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Re-emergence of Islamic State’s Caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

On Saturday, April 27, 2019, Islamic State’s (IS) central media outlet, Al-Furqan, released an 18-minute propaganda video featuring its ‘underground’ leader and self-proclaimed ‘Caliph Ibrahim’, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.1 It was the....

May 09, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Islamic State Caliphate , Al-Baghdadi’s video , international terrorism
राफेल दस्तावेजों पर सर्वोच्च न्यायालय
Rajesh Singh Article

राफेल के बारे में जो दस्तावेज मीडिया में प्रकाशित हुए थे और जिन पर भरोसा कर याचियों ने सौदे की ज�....

May 07, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Article , सर्वोच्च न्यायालय , राफेल
Terror Strike in Sri Lanka: Expanding Footprints of Jihadist Movement in the Indian Subcontinent
Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (retd.) Article

Gauging the Current State of the Jihadist Movement1
In the 20th Century, the world confronted three totalitarian revolutionary movements: Nazism; communism; and fascism. Now the world is under assault from a fourth such movemen....

May 06, 2019 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article
Sri Lanka: Need to Repair Political and Security Architecture
PM Heblikar Article

The Easter Sunday Church Bombings (April 21, 2019) in Colombo and other parts of Sri Lanka has altered the internal security situation and the political arithmetic in that country. The Islamic State of Iraq & Syria (ISIS) claimed ownership of the at....

May 03, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , Sri Lanka terror attack , Easter Bombings , Counter-terror intelligence
सम्मानों की कूटनीति
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

इस बात पर विवाद तो हो सकता है, लेकिन भारत के प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी कई देशों की सरकारों द्वार....

May 03, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Article
Exercise AUSINDEX-2019: A New High in India Australia Defence Cooperation
Amruta Karambelkar Article

India and Australia have conducted the third edition of biennial naval exercise AUSINDEX-2019 from April 2-14, 2019 at Vishakhapatnam. The Harbor Phase of the Exercise was conducted from April 2-7, 2019 followed by Sea Phase from April 7-11, 2019 wit....

May 02, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Indo-Australia naval exercise , Exercise AUSINDEX-2019 , Malabar Exercise , security of Indian Ocean
भारत-मालदीव मजबूत होती साझेदारी
Dr Sreeradha Datta Article

हिंद-प्रशांत क्षेत्र अंतरराष्ट्रीय पक्षों का ध्यान आकर्षित करने की कोशिश कर रहा है, जिसके कारण....

April 30, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Maldives , Article , भारत-मालदीव संबंध , मालदीव में लोकतांत्रिक प्रणाली , मालदीव अर्थव्यवस्था की चुनौती
ऑपरेशन सहायता: भारतीय नौसेना ने ज़रूरत के समय की अफ्रीका की मदद
Dr Neha Sinha Article

मोजांबिक पर कैटेगरी 4 के चक्रवात ‘इदई’ की गाज गिरने के बाद यह चक्रवात महाद्वीप में और भी चला गया, ....

April 26, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article
Terror Once Again Raises its Ugly Head in Sri Lanka
C D Sahay Article

After just about a decade of peace, on Easter Sunday morning (April 21, 2019), Sri Lanka was rudely shaken by a series of suicide bombing attacks, three of them targeting Church congregations in Colombo and another four at up-market hotels and a gues....

April 25, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , Sri Lanka terror attack , Controlling radicalization in Islamic society
Jihadi Terror Enters Sri Lanka
Abhinav Pandya Article

Almost exactly ten years after the end of the decades-long civil war in Sri Lanka, a horrendous wave of jihadi terrorism has made a terrifying re-entry. Eight near simultaneous bomb blasts were carried out across the country in Colombo, Negombo, Koch....

April 25, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , Terrorism , Sri Lanka terrorism , Global radicalization , Jihadi Islamism
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