Home Publications Commentaries & Articles
Commentaries & Articles
Eurasia: Reflections on 2024 and Outlook for 2025
January 07, 2025 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The year 2024 is shaping up to be a critical juncture for Russia and Central Asia, characterized by significant geopolitical upheavals, economic volatility, and shifting social dynamics. These changes are not merely adjustments; they are fundamentall....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia

Tags : Article , regional cooperation , BRICS , Nuclear Power , Ukraine War , Green energy , Central Asian Migrants
The Intersection of Conflict Economy and Narco-Terrorism: Fuelling Violence
January 06, 2025 Major Namrata Dhasmana (Retd) Commentary

The toxic nexus of narco-terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir intersecting the conflict....

Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Commentary , Violence , drug trafficking , Narco Terrorism , Conflict Economy
Bangladesh in 2024: A Year of Political Turmoil and Transformation
January 06, 2025 Dr Anchita Borthakur, Research Associate, VIF Article

The year 2024 marked a period of intense political unrest for Bangladesh, one defined by sharp political polarization, economic struggles, and significant shifts in governance. From the re-election of Sheikh Hasina at the beginning of the year to the....

Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh

Tags : Article , India , foreign policy , economy , Bangladesh , Awami League , Sheikh Hasina , BNP , Quota Movement , Muhammad Yunus , Minority , Student Uprising
Managing India-US Defence Partnership Across Transition
January 03, 2025 Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

A New Leader on the Stage Trump’s second Presidency of the US (2.0) is just a few days away. The change seems potentially disruptive, for which the world is bracing up. Interestingly, Newsweek, on 14 September 2024, published a list of ....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence

Tags : Article , Donald Trump , COMCASA , DTTI , 2+2 Dialogue , Defence industry , BECA , Defence Exports , Emerging technologies , Military Exercises , Defence Trade , India- US Defence Partners , RDP , SOSA , Foundational Agreements iCET
Justice Deferred: The Global South's Fight for Climate Equity
January 03, 2025 Himani Agrawal Commentary

When will nations most responsible for the climate crisis rise above hollow promises and deliver the justice the Global South desperately needs? As the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate....

Climate Change

Tags : Commentary , climate justice , climate finance , Global South , COP29 , Climate Equity , New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) , Historical Emissions , Global Climate Diplomacy , Just Energy Transition
Syria is the Game Changer for Big Powers
January 02, 2025 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Some dates go down in history as unprecedented and unanticipated developments usher in often unexpected and unannounced outcomes. Moreover, wars and their impacts are not unconnected or limited to a particular geography. October 7, 2023 terror attack....

International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia

Tags : Article , Palestine , India , US , China , Iran , Syria , Turkey , Hamas
The India-U.S. Partnership: Building Upon the Joint Efforts of a Quarter Century
January 01, 2025 Vice Admiral Girish Luthra (Retd.) Commentary

The India-U.S. partnership embarked on a new trajectory at the turn of the century when strains that appeared post India’s nuclear tests in 1998 were replaced by....

International Relations and Diplomacy , US

Tags : Commentary , QUAD , Indo Pacific , Multilateralism , US India strategic partnership , Geoploilitics and Geoeconomics , US India Defence and Security Cooperation , Global and Regional Cooperation , Trump 2.0
Myanmar: The Fall of Rakhine; Imperatives for India
December 31, 2024 Lt Gen PC Nair, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, PhD, (Retd) Article

On 9th Dec 2024, Arakan Army (AA), one of the most powerful Ethnic Armed Organisations and one from the Three Brotherhood Alliance (the other two being the MNDAA and TNLA) battling Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) captured one of the last army outposts in the....

Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar

Tags : Article , Rohingya , Tatmadav , ⁠Kaladan Multi Modal Transit and Transport Project , ⁠Rakhine State , Oil and Gas Pipelines of China
Pitfalls of Parliament Debate on China
December 31, 2024 Rup Narayan Das Commentary

On 3rd December External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar made a suo moto statement in the Lok Sabha and informed the members about current state of relations between India and China after the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Commentary , India , China , Parliament , Nehru , resolution , Noorani , Menon
Reflections
December 30, 2024 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Commentary

Left Historians were noseled by Karl Marx and Max Weber who influenced 20th Century Indian intellectualism, academics and historians. Karl Marx two articles in New York Harold Tribune in 1854 and Max Webers religion of Hinduism & Buddhism were their ....

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Commentary , Buddhism , Hinduism , Indian society , Indian civilisations , karma , Karl Marx , Max Webers
Contact Us