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Working to a Game Plan: Kim Jong-un
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

One has got to give it to Kim Jong-un, or more appropriately, the neo international statesman, who now with a ‘winner’ lapel on his coat is already in the mop up mode of consolidating and furthering the gains of his Singapore Summit. In just a w....

July 18, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Kim Jong-un , North Korea’s economic re-construction
पाकिस्तान – फाइनेंशियल एक्शन टास्क फोर्स (एफएटीएफ) से बढ़ती मुश्किलें
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

फाइनेंशियल एक्शन टास्क फोर्स (एफएटीएफ)1 के एशिया प्रशांत समूह (एपीजी) का दो दिन का पूर्ण अधिव....

July 17, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , फाइनेंशियल एक्शन टास्क फोर्स , पाकिस्तान का आतंकवाद को वित्तीय मदद
Understanding MSP’s Role in Boosting Agriculture
Rajesh Singh Article

Earlier this month, the Union Government made an important intervention to ease agrarian distress across the country. The Cabinet announced an increase in the minimum support prices (MSP) for 14 crops ahead of the Kharif season, which works out to a ....

July 16, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Minimum support prices , Farming crisis , MSP concerns
The Wanshou dialogue on the Global Security, Beijing
Dr Teshu Singh Article

The Chinese People’s Association for Peace and Disarmament organised the first Wanshou Dialogue on the Global Security on 20-21 June 2018. The deliberations were divided into three sections: Sino-US Relations and the Asia-Pacific Security Situation....

July 16, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , Wanshou dialogue , Global Security
Samvad: the Fourth Symposium held in Tokyo - A Report
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

In 2015, Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Abe of Japan had mooted a unique idea of a holding a regular dialogue on ‘Samvad’ amongst Asians to discuss conflict avoidance, and philosophical and cultural heritage of Buddhism and Hinduism, the ....

July 13, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Conflict Avoidance , Samvad
Bangladesh: Demand for Elections under Caretaker Government
Dr Sreeradha Datta Article

Election times are quintessentially interesting, more so when some of the South Asian countries are involved. The element of unpredictability and host of other varied considerations surrounding any election in the region, makes these events an analys....

July 13, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Article , Bangladesh elections , Bangladesh caretaker government
Deterrence Failure or Lasting Peace, the Korean Game’s Up for Grabs
Pinaki Bhattacharya Article

James Clapper, former director of national intelligence of the Barack Obama administration – otherwise a severe critic of the US President Donald J Trump’s various policies 1- recalled in a 19 May 2018 article for the New York Time....

July 11, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Trump-Kim Summit , Denuclearisation of Korea
Strategy of Military and Non-Military Measures: Imperative for Stability in Kashmir
Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (retd.) Article

Introduction War of perception is a tool to expand the domains of conflict geographically and demographically. Pakistan and its proxies have created an impression as if entire Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) is fighting a separatist movemen....

July 10, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Stability in Kashmir , Jihadi ideology
Constitution, Judiciary and the Memories of Congress Rule
Dr Makkhan Lal Article

Recently in a TV interview, Mr. Harish Salve said that to a few Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders he had said, “you may have got the absolute majority but please do not underestimate the destabilising powers of media, political activists, and pe....

July 09, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article
प्रधानमंत्री मोदी की नेपाल यात्रा – नए अध्याय का आरंभ
Abhigya Langeh Article

नेपाल के नए प्रधानमंत्री के पी शर्मा फरवरी, 2018 में पद संभालने के दो महीने के भीतर ही अपनी पहली आधि....

July 06, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Article , प्रधानमंत्री की नेपाल यात्रा , भारत नेपाल संबंध
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