Articles

Deterrence Exists, though Slender is the Thread!

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

This is an era of confused geopolitics. There were on horizon a transformation of West Asia, with Abrahams Accord, I2U2, Saudi-Iran thaw, IMEC; and then suddenly the fiercest of wars between Israel-Hamas with its other fallouts. The geopolitics of We....

November 28, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Terrorism , sanctions , Warfare , CBMs , deterrence , no war no peace , Conventional war

Addressing the China Challenge

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

(This is a modified version of the talk delivered by Mr. Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF at the Panchnad Research Institute recently)

I propose to dwell essentially on three issues namely the nature and gravity of this challenge, it....

September 22, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Pakistan , China , South China Sea , Taiwan , CPEC , PLA , COVID-19 , WTO , LAC , Tibet , Galwan valley , CBMs , Pangong Tso , Wang Yi , data theft , Sino-US , Sinkiang

Distrust More, Verify More: India-China Relations Post Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Amb Kanwal Sibal Article

China, through his reckless aggression in Ladakh has seriously jeopardised peace and tranquility on the India-Tibet border. China is already in occupation of large parts of Indian territory in Ladakh. To seek to consolidate its hold on this occupied ....

September 13, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , SCO , LAC , Depsang , Galwan , CBMs , Pangong Tso , Foreign Ministers , Spanggur Gap

The Shifting Strategic Connotations of Line(s) of Control

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Line of Control (LOC), the Line of Actual Control (LAC) hereinafter the LINES, and the Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL) in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, are denoted by huge dissimilarities, as chalk and cheese. The 772....

September 08, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , CPEC , PLA , Gilgit-Baltistan , CBMs , Chushul , Eastern Ladakh. , Raksha Mantri

Inflexion in Sino-Indian Relations: Case for Strategic Pragmatism

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The new China has shown itself as muscular, aggressive, expansionist and determined to force its way to top of the world stage by vigourously establishing Pax Sinica. China’s in the past three decades has been rapidly growing economically ....

August 21, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , QUAD , PLA , BRI , Aksai Chin , COVID-19 , LAC , Ladakh , CBMs , Pangong Tso