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Assessment of Chinese Military Modernisation and Its Implications for India

Ever since its creation, China has been claiming territories of numerous countries. There have been wars and clashes, and the usual tone of policy statements has remained assertive. After annexing Tibet the Communist China has described China as...

July 16, 2019

China, International Relations and Diplomacy
Tags:Chinese Armed Forces, Chinese Military, Communist China, Indian security, modernisation

Politics of Opportunism: Regional Parties, Coalitions, Centre-State Relations In India

RNP Singh

With over 2000 political parties registered with the Election Commission and national parties no longer being able to garner a simple majority, the rules of the game of politics in India are fast changing. There is little doubt that coalition...

July 2, 2019

Governance and Political Studies
Tags:Centre-State Relations In India, Coalitions, Indian Politics, Political opportunism, Regional Parties

China's Great Leap Forward II

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF

Development of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor is a fulcrum of the One Belt One Road Initiative through which China seeks to realise the ‘Chinese Dream’ to be a global power and a regional hegemon. The Corridor connects China’s Western...

April 5, 2019

China, International Relations and Diplomacy
Tags:CPEC, North-Western Kashmir, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, POK

History of Ancient India (Vol. VI - VII) released on 17 January 2019

History of Ancient India Vol. VI

Social, Political and Judicial Ideas, Institutions and Practices

February 1, 2019

Historical and Civilisational Studies
Tags:Ancient Indian society, Crafts, Economic aspects, History of Ancient India, Human society, Judicial Ideas, Political, Social, trade

India's Foreign Policy and National Security Strategy

Has India always been a part of someone else's strategy? A RAND Corporation study argues that India thinks defensively due to the geography and cultural belief systems, so India never had a strategic culture. There is also the argument that India...

November 20, 2018

National Security and Strategic Studies
Tags:India's Foreign Policy, Internal Security, national defence, Neighbourhood, RAND Corporation, War game

A Political Economic Approach to Reclaiming India

For 70 years, governance and administration of India has been guided by left-leaning economists fed on western precepts of the subcontinent's history and culture. A new generation of policy-makers call this myopic and are ready for a...

November 20, 2018

Economic Studies
Tags:Agriculture sector, Cultural Heritage, Economic orientation, National progress, Poverty Alleviation, skill development, Transformation

Sardar Patel, Unifier of Modern India, by RNP Singh

RNP Singh

Vallabhbhai Patel (1875-1950) left his mark not only on the map of India but also on the minds of her people. He is said to have bequeathed the idea of an integrated India to the nation, and is often called the ‘Iron Man’, with an uncanny...

September 10, 2018

Governance and Political Studies
Tags:China, Iron Man, Kashmir, Modern India, Sardar Patel, Union of India

Hindu – Buddhist Philosophy on Conflict Avoidance & Environment Consciousness

Book Published

Driven by the myopia of profits and an ego that craves superiority over fellow brethren, man is leading a life of wanton devastation, and going through what is perhaps the most violent time in history. At stake is not just our own lives and...

December 20, 2017 Download

Historical and Civilisational Studies
Tags:Conflict Avoidance, Environment Consciousness, Hindu Buddhist Philosophy