Round Table Discussion on the ‘Developments in Afghanistan: Implications and Options for India’

In continuation of a long series of seminars and discussions on the future of Afghanistan, held by the VIF from time to time since 2009, a fresh round of discussion on the ‘Developments in Afghanistan: Implications and Options for India’, was hel....

चीन की दूसरी महान दीवार

पिछले लगभग एक साल से और विशेषतौर पर पिछले महीने से चीन को दूसरी ‘महान दीवार’ (ग्रेट वाल) का निर्म�....

Burhan Wani's Killing and Its Aftermath

Kokarnag in the southernmost part of South Kashmir, is a sleepy little township. It once was the bastion of militancy due to the presence of the lofty Pir Panjal range in whose shadow it lies and the forested tracts of the lower hills; the terrain wa....

मुख्यमंत्री महबूबा मुफ्ती - क्या वह अंतिम रूप से पहुंच चुकी हैं?

भारत में, परंपरागत रूप से राज्य विधानसभा के लिए उपचुनाव पदस्थ मुख्यमंत्री के उसके पद पर बने रहन�....

RTD on ‘Making Defence Acquisitions Work’

With India’s estimated defence expenditure on capital acquisitions likely to cross over $150 billion over the next decade, the imperative to streamline India’s defence acquisition processes and making it more flexible, transparent and fast-track ....

क्या ईरान ने त्याग दिया है अपना परमाणु विकल्प?

वर्ष 2016 में ईरान का बाकी दुनिया के साथ राजनीतिक और आर्थिक दोनों तरीकों से पुनर्मिलन हुआ। जनवरी म....

Terror Strikes Dhaka

"This was waiting to happen"- this is how the initial reaction of shock and disbelief expressed itself. A stunned Bangladesh that has always believed in and practiced moderate and tolerant Islam, just could not come to terms with the dastardly act of....

Strategic Gaps in India’s Net Centricity

In the digital battle field of 21st century, Technology and Information are the new currencies of power. Exploitation of both of these to create efficiency, economy of effort and facilitate full spectrum operations;nuclear to asymmetric and strategic....

नेपाल में संघीय प्रणाली से मुंह मोड़ना संभव नहीं

नेपाल में “त्वरित गति” से नया संविधान बनाने के लिए हुए 16 सूत्रीय समझौते के विरुद्ध जून 2015 में शुर....

Strategic Patience Could Solve the China Conundrum

China has always been something of a conundrum for India. This is partly because the Chinese are somewhat inscrutable and often enough their interlocutors can spend hours in trying to decipher the underlying message or hint or signal that is being co....

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