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Looking Back at Military Rule in Myanmar in 2022: Way Forward for 2023
January 18, 2023 Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF Article

The year 2022 witnessed the second year of military rule and the compounding economic, social and political crisis of 2021. As compared to 2021, the resistance took more violent forms and spread mostly to the North and Western parts of the country. W....

Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar

Tags : Article , ASEAN , sanctions , Humanitarian Crisis , Canada , India in Myanmar , Military Coup , NUG , Chinain Myanmar , WhatshappeninginMyanmar , PDFs , Russia-Myanmar , IFC , Elections 2023 , US BURMA Act , Death Penalty , Economic and Social Crisis
नेपाल की वाम सरकार पर चीन का दबाव
January 18, 2023 Dr Rishi Gupta Commentary

चीनी दबाव नेपाल में हाल ही में वाम गठबंधन की सरकार के बनते ही पड़ोसी मुल्क चीन ने नेपाल में अप....

Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal

Tags : Hindi , Commentary , India , China , Nepal , South Asia , BRI , Neighbourhood , Prachanda , Trans-Himalayan Connectivity
India: Mother of Democracy @G20
January 17, 2023 Dr Hitashi Lomash Commentary

India is a country of 1.3 billion people, and the value of democracy and rule of law is embedded in its culture. The country has been a champion of democracy and the rule of law at every international forum. At the G20 Summit in Osaka last year, Prim....

International Relations and Diplomacy , Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Commentary , India , democracy , G20 , civilizational roots , Nyayasutras , public opinion , public reasoning
Terrorism and Extremism Trends in Bharat: Review of 2022 and Prognosis for 2023
January 16, 2023 Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् | आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मन: || [Transla....

Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Article , India , Pakistan , Kashmir , Jammu , Terrorism , J&K , insurgency , Daesh , ISIS , LWE , Naxal , Punjab , Taliban , ISI , IslamicState , PFI , Northeast , Extremism , Maoist , Bharat , AlQaida , Khalistan , Islamic , Kanhaiya
The Elusive Golden Mean in PSB Privatization Goal
January 13, 2023 Praveen Menon Commentary

US President Harry Truman entangled in an array of economic views had famously asked for a “one-armed economist”.[1] A team of economists pronouncing “On the one hand, ....

Economic Studies

Tags : Commentary , Economics , Indian Economy , Reserve Bank of India , Banking sector , Public Sector Banks , Nationalisation
Climate Change: A Review of 2022 and Projections for 2023
January 12, 2023 PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF | Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

Over the past year, the impact of climate change has escalated significantly. The threats emanating from this existential crisis are increasingly multifaceted and interlocking in nature and continue to test the capability of states and governments to....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change

Tags : Article , Climate Change , CO2 emissions , COP27 , Extreme weather events , Climate Tipping Points , COP28 , Carbon bombs , Climate attribution , Loss and Damage Fund
Contemplating Deterrence by ‘Integrated Missile and Rocket Force’
January 11, 2023 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

“Sorry to keep you waiting. I’m here! Dongfeng Express at your service!” is what Peoples Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) wrote in February 2019, in its first post on Sina Weibo, the Chinese Twitter. PLARF took the name “Dongfen....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Artillery , BrahMos , SSM , Prithvi , PLARF , deterrence , IMRF , Pralay , SFC
Resurgence of Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) in Pakistan
January 11, 2023 Aakriti Vinayak Commentary

Pakistan and Afghanistan relations are on a boil. In the past few months while there has been simmering tensions on the Durand Line, the Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) threat has grown exponentially. On November 28, 2022, the TTP ended the indefinite ceasef....

Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan

Tags : Commentary , Pakistan , economy , FATA , Terrorism , TTP , Afghan Taliban
Overview of Geopolitics in 2022 and Looking at 2023
January 10, 2023 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The Year 2022 saw the organizing principles of the international system become more fragmented even with facade of multilateral summitry. Despite US unipolar moment receding, China’s ascendancy has yet to translate into US decline. With absence of ....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Article , China , Russia , War , Xi Jinping , trade , Ukraine , Joe Bidden , Biden , Abe , multipolarity , Geo economics
Defence Procurement & Production: A Feel of Fresh Air as the New Year Dawns
January 09, 2023 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Premise A few days into the New Year and thinking of the year gone by, one gets a feel of ‘fresh air’ in the entire stance of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and their attitude towards the entire gamut of defence procurement. A resurgent ....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Atmanirbhar Bharat , Pralay missile , Simulators for armed forces
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