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Pakistan and 05 August- A Year Later
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

The developments of 05 August 2019 have left a deep scar on the psyche of Pakistan. This was the day when the special provisions granted to J&K in the Indian constitution- Article 370 and Article 35(A) – were revoked. The state was bifurcated into ....

August 04, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , ISI , UN , Gilgit-Baltistan , Hurriyat , psyche , post Article 370 phase
J & K- Less War, More Peace: An Assessment of the Year after the Decisions of 5 August 2019
Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

On 5 Aug 2019 India stunned the world, and perhaps itself, with decisions regarding the constitutional exclusivity attached to the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). These were related to abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A of the Indian Consti....

August 03, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , hybrid war , separatism , Information Warfare , COVID-19 , Articles 370 & 35 A , Shimla Agreement , Over Ground Workers networks , ISPR
ऑटोनॉमस शस्त्र प्रणालियों के प्रयोग पर नियंत्रण
Mayuri Mukherjee Article

तकनीकी परिभाषाओं की चिंता करने के बजाय जोर इस बात पर हो कि मानव अपनी मशीनों पर नियंत्रण कैस�....

August 01, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , UN CCW , घातक स्वायत्त हथियार , उभरती प्रौद्योगिकियां , अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मानवीय कानून , 113/5000 कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता
ASEAN Response to Covid-19 Pandemic: An Assessment
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

ASEAN countries being next to mainland China were the first ones to come in contact with the Coronavirus. In fact, the first confirmed case outside China was detected in Thailand on 13 January who was a Chinese woman traveller from Wuhan and it was s....

July 30, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , ASEAN , Vietnam , WHO , COVID-19 , Economic Outlook , Stimulus package , mitigation strategies
Rural Growth, Agricultural Reforms & RBI Monetary Policy in a High Systemic Risk Economy
Praveen Menon Article

When the RBI meeting of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in August commences, it would probably be the strangest voting decision. On one hand, RBI may be acutely sensitive to the diminished consumer confidence and risk aversion the pandemic and subseq....

July 29, 2020 Economic Studies , Article , economy , agriculture , Indian Economy , Reserve Bank of India , Pandemic , Economic crisis , Rural economy , Monetary policy , Banking crisis , Liquidity , MPC , Financial system , NBFC , Agricultural reforms , Agrarian economy , Economy of India , NPA , Financial crisis
Year after Abrogation of Article 370 what the State has Achieved!
Bashir Assad Article

It is one year since the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution which conferred special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir within the Union of India. Seemingly the annulling of the Article 370 is a fate accompli ....

July 29, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Article , governance , LoC , Article 370 , Geelani , Pakistani handlers , International players , new terrorist outfits
वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा पर भारत-चीन टकराव का विश्लेषण
Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.) Article

हाल ही में एक प्रतिष्ठित लेखक ने एक प्रमुख भारतीय अखबार में एक लेख में भारत-चीन सीमा विवाद के बा�....

July 29, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , विभिन्न धारणाएं , गालवान घाटी , एलएसी , लद्दाख , नकुल , सिक्किम
India’s Chinese Conundrum
Vivek Sugandh Article

“China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move the world” (Xinran, 2011). This quote, attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte acknowledges the unprecedented change the rise of China will bring about in the world. In the fiel....

July 28, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , Xi Jinping , Doklam , Galwan valley , Atmanirbhar Bharat , expansionism
Indo-Pacific in a Churn: Too many Naval Exercises
Dr Vijay Sakhuja Article

The possibility of Australia joining the India-led Malabar naval exercises to be held later this year in the Bay of Bengal1 has generated an intense debate among the Indian strategic community who responded with a mixed bag of ‘exciteme....

July 28, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Malabar naval exercises; Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD); Asian-NATO; RIMPAC; Pacific Vanguard; La Perouse; Marine Security Belt; Aman series; Regional Maritime Security Patrol (RMSP); Russia-Iran-China; ‘free and open Persian Gulf;
Libya: Dangerous Escalation
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The UN Secretary-General in a briefing to the UN Security Council on 8th July said that the conflict in Libya has entered ‘a new phase with foreign interference reaching unprecedented levels’. He remarked that ‘Time is not on our side.’1....

July 27, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Egypt , Tripoli , Tobruk , GNA , Berlin Conference , HOR , President Sisi , Sirte , UNSG
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