Articles

The Quad vs AUKUS Debate: Implications for India

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Commentary

In recent years, there has been an upsurge of minilaterals in the Indo-Pacific to bolster a more diversified regional security architecture alongside the traditional US-led alliance system. The Indo-Pacific’s strategic significance lies in its vita....

November 28, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , China , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , South China Sea , regional security architecture , PLAN , AUKUS , Minilaterals , Collective security frameworks

A Waning Conventional Deterrence- A National Security Portent

Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The last decade has been awash with incidents of Chinese belligerence on India’s borders, in the North and North East. The long period of supposed peace and tranquility has actually worked to the strategic advantage of China as it enabled a widespr....

September 22, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , PLAAF , IAF , LAC , Tibet , PLAN , deterrence , multi domain

Analysing China - Russia Naval Exercises

Commodore Gopal Suri Article

China has the fastest growing navy amongst the major powers of the world with a current strength of about 340 ships including 125 major combatants and submarines^[1]. This growth ....

September 05, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , China , Russia , South China Sea , Navy , East China Sea , Maritime Silk Route , PLAN , Guangdong , Vostok , Joint Exercises , Peace Blue Shield , Maritime Interaction , Joint Sea , no-limits friendship , military alliance , joint patrols , Peter the Great Bay

Rising Tensions in Taiwan Strait

Jayadeva Ranade Article

As January 2024 -- the date for Taiwan's national elections -- draws closer, it is certain that China will be a factor in the elections. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's stop-overs in New York and Los Angeles and meeting with US House Majority Leader ....

April 13, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , DPP , Beijing , PLAAF , Tsai Ing-wen , US Navy , Taiwan Strait , PLAN , KMT , Gen He Weidong

Deterring China from the South China Sea

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

In the wake of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine and the strong response from the West, the world’s focus has shifted more towards China, how it behaves in the new situation. As global politics are being reset with shifting priorities by cou....

March 21, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , South China Sea , UNCLOS , PLAN , EEZ , Fumio Kishida , Russo-Ukraine conflict , ASEAN-US Summit , The Hague Court , Vladimir V Putin

The Institutionalised Approach to Sustainable Disaster Risk Reduction

Dr Swati Mitra Commentary

Eminent Physicist & Cosmologist Prof. Stephen Hawking said, “there is nothing called heaven, it is a fairy tale for people who are afraid of the dark”. It is antithetical to the heart-rending stampede that was easily avoidable yet took place on D....

January 20, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Disaster Management , Commentary , Disaster , PLAN , Kumbh Mela , pilgrims

Growing Muscle of PLAAF

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Steady Growth. Although some signs of a somewhat waning economy are now visible in China (economic growth rate sliding down from 10.5% in 2010 to 7.4% in 2014) she has experienced a steady growth cycle for the past two decades, catapulting the....

March 11, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , PLA , Chinese Military , PLAAF , People’s Liberation Army , PLAN