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Kabul’s Muscle-Flexing amidst recent Tensions

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent assertion that Pakistan would play a key role in the Afghan peace settlement has contributed to the latest downswing of ties between these two nations.¹ In his address to journalists, Imran Khan not onl....

April 04, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary , Afghanistan peace process , Afghanistan’s government’s strong stance

India’s Post-Pulwama Response

Amruta Karambelkar Commentary

The attack on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Pulwama, J&K, shook the nation. This has been the worst hit on the security forces of its kind. The nation was horrified and there were widespread demands to respond with an iron hand. There....

April 03, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Balakot attack , Balakot game changer

Bull’s Eye - Chak De India

Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.) Commentary

27 March, 2019 will go down as the most memorable day of this decade when India demonstrated an indigenous and operational Anti-Satellite Technology (ASAT) System, the fourth nation to do so in the world after USA, Russia and China. The DRDO and ISRO....

April 01, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , India’s ASAT , Indian space technology

A-SAT Missile Test: A Testimony to India's Growing Military and Scientific Prowess

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Commentary

India's successful conduct of ‘Mission Shakti’ - an anti-satellite (A-SAT) missile test - on March 27, 2019 is testimony to its growing military and scientific prowess. The test entailed the destruction of an Indian satellite operating in lower e....

March 30, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , India's anti-satellite missile , Mission Shakti

Brexit, EU and future of Regional Integration

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The EU Summit on 21^st March decided to extend the Brexit dead-line beyond 29^th March. However, it set two dead-lines instead of one. A slightly longer dead-line of 22^nd May is in case British Parliament approves the ....

March 29, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Commentary , Brexit , UK-EU Brexit deal

Chinese Response to Pulwama

Dr Teshu Singh Commentary

For the fourth time, China has refused to designate Masood Azhar,¹ leader of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) as a global terrorist. On 14 March 2019, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Affairs said, “China is conducting a comprehensive a....

March 25, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , International terrorist , China’s support to JeM

Breakthrough towards Resolving Century Old Riddle of Deadly Thunderstorms by a Muon Telescope in India

Prof Sunil Gupta Commentary

Thunderstorms are frightening and a spectacular demonstration of one of the most violent phenomenon in our atmosphere. Nearly three centuries back in 1749, Benjamin Franklin through his famous kite-experiment during a thunderstorm showed that the dis....

March 19, 2019 Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , thunderstorm energy , India’s Muon telescope

Italy-EU-BRI- An Uncomfortable Triumvirate

Aayush Mohanty Commentary

The Belt and Road initiative (BRI) has taken a lot of criticism from financial institutions as well from some of the countries which had endorsed it when the project was launched in 2013. While the momentum of the BRI in Asia might have slowed down, ....

March 18, 2019 Economic Studies , Commentary

Post-Balakot, Terrorism on Front Burner in Russia's South Asia Discourse

Vinay Shukla Commentary

In the wake of daring strike by the Indian Air Force (IAF) jets on the terrorist training facility of Jaish-e-Mohammad in Pakistan's Balakot, the Russian discourse has radically shifted from an ‘imminent’ nuclear stand-off between the two South A....

March 18, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Commentary , Pakistan’s terrorism , Russian opinion on Balakot strike

National People’s Congress 2019: Major Takeaways

Dr Gunjan Singh Commentary

The National People’s Congress (NPC) which is regarded the rubber stamp Chinese Parliament started its annual session on March 5, 2019. The meetings are termed as ‘two sessions’ as both the NPC and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conf....

March 13, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China’s economic challenges , tasks for Chinese leadership