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Why Mountain Strike Corps Along the India-China Border is Important?
Nitin Gokhale

Following the government’s recent in-principle clearance to raise a Mountain Strike Corps, a debate over the efficacy of the decision to spend over Rs 64,000 crores on the new accretion has begun. Noted Strategic Affairs expert, former Rear Admiral....

October 07, 2013 National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security , Defence
The Neighbour from Hell - India-Pakistan Summit – Yesterday Once More
Amb Prabhat P Shukla

The run-up to the summit between the Indian and Pakistani Prime Ministers had seen a serious debate on the wisdom or otherwise of such high-level contact. The way events have unfolded, it is clear that the sceptics had it right. But this is too serio....

October 04, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
Indo-US Ties: Slow Yet Steady Transformation
Amb Kanwal Sibal

The most important foreign policy development in the last decade has been the remarkable improvement in India’s relations with the United States. From mutual suspicion, lack of empathy and a policy of keeping the relationship at a low level to avoi....

October 04, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
South China Sea: India Should Remain Firm on Oil Exploration
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

General China is the biggest nation in size and population in Asia. Currently it has the world’s second largest economy. It has disputes over the Senkaku islands in the East China Sea and with a number of ASEAN countries on the South Chin....

October 03, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
The Case Against The Ordinance to Protect Criminal Legislators
Dr A Surya Prakash

The National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution (NCRWC) which was headed by the eminent jurist and former Chief Justice of India Mr. M. N. Venkatachalaiah recommended that the election law be amended to bar any person charged with a....

September 30, 2013 Governance and Political Studies
SCO Important for India’s ‘Connect Central Asia’ Policy
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Salience of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and its relevance to India has been growing since India was first admitted to SCO as an observer in 2005. Over the years, SCO has acquired increasing significance as an important platform for cooper....

September 30, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia
The Use of SWAT Units in Indian Homeland Security: Lessons from Mumbai 26/11
Dr Prem Mahadevan

The Indian security establishment was fiercely criticized both domestically and internationally for its tactical response to the 26/11 attacks. Some of this criticism was justified, while some was apparently motivated by a deliberate effort on the pa....

September 27, 2013 National Security and Strategic Studies
Carnage of Christians and Other Minorities in Pakistan
Sushant Sareen

On 22nd September, 2013, two suicide bombers targeted a church in Peshawar, killing over 80 people and injuring nearly 150. Entire families were wiped out. Many Christian households, who in any case barely eke out an existence in a country....

September 26, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
Launch of ‘Beyond A Billion Ballots’ at VIF

‘Beyond A Billion Ballots’ by Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe was launched at a function at the VIF by former Chief Election Commissioner Dr S Y Quraishi, Political Commentator B V Rao and Ajit Doval, KC, Director, VIF, on September 24, 2013. Addressin....

September 25, 2013 Governance and Political Studies , Book Discussions , Beyond A Billion Ballots , India’s Election Commission
All Eyes on Singh-Obama Talks
Amb Kanwal Sibal

All eyes will be on the meeting between Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama this week and what it produces. This is natural as our relationship with the US is, in many ways, the most important external relationship we h....

September 25, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , US
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