper on India-Pak Operations: A Disinformation Case Study
July 1 , 2025 Brig (retd) Rahul Bhonsle
Article Views: 151
In the age of the narrative where strategic defeat can be painted as a military victory, the Paper by the Pakistan China Institute [PCI] titled, “16 Hours that Reshaped South Asia: How Modi's Miscalculation Led to Pakistan's Primacy”, May 24, 2025, [hereinafter referred to as PCI Disinfo Paper] is a new low in disinformation by a research institute.

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : CDS , DG ISPR , Disinfo paper , OP Sindoor , PCI

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