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VIF JINF Joint Study Launched - Framework for Indo-Japanese Strategic Partnership and Cooperation

Introduction As against the initial decades of the 20th century which saw a sharply divided world, the first two decades of the new millennium are witnessing a coming together of people and nations increasingly due to factors suc....

July 03, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Japan , Monograph , JINF , Indo-Japanese Strategic Partnership , Global challenges , Political ideologies , Common civilisational values
What Should Be the Strategy of Political Parties for 2014 General Election?
Dr M N Buch (late)

When India became independent, for the first twenty years, India had more or less one party rule in that the Congress dominated the political scene. The leadership was strongly influenced by Gandhian ideals and the leaders were personally honest, au....

July 03, 2013 Governance and Political Studies
Afghanistan: Is US on A Misplaced Exit Course?
Sushant Sareen

With the 2014 deadline for withdrawal from Afghanistan fast approaching and the ISAF military effort unable to break the back of the Taliban insurgency, the US appears to have concluded (one daresay wrongly) that it has run out of options for effecti....

July 03, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan
Chinese Intelligence : From a Party Outfit to Cyber Warriors
Ajit Doval, KC - Former Director, VIF

Whatever yardstick we choose to apply – size of the economy and its rate of growth, military hardware and pace of modernisation, stability of the polity and the government; size, population and geo-political setting – China qualifies for a major....

July 03, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Chinese Intelligence , Cyber Warriors , Cultural Revolution
Why Fear Haunts Pakistan’s Hazara Community?
Radhakrishna Rao

Sectarian violence aimed at religious minorities and social groups professing a version of Islam that is at variance with the fundamentalist and puritanical Wahabi philosophy continues to remain a hallmark of the social and spiritual landscape of con....

July 01, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pakistan
Vimarsha: Conflict along India-China Border: Myth & Reality with Mr. R N Ravi, former Special Director, IB

VIF organized its monthly series of talks by eminent persons, Vimarsha on 28th June 2013 where Mr. R N Ravi, former Special Director of the Intelligence Bureau, was invited to speak on the Conflict along India-China Border. One of the....

July 01, 2013 Vimarsh , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Central Asian Republics , India-China Border , Conflict , Daulat Beg Oldi
VIF Interaction with the Iranian Ambassador to India, HE Mr. Gholam Reza Ansari

VIF welcomed the Iranian Ambassador to India, HE Mr. Gholam Reza Ansari for an interaction on 28th June 2013. Amb Ansari candidly expressed his views on India-Iran relations, Iranian Presidential elections and Iranian foreign policy with respect to S....

July 01, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Panel Discussion , Interaction , Afghanistan , Syria , Iranian Ambassador to India
Interaction with Mr David McKean

On 25 June 2013, Mr David McKean, Director of Policy Planning in the US Department of State and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State called on Mr Ajit Doval, KC, Director, VIF in his office to discuss issues of mutual concern to the US and India.....

July 01, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Interaction , Af-Pak region , Policy Planning , Afghanistan Post 2014 , Secretary of State
Maoist Insurgency in India: Impending Escalation and Dimensions of The State’s Armed Response
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

Resurgence of Maoist Violence Since the mid-2011 or so, the intensity of Maoist insurgency had somewhat been less spectacular as compared to the preceding years. Indeed, there had been many Maoist-Police encounters during this time, mostly ....

June 27, 2013 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies
Foreign Policy under the new Chinese Leaders: India needs to be Wary
Amb Prabhat P Shukla

The new Chinese leaders have been active in foreign affairs almost immediately after taking over their new offices in March this year. Premier Li Keqiang visited India, Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany as part of his first outing. President Xi Jinpi....

June 27, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
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