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One Year of Chinese Aggression: Case of Unintended Consequences

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The consequences or outcomes of any deliberate aggression can never be foreseen in exactitude, many will be unintended and many a time unanticipated and with unexpected drawbacks. Indeed, many outcomes will have unexpected benefits, that can f....

May 27, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , PLA , LAC , Galwan , buffer zones , military talks

Gaza Conflict 2021: Why Now, Who Gains?

Col Rajeev Agarwal Article

The guns have fallen silent, fighter aircrafts are back to their bases and the two sides, while counting their losses, are trying to hold onto their nerves as the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip has come to a halt after dec....

May 27, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Gaza , Netanyahu , Biden , Hamas. Iran , Palsetine

टीकाकरण पर ध्यान देने का समय: कुछ सुझाव

(VIF Experts Group Report) Article

आज देश ऐसी अभूतपूर्व महामारी से गुजर रहा है जिसने इतनी जिंदगियों को अपना शिकार बनाया है जो पिछल�....

May 27, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Article , COVID-19 , मानव संसाधन , वितरण , केंद्रीय संपत्ति मानचित्रण , CoWin , खरीद , वैक्सीन उत्पादन

अनिश्चित भविष्य देख रहा अफगानिस्तान

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

अमेरिकी फौज अफगानिस्तान से लौट रही है। वहां किसी राजनीतिक प्रणाली को काबिज किए बगैर ही उसकी वा�....

May 25, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , चीन। रूस। अफगानिस्तान। तालिबान। अल कायदा। बाइडेन। दोहा समझौता। ईरान। पाकिस्तान। राष्ट्रपति घानी। सेना की वापसी

Can Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution be ever Amended?

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The worsening security environment in the Northeast Asian region triggered by China’s brazen aggressive and threatening foreign policy posture and North Korea’s nuclear and continuous missile firings has led to a debate in Japan if its pacifist p....

May 25, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Security Environment , Constitution , Abe Shinzo , LDP , Article 9 , Article 96 , Diet , Amendment , regional tensions , shadow of the past , opinion polls , CDP , Komeito , ‘American imposition’ , Suga Yoshihide

Sanctions: An Ineffective Tool in Myanmar

Dr Cchavi Vasisht Article

Imposing sanctions is not new to Myanmar and its economy and people. Since independence, the country has been under the impact of ethnic conflicts and a continuous fight for civilian versus the military rule. It took its worst shape in 1988, and sinc....

May 22, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , sanctions , Neighbourhood , India in Myanmar , Ineffectiveness , Political Tool , Economic Implications , Russiain Myanmar , ASEAN role , Japan in Mynamar , China role , Coup in Myanmar

पूर्वी लद्दाख : एनटीआर-सूचनाओं पर ‘भरोसा कीजिए पर जांच-परख कर’!

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

महामारी के तेज गति से और गंभीर होने और मोल्डो (मिलिट्री के सिक्के में अंकित) में 11वें दौर की बातच�....

May 22, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , डब्ल्यूएमसीसी। पीएलए। एलएसी। लद्दाख।देपसांग। पैंगोंग त्सो। सैन्य अभ्यास। पीपीs। राकी नाला।

PM’s call at Kevadia – What is the ‘Big Picture’?

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Ever since the PM addressed the Combined Commanders Conference in Kevadia on 06 March 2021 the media has been picking up bits and pieces of his address and pitching it as ‘stand-alone agendas’ complete with all the semantics aimed to sensationali....

May 21, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , R & D , Defence Exports , Combined Commanders' Conference , imports , military doctrine , OFB , PM's message , weapons & equipment

Israel-Palestine Conflict 2021: The Ghost from the Past

Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

“They [Hamas] attacked our capital. They launched missiles at our cities. They are paying, and will pay, a very heavy price for this. This is not yet over. We [Israel] will do everything to restore security to our cities and our people.�....

May 20, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Jerusalem , Israel , Palestine , India , Gaza , Hamas , counterterrorism , PIJ