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Climate Change & Environmental Degradation: Impacts of War in Afghanistan
Dr Anchita Borthakur, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction
In the beginning of this month (February 2024) a three-day international conference on climate change was organized by the Nangarhar University situated in Jalalabad, the capital city of the eastern Nangarhar province of Afgh....

February 29, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , War , Afghanistan , Climate Change , environmental degradation , Drought , Landmines , Military Burn Pits , War Induced Deforestation , Karez System , Napalm
Climate Change in Central Asia: An Assessment of its Impact and Crisis Management
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction
Climate change is having a significant impact on Central Asia, affecting social, economic, and environmental facets of society. Extreme weather conditions such as the coldest winters, flooding, earthquakes, melting of glacier....

February 28, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , Climate Change , sustainable development , Nuclear Power , global warming , climate resilience , Hydrogen Plant , Disaster Reduction
Changing Contours of Drone Warfare – Dawn of a New Reality
Sunil Yadav Article

Introduction
Military drones have become an indispensable tool in modern warfare, and stand poised to shape the contours of all future wars. Use of drones in warfare is not new, they were used in Vietnam, in the Kosovo war, Afghanistan, ....

February 27, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Drone swarms , Military drones , Male , FPV drones , Techno Guerrilla warfare , MQ-9 Reaper , Black Hornet , cardboard drones , loitering munitions , cost effectiveness , HALE , anti drone systems
Chinese President Xi Jinping Beset by Growing Popular Discontent
Jayadeva Ranade Article

Faced with increasing popular discontent, Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Chinese leadership have since the 19th Party Congress in 2017 been focussed on trying to assert the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s pre-eminence in all sectors and ensur....

February 26, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , Demonstrations , Strikes , MPS , HRIC , National Statistics Bureau , salary reduction
As Russia-Ukraine conflict reaches two year mark, it is advantage Putin
Amb D.B. Venkatesh Varma, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

With the West locked into a semi-permanent conflict with Russia, and the fraying deterrence equations between the big powers, the consequent disequilibrium on the Eurasian continent is a matter of deep concern. It works primarily to China’s advanta....

February 24, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Russia , Putin , NATO , Ukraine Conflict
Ongoing Russia-Ukraine War 2022-2024: Battleground of Adaptations and Innovations
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The war that commenced on 24 February 2022 between Ukraine and Russia, has limited parallels with the ongoing war! The sheer dynamism in adaptation, by initiative, ingenuity and vitality of the battleground and industrial interface, is a lesson by it....

February 23, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Russia , Ukraine , Drones , HIMARS , Decoys , End game , EW
A Full Circle by Second Anniversary of Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Premise
The Russo-Ukraine war crossed its two-year mark on 22 Feb 2024. This work is based on the premise that in the two years gone by, the war has come a ‘full circle’. How? On 22 Feb 2022, Russia looked ‘strong and confid....

February 20, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Russo-Ukraine war , Ukraine War , Russian invasion of Ukraine , Ukraine counteroffensive
Semiconductor Technology : A Perspective on the Future of Intelligent Systems
Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF Article

(The Report outlined below is based on a talk given by Prof Manan Suri, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT, Delhi at the VIF on 23 November 2023. It is enriched by the valuable inputs provided by the senior members from the armed services, ....

February 15, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Geopolitics , AI , Supply chains , Electronics , PLI scheme , semiconductor , StartUps , Cyran , Chips to Startup , Digital Empire , Memory Technology , Moore’s law , Neuromorphic Computing , Non Von Neumann , Semiconductor Materials
Legal Reform in Criminal Justice System of India – a Much Awaited Overhaul for Time Bound Justice
Dr Ramanand Garge Article

January 26, the largest democracy of the world celebrates its 75th Republic Day. As in 2022, India celebrated its 75th year of Independence where it carved out a rightful place for itself in 1947 and since then India has emerged as a prominent entity....

February 15, 2024 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Criminal Justice System , Legal Reforms India , CRPC , Evidence , CCTNS
A Potential War Looms over the Korean Peninsula
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Pyongyang seems determined to keep tensions in the Korean Peninsula alive. In a provocative start to 2024, it launched new cruise missile test for submarine. By doing this, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un flaunted his growing nuclear arsenal, thereby....

February 13, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , ICBM , summit diplomacy , provocations , Cheonan , spectre of a nuclear war , Northern Limit Line , nuclear-powered submarine , Yoon-suk Yeol
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