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The Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Deal: A Step Closer Towards Regional Cooperation in Central Asia

March 17, 2025 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The recently concluded Kyrgyz-Tajik border demarcation agreement marks a significant milestone in Central Asia’s ongoing efforts to address long-standing territorial disputes. After more than three decades of disputes, violent skirmishes, and polit....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

Tags : Article , Central Asia , Soviet Union , Ferghana Valley , Border Dispute , land swap

PM Modi’s Visit to Mauritius Elevates Partnership

March 13, 2025 Ruchita Beri, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a visit to Mauritius, an Indian Ocean Island country and a member of African Union from 11-12 March 2025. The visit is momentous, as Prime Minister Modi was invited to participate in the national day celebrations o....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa

Tags : Article , India , Mauritius , Indian Ocean , Security , Narendra Modi , SAGAR , MAHASAGAR , Development. Maritime security

Greenland, Geopolitics and Global Power Shifts- The Run for Resources

March 13, 2025 Nehal Sharma | Zerin Osho Article

Even though Donald Trump’s recent withdrawal from the Paris Agreement was not a surprise, the lan....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , India , China , Arctic , Northern Sea Route , Greenland , Monsoons

Hamas-Pakistan Terror Nexus in PoJK: A Wake-Up Call for Bharat?

March 12, 2025 Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

दुर्जनः परिहर्तव्यो विद्ययाsलंकृतोऽपि सन्। मणिना भूषितः सर्पः किम् असौ न भयंकरः॥ - ‘नीतीश�....

Terrorism , Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Commentary , Israel , Pakistan , US , Iran , Kashmir , Terrorism , LeT , IM , JeM , POJK , Hamas , Mujahideen , Bharat , UAPA , SIMI

Suspect Signals Near Indo-Bangladesh Border: Need to Listen More

March 11, 2025 Sudhir Saxena, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

During February 2025, Amateur Radio Operators in West Bengal reported monitoring suspect radio transmissions (mostly VHF) near India-Bangladesh border in areas like Saidpur, Shonepur, Basirhat, Bongaon, Sunderbans and Gangasagar. Many of these locati....

Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh

Tags : Commentary , Pakistan , ISI , Bangladesh border , Amateur radio operators , Jamaat Islamists

Making Sense of Trump’s Ukraine U-turn

March 10, 2025 Abanti Bhattacharya Commentary

The US President Donald Trump’s friendlier stance towards the Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the one hand, and fiery altercation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the other, has baffled the world. Within the US, the Democrats ha....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Commentary , US , Russia , Trump , Putin , NATO , Ukraine , Cold War

Global Trends on Chip Design and Fabrication-Related Research

March 07, 2025 Rahul Pandey Article

In September 2024, the then Senator Marco Rubio (now Secretary of State of the United States of America) published a ‘....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , Critical Technology , semiconductor , Chip , Chip Design , Research Output , ASPI

The Asian Century of Dharma - Dhamma; Call for Universal Responsibility and Interdependent Sustainability

March 06, 2025 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) in collaboration with Bodhigayavijalaya 980 Institute (BGVI) & Bharat Studies Centre, Mahachulalongkornrajyavidyalaya University (MCU), International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), India & Japan Foundatio....

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Commentary , India , Buddhism , Thailand , Samvad , dharma , Hinduism , Bodh Gaya , Dhamma , Hindu Buddhist , Krabi

Xi Jinping Concerned About Weakening Political Ideology in PLA

March 05, 2025 Jayadeva Ranade Article

There are adequate signs that Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior echelons of the Chinese leadership are concerned at the levels of corruption in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and China’s defence industry. They are more worried at the wa....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , NPC , CMC , CCP , PLA , Xi Jinping thought , anti-corruption campaign , key minority , nationalization of military

Trump and the South African Land Act: A Growing Conundrum

March 04, 2025 Dr Shambhavi Anand, Research Assistant, VIF Commentary

At a time of massive flux in geopolitics, the United States (US) has issued South Africa an executive order that cuts its financial assistance, as a way to criticise the recently passed ‘land expropriation act’ and Pretoria's genocide case agains....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa

Tags : Commentary , US , Trump , South Africa , Land Act