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International Terrorism Post 9/11: Emerging Trends and Global Response
Rohit Singh

Introduction September 11, 2001 was a watershed in the manner in which the world acknowledged and responded to terrorism. The monstrosity of the multiple attacks which killed nearly 3,000 people in one planned strike brought universal conde....

April 04, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Pakistan , Terrorism , Al Qaeda , Global War on Terrorism , 26/11 attacks , 9/11 attacks
Nehru Era’s Defence and Security Policies and Their Legacy
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Introduction During the nationalist movement and struggle for independence, there was little attention paid to articulation of India’s defence and security policies by the Indian National Congress (INC). Allusions to concepts and precepts....

March 19, 2014 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Pakistan , China , Defence , Kashmir , Security Policies , Tibet , Nehru Era , Kashmir Conflict
Interaction with Prof Stephen Cohen

Prof Stephen Cohen, Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution interacted with members of the strategic community at VIF on 8 January 2014. He spoke on likely scenarios that could unfold in Afghanistan post the withdrawal of US troops and their impact on....

January 13, 2014 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Pakistan , US , Afghanistan , Indo-Pak relations , Afghanistan post-2014
Release of India-US Partnership: Asian Challenges and Beyond

India-US Partnership: Asian Challenges and Beyond, a culmination of the joint study between the Vivekananda International Foundation and the Heritage Foundation, US, was released by Ambassador K S Bajpai, Former Indian Ambassador to the....

December 24, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Book Discussions , Pakistan , Chinese economy , LoC , India-US Partnership , Karakoram Pass
Interaction with Mr Adam Thomson, the British High Commissioner to Pakistan

Vivekananda International Foundation welcomed Mr Adam Thomson, the British High Commissioner to Pakistan on 26th November 2013 for an interaction with leading security and foreign policy strategists of India. The team for interaction was h....

November 27, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Interaction , Pakistan , British High Commissioner , Political situation in Pakistan
Durand Line: History, Legality & Future
Arka Biswas

1. Introduction It was in the late 1880s, that the Amir of Afghanistan, Abdur Rahman, started demanding a clear defined border with India. The British too wanted to make a clear buffer state, free from its sphere of influence September 23, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Durand Line , Indo-Afghan Border

Kashmir: The Unwritten History; Christopher Snedden; Harper Collins; PP 434; Rs 599
Sushant Sareen

Over the last few months, there is suddenly a lot of unnecessary, unwarranted and self-serving focus of Western academics, analysts and authors on the India-Pakistan equation – the issue of Jammu and Kashmir inevitably being a centre-piece of the d....

July 24, 2013 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir , Book Reviews , Azad Kashmir
India: Strategic Challenges and Responses
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Introduction The above subject has been primarily dealt from the foreign policy and security point of view. Many believe that strategic challenges should now include those relating to energy, environment, population, food, health, climate c....

April 16, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Pakistan , Terrorism , India foreign policy , Monograph , Strategic Challenges , Islamic Challenge
VIF Viewpoint : Pakistan violates Line of Control, decapitation of Indian soldier

The latest incident across the Line of Control (LoC), and the killing and decapitation of an Indian soldier, highlights yet again the challenge that Pakistan poses to our security and diplomacy. Further, this act cannot be discounted as a local incid....

January 09, 2013 National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Indian Army , Pakistan Army , LoC , inetraction , Indian soldier
Unblocking of NATO Supply Routes By Pakistan: Logistics or Plain Politics?
Monish Gulati

The flow of oil through NATO's Pakistani supply lines is due to resume soon, one year after the attack by NATO troops on the Pakistani outpost at Salala. The decision comes after the first two test-run tankers passed safely through the Torkham crossi....

December 13, 2012 International Relations and Diplomacy , Pakistan , Afghanistan , NATO
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