Articles

Prime Minister Modi’s Visit to Nigeria Enhances Partnership

Ruchita Beri, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Abuja on 16-17 November, 2024 enhances India’s relations with Nigeria, a key country in the African continent, in the political, economic and security spheres. In recent years, India has stepped up it....

November 22, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , India , economy , agriculture , Defence , PM Modi , energy , diaspora , health , Nigeria , Global South

VIF News Digest : National Security- Defence Studies & Terrorism (16-31 October 2024)

Defence

Indian Navy's First Training Squadron Leaves Bahrain
INS Shardul Visits Dubai
Indian Navy – Royal Navy of Oman Maritime Exercise
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November 18, 2024 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , India , Army , Defence , Africa , Terrorism , J&K , LWE , Security , Singapore , Maritime , Canada , Maoist , Bharat , Khalistan , naval , Maharashtra , SFJ , AirForce

Review of the 21st Valdai Discussion Club Meeting

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

In a wide ranging four hour long open and frank interaction with the participants of the Valdai Discussion Club (VDC) meeting held in Sochi on 07 Nov 2024, Putin touched upon a variety of issues ranging from the rise of new multilateralism, the prosp....

November 14, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , Putin , Ukraine War , Valdai Club , Non-west , Trump election

Neighborhood News Digest - 14 November 2024

Afghanistan

Taliban delegation attends Telecommunication Conference in India-The Khaama Press

The Taliban’s spokesperson announced that Barat Shah Agha Nadim, head of the Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (....

November 14, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Climate Change , Bhutan , election , Bangladesh , IMF , climate finance , BNP , Carbon Neutrality , Maldivian Economy , COP29 , interim Government , South Asian Telecommunication Regulators’ Council , Taliban Delegation , Artificial Intelligence Policy

The 21st Century: The Century of India and ASEAN - Modi’s Strategic Visit to Lao-PDR

Dr Gautam Kumar Jha Article

Modi's two-day visit during the second week of October to attend the 21st India-ASEAN and the 19th East Asia summits in Lao PDR on the invitation of Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone marked India's commitment to forge stronger ties with ASEAN amid an....

November 14, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , ASEAN , Singapore , Act East Policy , Brunei , Laos

Does India Need a Strategy of Strategies?

Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

As the India and China have finally reached a deal on patrolling their disputed frontier to end a four-year long military stand-off to pave way for resetting the political and business ties between the Asian giants, there is understandably a sudden s....

October 30, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , China , IOR , Bhagavad Gita , Kautilya , Grand strategy , Raj Dharma , Tejastejasvinamaham

Ganderbal Attack 2024: The Emergence of Pakistan-Sponsored TRF

Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistan has been sponsoring terrorism in Bharat for over the past 30 years to undermine the stability of the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir (hereafter J&K) and other parts of the country. Post-nullification of Article 370 in 2019, J&K did....

October 29, 2024 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , India , Pakistan , Kashmir , Radicalisation , Terrorism , Islam , LeT , Bharat , TRF , Ganderbal

Cyber Review - September 2024

National

Star Health sues Telegram after a hacker used app’s chatbot to leak data

Bharat’s insurance company— Star Health has sued Telegram application and an unknown hacker who was using chatbots on the messaging app to....

October 28, 2024 India , China , Iran , Singapore , Scotland , U.S. , cybersecurity , Bharat , Cyber , VIF Cyber Review , Lenovo , Airtel , Deepfake , IRGC.

Project 2025: Potential Implications for U.S. - India Relations

Voters in the U.S. will go to the polls on November 5 to elect their next president. The election was initially meant to be between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. However, President Biden ended his campaign in July and endorsed Vice-Presiden....

October 24, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , India , US , US elections , US Congress , Trump administration , President Biden , Project 2025

Neighborhood News Digest - 23 October 2024

Afghanistan

Afghan Delegation Visits China to Boost Energy Investment-Tolo News

The Ministry of Energy and Water has announced that a delegation led by acting Minister Abdul Latif Mansoor has traveled to China to explore oppor....

October 23, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , China , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Balochistan , Tourism , IMF , Sheikh Hasina , India-Sri Lanka , Chief Justice , interim Government , Uzbek language , Aging Society , Yahya Afridi , UNRC