Articles

India- Africa Defence Engagement: Towards New Avenues

Ruchita Beri, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

India and African countries have long standing ties in the defence realm. Traditionally, training and capacity building, deployment of Indian troops for United Nations Peacekeeping (UNPK) missions have been the main pillars of the India Africa defenc....

August 29, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Article , India , China , Rajnath Singh , Africa , Indian Navy , Narendra Modi , Maritime cooperation , Defence Exports , ITEC , Defence Security

Neighborhood News Digest – 27 June 2023

Afghanistan

A knowledge-based approach to tackling Afghanistan’s drug abuse crisis – UN News

Afghanistan, one of the world’s largest producers of heroin and methamphetamine – most of it smuggled abroad – is home to n....

June 27, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Rajnath Singh , Afghanistan , Politics , Bhutan , Taliban , US Sanctions , NLD , India-Bangladesh , Drugs , China-Sri Lanka , Shehbaz Sharif , debt restructuring , India-Sri Lanka , Pak economy , Oman-Maldives , World Games , Islamic Party , Marble Mine , Pashupatinath temple , Power Deal , Gurkhas

The 8th ADMM Plus Meeting: Major Takeaways

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction

The 15th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM) and the 8th ASEAN Plus Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM+) was hosted by this year’s ASEAN Chair Brunei Darussalam from 15-16 June, wherein a number of conceptual documents ....

June 25, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Rajnath Singh , ASEAN , South China Sea , FATF , Maritime Security , UNCLOS , Senkaku Islands , Yoshihide Suga , EEZ , ADMM+ , “full acess” , freedom of navigation and over-flight

Iran Revisited: Analysing India-Iran Relations

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

A friend in need is a friend indeed. Only recently President Rouhani took a dig at their so called strategic partners and friends who failed to stand up to the bullying by the USA even during the pandemic that had affected Iran probably worst in the ....

September 14, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , China , Rajnath Singh , INSTC , JCPOA , sanctions , USA , CPEC , Chabahar , Ali Khamenei , EAM , railway project

Commentary- Central Asia in 2017

Dr Rashmini Koparkar Commentary

Central Asia is India’s extended neighbour and a geo-strategically vital region. India’s relations with this region go back for centuries, and are based on commercial, cultural, and civilizational links. In June 2017, India received full membersh....

January 24, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Commentary , Central Asian Republics , foreign policy , regional cooperation , CARs , Kyrgyzstan , Rajnath Singh , SCO , TAPI , INSTC , Chabahar Port

जम्मू कश्मीर: विशेष प्रतिनिधि के लिए आसान नहीं होगी राह

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

खुफिया ब्यूरो के पूर्व निदेशक श्री दिनेश्वर शर्मा को सरकार ने कश्मीर के लोगों की “जायज इच्छाओं....

November 24, 2017 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , India , Rajnath Singh , Kashmir , POK , जम्मू कश्मीर , Jammu , Pakistn , Indian Army

Commentary - J&K: Special Representative’s Road Ahead will not be Easy

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Appointment of Mr Dineshwar Sharma , former Director of Intelligence Bureau (DIB), as special ‘Representative’(SR) by the government for Kashmir to interact with the wide cross section of society in Kashmir to understand their “legitimate aspi....

November 04, 2017 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Rajnath Singh , J&K special Representative , Kashmir dialogue , Home Minister , Dineshwar_Sharma , Intelligence Bureau , IB , Ajit Dovl

Kashmir - A new Opportunity has Opened Up

C D Sahay

In a major initiative, Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh, on October 23, 2017 announced government’s decision to appoint Shri Dineshwar Sharma, former Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) as ‘Representative’ of Government of India ‘to ca....

October 27, 2017 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Rajnath Singh , Jammu & Kashmir , Home Minister , IB , J&K dialogue , Government’s Representative , Dineshwar Sharma , Govt of india , Lashkar-e Toiba , Mahbooba Mufti