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Special Provisions for Jammu & Kashmir: Facts

It would appear from statements by certain political leaders that Article 370 is the critical element which binds Jammu & Kashmir with India. Former State Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti says that the withdrawal of th....

April 08, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Article 370 & 35 A , special provisions for J&K , Kashmir misconceptions

Assessing US Recognition of Golan Heights

Dr Hirak Jyoti Das, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

On 21 March 2019, the US President Donald Trump announced his decision in a tweet stating that the US after 52 years have recognized Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights. The reason according to President Trump is that the region ho....

April 05, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , US-Israel alliance , occupation of Golan Heights , Israel-Syria dispute

Dissecting Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030

Dr Hirak Jyoti Das, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 document notes that the path to their future lies in three pillars, i.e., its status as the centre of the Muslim and Arab world; its desire to emerge as a global investment powerhouse and as the epicentre of trade connect....

April 04, 2019 Economic Studies , Article , Saudi Arabian economy , Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030

चीन ने बढ़ाए दलाई लामा का प्रभाव कम करने के प्रयास

Jayadeva Ranade Article

चीन के भीतर रहने वाले तिब्बतियों पर चौदहवें दलाई लामा का प्रभाव घटाने और उन्हें नीचा दिखाने के �....

April 03, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , तिब्बतियों का आक्रोश , दलाई लामा का प्रभाव

Economic Warfare: The Most Effective Weapon in Chinese Strategy of Unrestricted War

Col Shubhankar Basu, SM, VSM Article

The Chinese characteristics in hybrid warfare can be traced to Sun Zu’s classic Art of War. “To fight and conquer in all battles is not the supreme excellence; the supreme excellence is in breaking enemy’s resistance without fighting.”^1<....

April 03, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China’s economic leverage , China’s economic weapon

Contemporary Relevance of Sister Nivedita’s Ideas on Education

Dr Arpita Mitra Article

It is well-known that Sister Nivedita was an educationist by training. Even before she met Swami Vivekananda, Margaret E. Noble had earned a reputation in London as a promising intellectual and educationist. She had started experimenting with novel e....

April 02, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Sister Nivedita on education , ideas on education

Operation Sahayata: Indian Navy Extends Support during Africa’s Hour of Need

Dr Neha Sinha Article

In the aftermath of the Category 4 Cyclone 'IDAI' that lashed Mozambique, the cyclone moved further deep into the continent causing enormous destruction and swamping the people of Zimbabwe and Malawi. It is to be noted that this cyclone in the South....

April 02, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , IDAI cyclone , Indian Navi in Mozambique

The ASAT Test of 27 March 2019

Dr Sheel Kant Sharma, PhD Article

India has finally done an Anti-Satellite Technology (ASAT) test. This was overdue as a demonstration of India’s capability – and that demonstration was done in the context of technologies of present day. The test was of a ‘kinetic kill’ of an....

April 01, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Indian ASAT , India’s successful ASAT test

Quad Initiatives against Terrorism

Aayush Mohanty Article

The idea of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), floated by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2007, was for Japan to work together with the US, India and Australia to enhance the values of democracy. While addressing the Indian parliament in 2....

March 29, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Quad in Indo-Pacific , Quad on terrorism