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Questioning India's Robust Response to the Chinese Threat is Anti National
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

The current Sino Indian faceoff is the most serious since the 1962 conflict. Strung across hundreds of kilometres and encompassing many contentious areas it has been marked by scuffles between the two sides resulting in scores of casualties and heavy....

July 06, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Article , Ladakh , Self Reliance , Sino Indian faceoff , PM's address , National resolve , National unity , Opposition
Managing the LAC: Rules are Handrails, and Not Handcuffs!
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Dragon is awake, and is vigourously seeking to establish Pax Sinica! Of the two milestones of the 100th anniversaries of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 2021 and 2....

June 27, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Border and Coastal Security , China , Article , PLA , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan , CBMs , Agreement for Maintenance peace & Stability , Pangong Tso , Border Maintenance Posture , ROE
Sino Indian Faceoff: An Inflection Point in Relations
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

The ongoing Sino-Indian faceoff at several points in Ladakh as well as at Naku La in Sikkim have brought the relationship to an inflexion point. While examining the extraordinary gravity of this face off -- a product of Chinese duplicity and aggressi....

June 23, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , India , China , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan valley , Fingers area , UN Human Rights Council
India-China Standoff : Contracting Options in Ladakh
Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.) Article

The India-China border dispute spreads over more than 800 kms in the Western Sector, extending from a little West of Karakoram Pass till Gaya Peak on the Ladakh border with Himachal Pradesh, in the South. India claims 38000 Sq km of the territory pre....

June 04, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan valley , China's transgressions , Western Sector , Middle Sector , Eastern Sector
Decoding India-China Standoff at the LAC
Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.) Article

Recently, a distinguished author in an article in a prominent Indian newspaper while giving a detailed account of the India China border dispute has brought out some pertinent and relevant facts. However, while the facts may be appropriate, these hav....

May 28, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Sikkim , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan valley , Differing Perceptions , Nakula
China’s Incursions, Covid and Military Coercion
Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia, PVSM, AVSM, SM (Retd) Article

The Incursions
The Galwan valley intrusion by China since early May is indicative of China’s strategic signaling to India, and cannot be seen as just one of the near 350 transgressions that occur every year. Reportedly, the PLA has buil....

May 27, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , PLA , BRI , COVID-19 , LAC , Ladakh , Intrusions , transgressions , military coercion , Galwan valley , border infrastructure
Implications of the Ongoing Tension with China along the LAC
Jayadeva Ranade Commentary

China has accused India of crossing and violating the LAC. On 5 May the Chinese media reports said: On the May 18th, a reporter from the Global Times (in Chinese) learned from sources that the Chinese border guards have strengthened control over t....

May 26, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , CPEC , PLA , Sikkim , LAC , Ladakh , BMP , Tibet , Military District
Dilip K. Chakrabarti, The Borderlands and Boundaries of the Indian Subcontinent. New Delhi, Aryan Books International, 2018. 232pp.
Prof K Warikoo

Prof. Dilip Chakrabarti has undertaken a stupendous task of studying and recording the borderlands and boundaries of the sub-continent right from the Hindu Kush and Karakoram through Chitral, Gilgit, Hunza, Ladakh, and Arunachal Pradesh upto the Arak....

December 30, 2019 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Book Reviews , Tajikistan , Ladakh , Gilgit-Baltistan , Indian Subcontinent , Borderlands , Karakoram , Hindu Kush
Cultural Heritage of Jammu and Kashmir, Edited by K. Warikoo, Pentagon Press, 2009, Pages: 338, Price: Rs. 1750, ISBN: 978-81-8274-376-2
Prateek Joshi

Much has been written about Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) by the virtue of its disputed status. The ever growing literature by leading scholars and legal experts has continued to emphasize either on the legal aspect of the Kashmir dispute or has analysed J....

September 12, 2018 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Jammu and Kashmir , Book Reviews , Cultural Heritage , Ladakh , Socio-cultural , Islamic influences , Buddhist
Interaction with Dr. Sudhir S. Bloeria on Jammu & Kashmir

The VIF hosted Dr. Sudhir S. Boleria, former Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir and Vice Chancellor Central University of Jammu and Kashmir for a round table discussion on the situation in J&K and the way forward on 22 December 2015. Dr. Bloeria....

December 29, 2015 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Interaction , Pakistan , POK , Ladakh , Sudhir S. Bloeria , J&K forward , Kashmiri Pundits
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