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The 1937 Act divided India. Will UCC integrate it?
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

The BJP’s articulators’ understanding of the UCC doesn’t seem to go to the deep, sordid historical origins of the UCC. After the 1937 Act was passed, the Muslim League emerged as a Muslim mass party and began challenging the unchallenged Gan....

July 08, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Uniform Civil Code , Shariat , hindus , Muslims , Act
1937 Shariat Act – For Muslims or for Jinnah and the Zamindars?
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

The 1937 Act, the joint strategy of the British and the League, was driven by political expediency rather than a desire to enforce Islamic Sharia. Less than a week after the opposition parties met in Patna to oppose him, Narendra Modi threw a huge....

July 08, 2023 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Politics , Sharia , UCC , British Raj
Dissecting Vietnam Prime Minister Chinh’s Visit to China
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Rebalancing diplomatic ties among nations in the Indo-Pacific amid strained relations with and between some of them is the new definition of diplomacy now. Each country pursues it foreign policy based on its national interests, be that on economic, p....

July 07, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , South China Sea , UNCLOS , COC , EEZ , INS Kirpan , nine-dash line , maritime claims , ONGC , Vietnam’s counterpunch
India’s Semiconductor Strategy
Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction
In pursuit of its goal to make India a global hub for electronics design and manufacturing, the government on 31 May 2023 announced that it is now accepting new applications under the Modified Semicon India Programme (MSIP) ....

July 06, 2023 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , Electronics , Vedanta , semiconductor , Foxconn , supply chain , PLI , ISM , ATMP , Display Fabs , DLI , Elest , ESDM , IESA , IGSS Ventures , ISMC , JVs , Micron Technology , OSAT
What Goes Around Comes Around - Changing Contours of Air and Air Defence War in Ukraine
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Abstract
The old cliché, ‘what goes around comes around’ best describes the changing contours of the air and air defence war as it unfolds in Ukraine and is now spilling into Russia. This work examines how this part of the conflic....

July 05, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Ukraine War , Air war in Ukraine , Air and air defence war , Russia- Ukraine air war
Assessment of US Secretary of State Blinken’s Two-Day Visit to China
Jayadeva Ranade Article

The Western media, in sharp contrast to China’s tightly controlled official media, seems to have gushed at the apparent success of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's visit to China on June 18-19. China’s official media, in contrast, afforded....

July 04, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Article , China , Xi Jinping , Taiwan , Wang Yi , Blinken , Qin Gang , Core issue
China: “Soft use” of “Hard power”
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

China’s geopolitical aims and global ambitions are not a secret. President Xi sees China the most pre-eminent power in Asia and eventually, the world, consolidating trans-continental routes and waterways, and assured political influence among large....

July 03, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , India , Soft Power , PLA , COVID-19 , LAC , Galwan , Hard power
Fractured NATO Politics: Sweden and Japan in Focus
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction
The Ukraine crisis has dramatically reoriented the strategic outlook of major stakeholders. Though the crisis has increased the hiatus between Russia and the West, it has also brought Russia and China closer. The most signif....

June 30, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , NATO , Senkaku Islands , Kurile Islands , liaison office , expansion of NATO , Turkey reservation , Macron reluctance to support Tokyo liaison office
Xi Jinping’s Latest Campaign: ‘Theme Education’
Jayadeva Ranade Article

Within months of securing a third term at the 20th Party Congress last October and successfully packing the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) with loyalists, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee (CC) General Secretary Xi Jinping launched....

June 29, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , CCP , Xi Jinping thought , two establishments , core leader , Theme Education
Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) in the Indo-Pacific and the Way Ahead for Indo-Pacific Partnership for MDA (IPMDA)
AK Chawla (Vice Admiral), PVSM, AVSM, NM, VSM, PhD (Retd.) Article

Introduction
Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) signifies a need for situational awareness at sea, which necessitates being cognisant of the position and intentions of all maritime actors in all dimensions - on, over and under the seas.
June 27, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , IUU fishing , managing maritime environment , maritime security issues , Military presence , Autonomous vessels , Indo-Pacific complexities , MDA architecture , maritime traffic , future of IPMDA
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