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Interaction on Situation in Pakistan and Regional Security

A delegation led by Ambassador Richard Oslon, US Ambassador to Pakistan visited VIF on 17 April 2013. The delegation interacted with members of the faculty led by Shri Ajit Doval, KC, Director VIF on recent occurrences in Pakistan and the overall sec....

April 26, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Interaction , Indo-Pak relations , Af-Pak region , US Ambassador to Pakistan , Security situation , US perspective
Nationalists not Marxists: Celebrating the Centenary of the Ghadar Revolution - 1913-2013
Dr Anirban Ganguly

April 2013 announces the centenary of the Ghadar Party – one of the most riveting symbols of Indian defiance against colonial oppression. What makes the Ghadar movement an enduring symbol in the imagination of youth is the fact that it was waged in....

April 24, 2013 Historical and Civilisational Studies
Need to Transform Indian Navy into A Blue water Maritime Force
Radhakrishna Rao

In the context of the South China Sea rapidly emerging as a turbulent oceanic stretch with China questioning the claims of a number of Asian countries over this disputed water body, late last year Indian Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi had driven home th....

April 24, 2013 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence
Crisis in Mali: Policy Report
Dr Vasabjit Banerjee

A Background to the Regional Conflict Mali is part of the broader African arid and desert region called the Sahel, which stretches from Mauritania on the West Coast of Africa to Somalia on the East Coast. The main ethnic divisions in the re....

April 24, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa
General in The Gaol: Musharraf’s Arrest and Its Implications
Sushant Sareen

In what is being called a first in Pakistan’s history, a former military strongman, Gen Pervez Musharraf, has been formally arrested on charges of terrorism and illegal confinement of judges. Musharraf’s detractors see his arrest as a sign of the....

April 24, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
Assessment: PRC’s White Paper on Defence
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

China has come out with its latest white paper on defence as part of its regular exercise to covey to the world that it has been exhibiting higher levels of military transparency. However, the paper is an exercise in strategic communication both to....

April 23, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Let’s not Get too Relaxed on China
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Reports of Chinese soldiers intruding 10 kilometres into Ladakh challenge once again our assumptions about the stability of the situation on the unsettled India-China border. Our expanding relationship with China has encouraged thinking that the bord....

April 23, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
The Phenomenon of Urban Terrorism in India
Dr N Manoharan

Recent bomb blast in Bangalore (17 April 2013) and twin bomb blasts that took place in Hyderabad in February 2013 have reiterated that the phenomenon of urban terrorism has taken firm root in India. In less than a decade, the Indian urban areas like ....

April 22, 2013 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Border and Coastal Security , Police - Law and Order
The Trial Procedure, Its Strengthening and Expeditious Justice
Dr M N Buch (late)

The procedure for investigation of offences, taking a decision to prosecute, presenting a challan to a court, cognisance by a court and the subsequent process of trial are all given in the Code of Criminal Procedure. So far as evidence is concerned, ....

April 22, 2013 Governance and Political Studies
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

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April 16, 2013 Terrorism , Leftwing Extremism , Jammu & Kashmir , North-East Insurgency , National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies
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