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On 29 October Fawad Chaudhry, Minister for Science & Technology while speaking in the National Assembly, boasted that the Imran Khan government was responsible for the Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir that had taken place in February 2019. The Pul....

November 02, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Terrorism , NIA , JeM , ISPR , Pulwama , Fawad Chaudhury , Gen Bajwa , Pakistan Democratic Movement

India Gifts Submarine to Myanmar – An initiative in Line with the SAGAR Vision for Collective Growth and Security of Maritime Neighbours

Shashank Sharma Article

India is gifting a Russian Kilo class submarine to Myanmar¹. The diesel-electric submarine, INS Sindhuvir, was inducted in the Indian Navy in 1988 and continues to be in service. The submarine refurbished by the Hindustan Shipyard Ltd a De....

October 31, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Maldives , Media Studies , Indian Ocean Region , Article , China , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Bay of Bengal , Maritime Security , Mauritius , Bangladesh , Indian Navy , SAGAR , Submarine , INS Sindhuvir , Sittwe , Kyaukphyu , Seychelles , EEZ Surveillance , Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

A Case for Deepening India-Taiwan Ties

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction

The changing geopolitical environment in the Indo-Pacific region in recent times has demanded reorientation of foreign policy priorities by many countries in the region. The single factor driving this new thrust is China’s ....

October 30, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , ASEAN , Malabar , 2+2 Dialogue , Tsai Ing-wen , BECA , Coronavirus , Huawei , One China policy , ITA , TECC , milk-tea alliance , National Day , red-line.

Jammu & Kashmir : A Comprehensive Pre-Winter Review

Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

In the highly uncertain world of India’s strategic security environment one thing which remains certain is Pakistan’s commitment to pursue the path of creating mayhem in J&K. Whether it’s the scrutiny of the Financial Assistance Task Force (FAT....

October 29, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan , FATF , infiltration , LoC , Terrorists , Article 370 , Pulwama , Operation All Out , 22 0ct 1947 Black Day

Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Rivalry has begun

Aayush Mohanty Article

The last two years have seen the U.S-China rivalry ramping up, threatening to engulf the world in a new Cold War. The new Cold War would not be the same as before, based on ideology, but, who has better technology and is equipped to deal with global ....

October 28, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Article , US , China , Aircraft , EU , Manufacturing , Boeing , Airbus , COMAC , commercial

Logistic Support Agreements- A Growing Footprint

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Open sources are abuzz with the news that in the annual bilateral summit between India and Russia slated in November 2020, the Agreement on Reciprocal Logistic Support or ARLS is likely to be signed¹. In the above context, this article ....

October 27, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , BECA , Logistic Support Agreement , LSA , ARLS , MSLA

चीन पाकिस्तान आर्थिक कोरिडोर का विखंडन- क्या यह व्यवहार्य है?

Aakriti Vinayak Article

कोविड-19 संकट ने पूरी दुनिया को चीन के साथ सहयोग और प्रतिस्पर्धा की नीतियों के पुनरावलोकन पर विव....

October 27, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , चाइना। बेल्ट एंड रोड इनीशिएटिव , सीपीईसी , ग्वादर , आर्थिक संकट , चाइना पाकिस्तान इकोनामिक कॉरिडोर , चीन की हिंस्रता।

PLA: Reading Tea Leaves¹

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

Any study of PLA gets hit by the wall of opacity or broad based sources, lacking as it is of military transparency and accountability. Xinhua or People’s Daily or Global Times tend to enjoy official patronage and state the official line in t....

October 26, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CMC , CCP , LAC , Ladakh , corruption PLA , Gen Zhang Yang , peace disease , 1959 Line

The Quad: Is Security the Galvanizer?

Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The significance of the Quad Foreign Ministers meeting in Tokyo on 6 October 2020 lies in the fact that it happened in person despite the pandemic – last year the Quad foreign ministers had met on the margins of the UNGA. The level of this annual m....

October 26, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , China , ASEAN , Quad Plus , Australia , LAC , Wang Yi , Blue Dot Initiative , Free and open Indo-Pacific , Malabar exercises , PM Suga , Resilient Supply Chains

Quad acquires Stronger Teeth as Australia joins Malabar Naval Exercises

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The decision of India to invite Australia to join the annual Malabar naval exercises after a gap of 13 years is a substantial strategic move whose significance in the region’s strategic landscape shall hereafter acquire greater heft. This also mean....

October 24, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Maritime Security , Malabar , COMCASA , LEMOA , BECA , MDA , PASSEX , JIMEX