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India-ASEAN Relations: Growing Convergence
Prof Debasis Bhattacharya Article

The momentous convergence of strategic interests in India-ASEAN relations over the years has enormously propelled robust cooperation between the two sides on multidimensional issues of mutual interests. The implications of consolidation of India-ASEA....

November 01, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , India , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Strategic , Act East Policy , Cooperation , Geostrategic , IPOI , Partnership , Plan of Action
India-Africa Counter-Terrorism Cooperation
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

“We are very conscious of the expanding threats posed by radicalism, fundamentalism, and terrorism to African societies. These have been the subject of our contemporary agenda of cooperation.”

- Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minster....

October 31, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , India , Islamic State , Africa , Terrorism , ISIS , Al Qaeda , Counter terrorism , France , Somalia , Mali , Nigeria , Al Qaida , JNIM , DRC
China: Daily Scan, October 25, 2022

Chinese 'artificial sun' marks new breakthrough: Global Times October 21, 2022
The new generation of artificial sun HL-2M in the Southwestern Institute of Physics Photo: Courtesy of the Southwestern Institute of Physics. A new breakthro....

October 25, 2022 India , Pakistan , FATF , Xi Jinping , COVID-19 , China Daily Digest , 20th CPC
China: Daily Scan, October 19, 2022

Presidium of 20th CPC National Congress holds second meeting, Xi Jinping presides over the meeting: Xinhuanet October 18, 2022
The presidium of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held its second meeting at t....

October 19, 2022 India , CPC , China Daily Digest , Xinjiang , Wang Huning , Xizang
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 01-15 October 2022

DEFENCE
China: Daily Scan, October 17, 2022

Agricultural reform powers China's rise: People’s Daily October 16, 2022
China's economic transformation from a largely rural society to a predominantly prosperous one has been faster than any other in the world thanks to national effo....

October 17, 2022 India , CPC , Xi Jinping , Bhutan , PLA , COVID-19 , China Daily Digest
Ukraine-Russia War: Lessons for Future of War
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Debates about the future of war are as old as war itself. Currently, it is normal to reflect on future wars by highlighting the over-arching importance of artificial intelligence, space, quantum computing, block-chain technologies, robotics, and the ....

October 11, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Article , India , Russia , Air Force , Artillery , Missiles , Ukraine , ISR , MANPADS , close air support , HIMARS , precision munitions , rockets
India Should Prepare to Deal with the Fallout of Multiple Global Crises
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The Russia-Ukraine war, now in its eighth month, shows no sign of ending. It has entered a new phase with Russia annexing the regions of Donbas and Luhansk. Putin has ordered a mobilisation of citizens to get fresh recruits to fight the war. He has g....

October 10, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , G20 , World Bank , IMF , Inflation , climate finance , Food Crisis , forex reserves , recession
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 16-30 September 2022

DEFENCE
China: Daily Scan, October 3, 2022

Former court official in China's Inner Mongolia expelled from CPC: Xinhuanet September 30, 2022
Hu Yifeng, former president of the Higher People's Court of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and secretary of the court's leadi....

October 03, 2022 India , COVID-19 , China Daily Digest , AUKUS , Inner Mongolia , C919
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