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Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The idea of Non- Alignment (NAM) in the international discourse is often being scoffed as anachronistic and archaic especially in the 21st century political hyphenism where brute power plays out at will. Multilateralism and its notional institutions ....

May 11, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , International Solar Alliance , PM Modi , COVID-19 , Multilateralism , Bandug conference , NAM , NAM Contact group

Lockdown Scenario- A Golden Opportunity for Cyber Criminals

Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

“Anyone who thinks that security products alone offer true security is settling for the illusion of security.”¹ - Kevin D Mitnick The emergence of Coronavirus (hereafter COVID-19) and its rapid spread has em....

May 08, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , India , Cyber Security , Cybercrime , lockdown , COVID19 , Cyberspace , Cybercriminals , Ransomware , Phishing , Child Protection

The Dichotomy of Economic Imperative and Security Dilemma: The Chinese Telecom Companies in India

Rup Narayan Das Article

The outbreak and spread of Covid-19 and Chinese government’s failure to share its timely information to the outside world have raised question mark about the transparency of the communist regime there. Concomitantly, it has also raised the securit....

April 29, 2020 Economic Studies , Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , India , Australia , USA , Huawei , ZTE , National Security Council , smartphones , security threats

Ramzan Amidst Battle Against Coronavirus

Soumya Awasthi Article

Introduction

One of the most potent weapons against combatting Covid-19 pandemic is the norm of social distancing. Social congregation is an anathema to the norm of social distancing. Therefore, during the time when Covid-19 has spread it....

April 24, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , COVID-19 , World , Ramzan , Deoband , Social distancing norms , Religious practices

Covid-19 - Africa the Next Battle Ground

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Covid 19 virus has pervaded the globe and, in the bargain, has hit the developed countries the most. While the struggle against it is on the war footing with experimenting leadership all around, another populous and important continent is faced with ....

April 24, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Commentary , India , Africa , WHO , COVID-19 , World Bank , IMF , Chinese narrative , G-20

Strong Cooperation between Nepal and India Needed to Win War against Coronavirus

Prof Hari Bansh Jha Article

The Global Impact

Never before in the history of mankind, the entire globe was affected as much by any event as coronavirus pandemic, called COVID-19. Not even World War I or World War II had made so much of impact as this pandemic has do....

April 22, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Article , India , economy , Cooperation , COVID-19 , global impact , Nepal experience

GCC and the Indian Diaspora in the context of Covid-19

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

West Asia is India’s strategic extended neighbourhood. No wonder India’s policy with respect to the region especially the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain) has acquired a new depth a....

April 20, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , GCC , Cooperation , COVID-19 , diaspora , Kafala system

COVID-19 aftermath: An agenda for QUAD

Amruta Karambelkar Article

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the entire world. Once the world has overcome the pandemic, a lot of rethinking is likely to occur in global politics. Countries had always emphasised cooperation in their foreign policies. The present crisis has....

April 17, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , US , China , economy , QUAD , Australia , trade , Japan , Security , Wuhan , International order , BRI , WHO , COVID-19 , Pandemic , International cooperation

Islamic State Attack on Kabul Gurdwara Raises Several Questions

Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

Amid the ongoing global panic caused by Coronavirus (aka Covid-19), the Sikh and Hindu communities in Kabul were subjected to the mortifying experience of the killing of their loved ones, not from Covid-19 pandemic, but the “ugly monster” of terr....

April 13, 2020 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Kabul , Islamic State , IS-KP , ISKP , Khurasan Khorasan , Gurdwara Attack

Afghanistan: Taliban abandons the 'peace talks'

Dr Yatharth Kachiar Article

Amid the global pandemic, when the countries are fighting for their very survival, the war in Afghanistan is slowly simmering. On Tuesday, the Taliban directed their negotiating team to end the ongoing discussions with the Afghan government on 'priso....

April 09, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , India , US , War , Afghanistan , Terrorism , Taliban , Peace talks , troop withdrawal , COVID-19 , aid cut , minorities , Sikh minorities , Hazara minorities