Articles | Vivekananda International Foundation

Almost exactly ten years after the end of the decades-long civil war in Sri Lanka, a horrendous wave of jihadi terrorism has made a terrifying re-entry. Eight near simultaneous bomb blasts were carried out across the country in Colombo, Negombo, Koch....

April 25, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , Terrorism , Sri Lanka terrorism , Global radicalization , Jihadi Islamism

यहां से बदल सकती है तस्वीर

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

उम्मीद के मुताबिक भारतीय विदेश मंत्री सुषमा स्वराज ने इस्लामी सहयोग संगठन (ओआईसी) का अपना संबो�....

March 02, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Terrorism , Sushma Swaraj , Islamic Cooperation Organization , ICO

BIMSTEC Think Tanks Dialogue on Regional Security

The first BIMSTEC Think Tanks Dialogue on Regional Security was held at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 13-14 November 2018. Delegates from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Sri Lanka and BIMSTEC Secretariat parti....

December 12, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Seminars , Climate Change , BIMSTEC , Maritime Security , Terrorism , radicalization , Regional Security , Cyber Security

आतंकवाद पर पाकिस्तान की बकवास की पड़ताल

Sushant Sareen

पाकिस्तान में केवल भोले-भाले आम आदमी ही नहीं बल्कि तथाकथित ‘बुद्धिजीवियों’ (ज्यादातर पाकिस्त�....

October 17, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Pakistan , आतंकवाद , पाकिस्तान , झूठा प्रचार , Terrorism

Terror Strikes Europe: Testing Time for EU’s Collective Security

C D Sahay

Even though Daesh has been facing serious setbacks in Iraq and Syria with its major strongholds getting demolished by the security forces, the month of August 2017 did not bring the expected joy across European cities. Three cities in Europe ....

October 04, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Terrorism , Europe , collective security

Mosul Recaptured: Is This the End of Daesh?

Dr Ramanand Garge

Iraqi Prime Minister Announces the Fall of Mosul July 10, 2017 is rightly being acknowledged as a historic day in the fight against dreaded phenomenon of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) brand of terrorism. The Iraqi Pri....

August 09, 2017 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism , Mosul , Iraq , Daesh , ISIS

Joint Military Operations against Daesh in Southern Philippines

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

Pertinent Issues Terror as a tool has been used through the ages to achieve political and military objectives. Currently it is often described as Fourth Generation Warfare. Broadly it is an asymmetric tool that is normally used....

July 10, 2017 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism , Daesh , Philippines , Marawi

Diplomatic Isolation of Qatar: Causes and Consequences

Manpreet Sohanpal

Recently, three of Qatar’s most powerful neighbours decided to severe ties with the gas-rich country. Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt announced to severe all– sea, land, air, diplomatic – linkages with Qatar. This i....

July 05, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Iran , Terrorism , Qatar , GCC , Saudi Arabia

Attacks in the United Kingdom and the Wider Implications

Dr Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

The string of recent attacks in the United Kingdom (UK), in less than three months, has once again brought to the fore the vulnerability, not only of the UK, but of the international community at large, arising from the activities of rabid terrorist ....

June 28, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Terrorism , Daesh , ISIS , United Kingdom , Manchester

Missing Factors in India’s Policy towards Pakistan

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

Many in India often wonder why don’t we have better relations with Pakistan and how long will we keep on bickering and fighting. Many also point to the perils of a miscalculation given that the two countries are nuclear weapons states. The most fam....

June 03, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Kashmir , POK , Terrorism , India’s Policy , Ayub Khan