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Great Game in Reverse: Decoding Central Asia’s Geopolitical Rebalancing
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF

Central Asia’s geostrategic location is critical, making this region a focal point of geopolitical struggle for centuries. In 1904, British geographer Halford Mackinder presented his ‘Heartland Theory,’ in which the Eurasia region is referred t

November 13, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, China, USA, USAID, Joe Biden, Great Game, Gas pipeline, C5+1, Macron, Uranium, Halford Mackinder
Hidden Contours of Israel Hamas Conflict
Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.)

Hamas executed a well-planned multifaceted military operation, breaching the Gaza fence after neutralizing Israel’s sensors, automatic machine gun towers and communications nodes to execute civilians; take hostages and desecrate bodies of the dead.

November 09, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Israel, Social Media, Gaza, Hamas, Perception Warfare, Siege, tunnels, Urban Warfare
Japan’s Defence White Paper 2023: Plea for a Robust Defence Posture
Prof Rajaram Panda

The Japanese government released the 2023 Defense Paper[1] in July, at a time when Japan finds itself in the midst of an era of crisis, facing its most severe and complex securit

November 08, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Defense White Paper, Tomahawk, cruise missile, China’s militarisation, North Korean threat, stance of the media, Raytheon Technologies Corp
Iran’s Domestic Political Situation: Implication on Relations with India
Sakshi Chaudhari

The coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, facilitated by the United States (US), put Reza Shah Pahlavi into power, and the people in Iran lost hope of establishing democratic rule. Although progressive and westernised in some aspects, the S

November 07, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article
The Nagorno-Karabakh Seesaw – an Unstable Equilibrium
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Setting the Stage
This little area of a mere 1700 square miles nestled in the South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea and forming the south eastern stretch of the Lesser Caucasus mountain range has seen war, destruction

November 06, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Nagorno, Karabakh, Arsakh, Armenia Azerbaijan conflict
Turbulence in South China Sea: Need to Enforce UNCLOS
Rup Narayan Das

The expansive South China Sea, covering an area of more than 3.5 million square kilometres consisting of atolls, reefs is arguably the most contested waters of Asia. The reserve of hydro carbons and its strategic location in the vicinity of shipping

November 03, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, India, China, ASEAN, Code of Conduct, Nine Dash Line, PCA
The Israel-Palestine Crisis
Sanjiv Khanna

History
It was 1916, and the World War I was not going too well for the imperial powers Britain and France. These powers then started thinking in two directions – one, by weakening the adversary - the Central Powers comprising of the G

November 02, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, Palestine crisis, Hamas violence, Israel’s retaliation in Gaza, belligerence in West Asia, India-West Asia, Palestine politics
African Union G20 Membership: Opportunities and Challenges
Rebecca Sangura

The Group of Twenty (G20) is a global platform for the world's largest economies to discuss and coordinate global economic and financial policies. The African Union (AU) offers the continent a legal and institutional framework to combat post-cold War

November 01, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, G20, Agenda 2063, AU, African agency, Pan Africanism
Resilience to Economic Authoritarianism, Treachery and Wars
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Today’s security environment is utterly unpredictable, the world saw three black swan events in as many years –Covid19, Russia-Ukraine War and more recently Israel-Hamas War! In 2023 itself threats originated from state and non-state aggressors,

October 31, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, India, Pakistan, China, economic interdependence, resilience
Does Intelligence Always Fail-Invariably?
Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.)

Since their inception, humans have been interested in knowing about the adversary. Examples abound in history. The blind king’s desire to know events in Kurukshetra; Moses tasking his 12 spies before sending them to Canaan; Trojan Horse; the first

October 27, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Israel, Gaza, Hamas, Intelligence failure
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