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Looking Back at Sino-Indian Silk Road Cultural Linkages to Look Forward
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

“Two great civilizations ---India and China --- have been in mutual dialogue for centuries. Both the dialogue as also the distinctiveness have been inspired in no small measure through the spread of Buddhism.Pilgrims from each country have visit....

September 28, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Buddhism , China Silk Road , Sino - India , India and China , Civilisation
Army Modernisation is Gathering Momentum
Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

Defence planning in India has been marked by knee jerk reactions to emerging situations and haphazard single-Service growth. The absence of a clearly enunciated national security strategy, the failure to commit funds for weapons and equipment acquisi....

September 25, 2015 Defence , National Security Strategy , Army Modernisation , Defence Preparedness
Symposium on ‘Golden Jubilee of Indo-Pak Conflict 1965’

A symposium, commemorating India’s first definitive military victory against Pakistan in 1965, was held by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 11 September 2015. Military analysts, historians, and war veterans, among other distinguish....

September 18, 2015 Conference , National Security and Strategic Studies , Conferences , Pakistan , Indo-Pak Conflict 1965 , 1965 war
Being A Citizen Soldier or A Soldier Citizen
Uma Sudhindra

The recently concluded One Rank One Pension agitation by Veterans of the Armed Forces had me thinking of various aspects of the armed forces itself. Having grown up as an army brat, I spoke to quite a few people about the agitation itself. What I dis....

September 18, 2015 Governance and Political Studies , OROP , Indian Armed Forces
‘China’s Focus on Military Activities in Tibet’
Jayadeva Ranade

China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the country’s official military media have kept a discernible focus on the activities and exercises of the PLA formations deployed in Tibet in the past some months. The recent round of promotions in....

September 18, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Global Conclave on ‘Hindu-Buddhist Initiative on Conflict Avoidance and Environment Consciousness’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) jointly organised a three-day global conclave ‘Samvad:Hindu-Buddhist Initiative on Conflict Avoidance and Environment Consciousness’, in collaboration with the International Buddhist Federation and t....

September 10, 2015 Conference , Historical and Civilisational Studies , Conferences , Prime Minister Narendra Modi , Buddhism , Environment Consciousness , Conflict Avoidance , Samvad , Bodh Gaya , Conflicts across societies
India’s Afghan Policy: Not Rebuff, But A Refrain from Reflexive Response
Sushant Sareen

In recent weeks, there has been some puzzlement over India’s somewhat less than enthusiastic response to Afghan overtures for re-engaging and revitalizing the Strategic Partnership Agreement signed between the two countries in 2011. At a time when ....

September 09, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan
Pakistan Responsible for Breakdown of NSA Level Talks
Amb Kanwal Sibal

It is mystifying why commentators on the Indian side, including some who have officially dealt with Pakistan, should have been so critical of their own government for the failure of the Ufa initiative. They seemingly hold our side more responsible fo....

September 04, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
NSA Level Talks: Culmination before Commencement of a Discursive Dialogue
Sushant Sareen

Ever since Nawaz Sharif became Prime Minister of Pakistan for the third time in 2013, his statements professing his sincere desire for normalising relations with India have been quite at variance with his actions on ground. The result has been that w....

August 29, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy
New Echoes in J&K
Brig SK Chatterji

The undercurrents in Kashmir Valley, the covert and overt actions of Pakistan across the International Border and Line of Control (LoC) with India require to be analysed in depth if we are not to be reactive in our strategy to thwart separatist desig....

August 26, 2015 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies
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