अफगानिस्तान: भारत के विकल्प

अफगानिस्तान के राष्ट्रपति अशरफ गनी का भारत दौरा महत्वपूर्ण समय में हुआ और यह दौरा निकट भविष्य �....

BRICS Forum under Indian Stewardship: Prospects and Issues

Prime Minster Modi’s aim during his Chairmanship of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa or the ‘BRICS’ forum is to give it shape and substance both in terms of making it a responsible multilateral institution, firstly, as an imp....

Pakistan's Anti-Terror Moves: Wait, Watch, Verify but Never Trust

For a few days now, a report in the Pakistan daily Dawn has caused considerable interest, and in some cases even excitement, among Pakistan watchers, not just in India but also in other parts of the world. The report talks of the civilian government ....

Interaction with Dr Haseeb Drabu (Minister of Finance, J & K) on 'Developments in Kashmir'

On 05 Oct 2016, the VIF invited Dr. Haseeb Drabu, Minister of Finance in the BJP-PDP coalition government of Jammu and Kashmir, for a talk on the ‘Developments in Kashmir to a broad panel of security experts, including former ambassadors, retired b....

India’s New Pre-Emptive Action and Equivalent Retaliation (PAER) Strategy

Most people see India’s recent surgical strikes as retaliation and an avenging of the Uri terror attack. While there is some truth in this, it is not the complete truth. India has been sufferingacts of terror for two and a half decad....

पानी के अधिकार पर धधकती आग

पखवाड़े भर पहले बेंगलूरु और चेन्नई में हिंसा भड़क उठी। लोगों की जानें गईं और आगजनी करने वालों ने क....

From Terrorism to Terror: Worrisome Developments for the International Community

Ever since the territories under the captivity of the terrorist organisation—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)—began to be recaptured, several analyses have been made predicting the outfit’s doomsday. The rapidly depleting financial source....

पाकिस्तान के बारे में यथार्थ भरी समझ

कश्मीर में हिंसक विरोधों की झड़ी और मानवाधिकार उल्लंघन के झूठे आरोपों के साथ भारत को बदनाम करने �....

Changing Dynamics in Central Asia and Afghanistan

Introduction In recent months, security situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated and relations between Kabul and Islamabad are tense. Although Afghanistan has signed a peace agreement with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hezb-i-Islami, the overall....

Breaking Through A Strategic Log-Jam

At the outset, the Modi Government needs to be complimented for administering a most befitting and unambiguous message to Pakistan that the continuing acts of terrorism perpetrated by its ‘deep state’, through its pet ‘jihadists’, would no mo....

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