Articles

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Protracted War, as a terminology, theorizes of a military strategy, penned by Mao Zedong, in On Protracted War (1938), emphasizing long-term struggle and attrition, drawing the enemy into favourable terrain, and gradually escalating from guerr....

May 05, 2025 Terrorism , Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan Army , Gen Asim Munir , Pahalgam terror attack , Anti Indianism , Protracted war

Europe News Digest (16-30 April, 2025)

Trump and Meloni talk up Chances of US Trade Deal with Europe

Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni talked up the chances of a trade deal between the US and Europe, as the Italian prime minister visited Washington. "There will be a trade deal, ....

May 01, 2025 Iran , Trump , Putin , NATO , EU , Trade deal , UK , tariffs , Spain , Pope Francis , power outage , Zelenskyy , Europe News Digest , Greenland , Pahalgam terror attack , Vance , Meloni , Youth Visa Deal , Landmine Ban

Indus Waters Treaty Was A Bad Deal For India, Happy It Is In Abeyance Now

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

India has more or less walked out of the 65 year old Indus Waters Treaty following the horrific terrorist attack in Pahalgam last week. So far it has kept the implementation of the treaty in abeyance 'with immediate effect, until Pakistan credibly an....

May 01, 2025 National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , India , Pakistan , Kashmir , Pahalgam , Pahalgam Attack , Indus , Indus water streaty , Pahalgam terror attack