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Shanghai Cooperation Organization: New Delhi’s March into Eurasia
Dr Rashmini Koparkar

India became the full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on 9th June in Astana. Along with India, Pakistan has also joined the forum. Inclusion of the new members has expanded organization’s geographical outreach, and has raised ....

June 23, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Pakistan , Russia , SCO , Eurasia , Uzbekistan , Shanghai Cooperation Organization , global GDP , Soviet Union
Daesh in Afghanistan: It gets Weakened but Not yet Vanquished in Syria-Iraq
Dr Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

It has been a little under two and a half years since January 26, 2015 when Daesh announced in Afghanistan, the establishment of its South Asian affiliate known as Islamic State in Khorasan (ISK). The outfit’s now-deceased spokesperson Abu Muhammad....

June 12, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pakistan , Iraq , Daesh , Khorasan , Af-Pak , Daesh in Afghanistan , Syria
चीन रूपी ईस्ट इंडिया कंपनी का पाकिस्तान में प्रवेश
कर्नल शिवदान सिंह

लम्बे समय से कूटनैतिक विचार विमर्श के बाद चीन और पाकिस्तान ने दोनों के बीच बनने वाले आर्थिक गलि�....

May 30, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan , China , पाक चीन गठजोड़ , पाकिस्तान सार्वभौमिकता , CPEC , Economic
क्या भारत को चाहिए पाकिस्तान के साथ युद्ध की नई नीति?
Abhinav Pandya

पिछले 70 वर्ष से पाकिस्तान भारत से सीधे या दूसरों को शह देकर छद्म युद्ध करता आ रहा है। सीधे युद्ध �....

May 12, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , India , Pakistan , War , पाकिस्तान , युद्ध , परमाणु , धार्मिक कट्टरपंथ
Does India Need a New War Doctrine with Pakistan?
Abhinav Pandya

For the last 70 years, Pakistan has been at war with India either directly or through its proxies. Our responses in the former cases have been widely acknowledged as professional and effective. In the latter case of proxy war in Kashmir and elsewhere....

April 17, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Hybrid Warfare , Proxy War
‘Beati Sunt Possidentes’ (Blessed are Those in Possession): A Leitmotif for Chinese (& Pakistani) Statecraft
Rear Admiral Sudarshan Y Shrikhande, AVSM, IN, (Retd)

Tucked away in Chapter 1 of Book 6, boringly titled ‘Defense’ in Clausewitz’s ‘On War’, is yet another nugget of his strategic wisdom: ‘In daily life, and especially in litigation (which so closely resembles war) it is summed....

April 10, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , India , Pakistan , China , South China Sea , China’s expansionism , territorial possession , Beati Sunt Possidentes , Leitmotif for Chinese , Statecraft
Pakistan: Evolving Dynamics
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Notion of Pakistan Faiz Ahmad Faiz, expressed his disillusionment with the partition in his famous verse:

Ye daghdaghujala, ye shab-gazidasahar Vointizarthajis-ka, ye vosahar to nahin, Ye vosahar to nahinjiskiarzulekar Cha....

March 11, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan , Terrorism , Development , Balochistan , Mohajir
Twelve Essays on Terrorism: A VIF Analysis Edited by Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

Hardcover: 260 pages Publisher: Pentagon Press; First Edition edition (2017) ISBN-10: 8182749425 ISBN-13: 978-8182749429 Online Available at ....

February 28, 2017 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Radicalisation , Terrorism , ISIS , Book Published , Maoist insurgency , international terrorism , North-East India , Anti-Terror Laws
Pakistan Needs Tough Handling
Amb Kanwal Sibal

No Indian government so far has found an answer to our unique Pakistan problem. Pakistan was a product of deep divisions - of land, people and religion - accompanied by bloodshed, ethnic cleansing and refugee flows. India’s secular, multi-religious....

February 24, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan , Terrorism , India’s options
Pakistan’s Focus on Babur and Raad Cruise Missiles
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

Introduction Cruise missiles, unlike ballistic missiles, fly an essentially horizontal cruise path for most of the duration of its flight and can manoeuvre like an aircraft through way points. They are difficult to locate and provide a dist....

February 23, 2017 Technological and Scientific Studies , Pakistan , BrahMos , Babur , Raad , Missiles
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