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SAMVAD-II: Dialogue for Peace, Harmony and Security - Global Initiative for Conflict Avoidance and Environmental Consciousness

It will be recalled that ‘SAMVAD’ is an initiative of Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) that was borne out of dialogue between the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The purpose was to adopt princ....

September 28, 2017 Conference , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Conferences , Peace , Conflict Avoidance , Security , Harmony , SAMVAD-II , Global Initiative , Environmental Consciousness

मंत्रिमंडल में फेरबदल: 2019 के लिए कसी कमर

Rajesh Singh

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने हाल में जो मंत्रिमंडलीय फेरबदल किया, उसमें चार महत्वपूर्ण घटक है�....

September 28, 2017 Governance and Political Studies , India , modi , Ministerial Reshuffle , 2019 Election , मंत्रिमंडलीय फेरबदल , प्रतिभा की जीत , Partibha , President

SAMVAD-II: Dialogue for Peace, Harmony and Security - Global Initiative for Conflict Avoidance and Environmental Consciousness

September 28, 2017 Historical and Civilisational Studies

The Impact of China’s “One Belt, One Road” Strategy on Political, Military and Economic Situations in the Asia Pacific Region

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Retrospect When one talks about Silk Road it conjures up visions of traders and caravans travelling from Occident to the Orient and vice versa. There have been many versions of silk roads which have been used by both traders and ....

September 27, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , OBOR , Asia Pacific Region , Economic Situations

प्रधानमंत्री देउबा की भारत यात्रा – समीक्षा

Dr Madhumita Srivastava Balaji

जिस समय डोकलम में भारत-चीन विवाद अपने चरम पर था, ठीक उसी समय 23 से 27 अगस्त के बीच नेपाल के प्रधानमंत�....

September 26, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Nepal , modi , Prime Minister Deuba , नेपाल- भारत प्रतिबद्धता , प्रधानमंत्री देउबा , भारत यात्रा , India Visit

India’s National Defence; Gautam Banerjee, Pentagon Press, New Delhi, 2017, pp 278, INR 995

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

The book India’s National Defence defines India’s Defence Reforms and Military Modernisation which it must undertake to meet the strategic challenges of the 21st Century. The book lucidly brings out India’s inability to optimise its military su....

September 26, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , military modernisation , DRDO , Defence reforms , Book Reviews , R&D , NSCS

Round Table Discussion on ‘India-Bhutan Relations: Recent Developments and Implications’

The Dokalam crisis, i.e. the border stand-off between China and India, which had kept the bilateral ties between the two neighbouring countries on the boil for over two months, came to a peaceful resolution on Aug 28, 2017, with both sides disengagin....

September 25, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Bhutan , Interaction , India-Bhutan Relations , Sino-Bhutanese boundary , Siliguri Corridor , IMTRAT

विमुद्रीकरण – राह ठीक करने की भारी, सफल कवायद

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF

विमुद्रीकरण यानी नोटबंदी पर राजनीतिक शोरशराबे भरी मोदी-विरोधी राष्ट्रीय चर्चा में बहुआयामी स....

September 21, 2017 Economic Studies

The Doklam Paradox

Commodore Somen Banerjee

Indian and Chinese troops were engaged in a tense standoff for over two and a half months at Doklam till its resolution on 28^th Aug 17. The standoff was particularly marked by shrill and condescending voices from Chinese State run media. I....

September 21, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , India , China , Bhutan , BRICS , Doklam , 9th BRICS Summit , regional stability , USA , Law Warfare

Fact-Checking Pakistan’s Tripe on Terrorism

Sushant Sareen

The thought-control exercised by the ‘deep state’ in Pakistan over not just gullible common folk but also the so-called ‘intelligentsia’ (a misnomer for most Pakistani academicians, analysts and journalists) is so overwhelming that most of th....

September 20, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan