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A talk on India’s National Security Challenges in a Turbulent World at Rashtriya Raksha University on 31 Oct 2023
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

External environment has become deeply uncertain. The balance of power is shifting. US centred hegemonic order has come under stress. Multilateralism is dysfunctional. Global south is asserting for its voice to be heard. Alliances and partnerships a....

November 06, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , national security , Talk , Kautilya
Neighborhood News Digest – 13 June 2023

Afghanistan

United Nations: Terror surge in Afghanistan; Taliban slams report – The Tribune
The link between the Taliban and Al-Qaeda and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) remains “strong and symbiotic”, as per a UN repor....

June 13, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , national security , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Taliban , Terror , FDI , ADB , India-Bangladesh , National Assembly , Rohingyas , India-Maldives , earthquake , Telecom , India-Myanmar , Kaladan , Explosion , Prachanda trip , Cyclone Biparjoy
Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (29 May- 04 June)

Economic

China’s economic recovery faces challenging summer as hydropower producer sizzles amid drought
As sizzling summer heat leads to a surge in power demand, months of persistent drought conditions across a major hydropo....

June 07, 2023 national security , Bangladesh , Employment , BRI , Toyota , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Middle East , Khartoum , China Stock Rout , OPEC plus , Nuclear Reactors , Shangri La
Vimarsh by Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Admiral R Hari Kumar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC on National Security Challenges in the Maritime Domain

Over the years Vimarsh has emerged as a leading platform to facilitate interaction between the eminent people and the general public. The VIF is guided by the life and message of Swami Vivekananda who had a deep and abiding faith in Indian civilizati....

April 09, 2023 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , national security , Maritime domain , CNS
Vimarsh on ‘The Seven Tectonic Forces Undermining India: How to Confront & Defeat Them’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a panel discussion on 'The Seven Tectonic Forces Undermining India: How to Confront & Defeat Them’ on 3rd March 2023. The panel discussion was aimed to highlight the issue of various forces h....

March 28, 2023 Vimarsh , International Relations and Diplomacy , national security , Breaking India , Global Rankings , Ganga
Geo-engineering: A Fringe Idea Whose Time Has Come?
PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction
On 1 October 2022, the US government announced a Five-Year Plan to study the controversial and seemingly sci-fi notion of deflecting the Sun’s rays before they hit Earth in order to temporarily reduce the effects of global wa....

February 27, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Climate Change , Article , national security , Climate Change , Climate Change Mitigation , Geo-engineering , Solar Geo-engineering , Carbon Geo-engineering , Stratospheric Aerosol Injection
MoU Signed between VIF and DRDO

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) agreed to establish mutual cooperation with the objective to enhance understanding of the role of technology in strengthening national security of....

January 16, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Conferences , national security , technologies , Defence industry. DRDO
Neighborhood News Digest – 16 January 2023

Afghanistan
Uzbekistan Halts Power Supply to Afghanistan: DABS – Tolo News
The country’s power distributor, Da Afghanistan Bereshna Sherkat, said on Sunday that the imported electricity from Uzbekistan has been disconnected du....

January 16, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Army , national security , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , elections , Bangladesh , Taliban , Nuclear energy , NUG , Nepal-China , India-Myanmar , Nepal India , Bhutan India , Tamils , Afghanistan Economy , US-RAB , Bhutan China , Arms Trade , Cambodia-Maldives , Pakistan China
Vimarsh on Food and Nutrition Security- Key to National Security, Staying in Course

Introduction
On 28th July, 2022 Vivekananda International Foundation organized a Vimarsh on “Food and Nutrition Security-Key to National Security, Staying in Course”. Opening and welcome remarks were made by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VI....

September 09, 2022 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , national security , Food , Nutrition Security-Key
Social Media in Violent Conflicts – Recent Examples

… the very technology that is cause of the problem, can be used to correct it too .. Artificial Intelligence can help social media platforms spot lies, identify doctored videos and photographs and track the dissemination of falsehoods by domestic ....

August 02, 2021 Technological and Scientific Studies , artificial intelligence , national security , Fake news , Information Warfare , Social Media , WhatsApp , Twitter , Facebook , Range of social interaction , Information and misinformation , Freedom of Speech , Deception through media , Mass misleading through media , Abuse of media freedom
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