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Introduction

This article looks at the current political situation in Sri Lanka from a comprehensive strategic point of view. Developments therefore, have a national security perspective keeping India’s objectives and interests in mind. ....

August 29, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , India , China , Mahinda Rajapaksa , Gotabaya Rajapaksa , Hambantota , Ranil Wickremasinghe , Sri Lanka Yuan Wang 5

China: Daily Scan, August 26, 2022

Chinese premier stresses importance of agricultural science, technology: Xinhuanet

August 25, 2022

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday stressed the importance of agricultural science and technology, calling for efforts to pro....

August 26, 2022 India , Australia , Taiwan , Beijing , BRI , U.S. , Venezuela , China Daily Digest , Uyghurs , Britain

China: Daily Scan, August 24, 2022

China's State Council initiates inspection of policy implementation: Xinhuanet

August 23, 2022

China's State Council will dispatch 19 inspection teams across the country to ensure that tasks set in the government work report are....

August 24, 2022 India , SCO , Taiwan , Japan , COVID-19 , Huawei , China Daily Digest , China Development Bank

China’s Future Energy Resource: Hydrogen

Kota Mallikarjuna Gupta Commentary

Energy transition is a trend many countries adopt to address the climate change challenge in the 21st century. The measures undertaken by various governments are diverse based on their capabilities and resources. China, the world's largest emitter of....

August 23, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , India , South Korea , China , Japan , NDRC , Li Keqiang , Xinjiang , Germany , Inner Mongolia , green hydrogen , FCV

China: Daily Scan, August 23, 2022

Changing of China’s diplomatic guard on agenda for this year’s party congress: South China Morning Post

August 21, 2022

With cross-strait tensions skyrocketing following this month’s controversial visit to Taiwan by Nancy ....

August 23, 2022 India , Sri Lanka , COVID-19 , Toyota , China Daily Digest , NEV , Drone , Apple Daily , Pinduoduo

Role of Cyber-enabled Technologies in the Russia-Ukraine Armed Conflict

The Cyber Task Force, VIF Article

The cyber conflict has blurred the distinctions between state-backed hackers and patriotic amateurs, making it harder for governments to determine who attacks them and respond effectively. However, both Russia and Ukraine appear to have welcomed tech....

August 23, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , India , Russia , Ukraine , Information Warfare , Cyber warfare , Cyber , Russia Ukraine conflict

VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 1-15 August 2022

DEFENCE

RIMPAC – 2022.
DRDO successfully test fires indigenously developed laser-guided ATGMs.
Tejas Fighter Aircraft.
Army Design Bureau has signed a MoU with the Drone Federation of India.

August 22, 2022 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , India , US , Afghanistan , Africa , Terrorism , J&K , LWE , Bangladesh , Indigenization , RIMPAC , Oman , Self-reliance , Islamic extremism , Malaysia , Extremism , Tejas , Maoist , Quantum , Khalistan , Nigeria , iDEX-DIO , DAC , Niger

China’s transition from Hiding to Showing its Strength! India’s Determined March to Developed Nation – 2047

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

It is said that Mandarin is a nuanced language, where multiple meanings can be drawn and where even the tone in which it is spoken can completely change the meaning. What Deng Xiaoping said in 1989-90 has had many versions, the commonest being, �....

August 22, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , India , Taiwan , CCP , PLA , Rejuvenation , China Dream , nuclear arsenal , periphery