India

Indian Armed Forces in 2047: At The Centenary of Independence

The 75th Year of Independence is a milestone in India’s march towards a sovereign dispensation characterised by freedom, peace, and prosperity. In that endeavour, the preservation of territorial sanctity, economic sovereignty and political...

June 15, 2023

Keywords : National Security and Strategic Studies, 75th Year of Independence, India, Defence

AFGHANISTAN: Through the Fog of Instability

Lt General R K Sawhney, PVSM, AVSM, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, National Security and Strategic Studies & Internal Security Studies, VIF

Afghanistan is a country that has seen more devastation than prosperity, especially in the last 20 years. The resurgence of the Taliban and its cat-and-mouse game with the West has brought the once lively nation on the brink of starvation and...

February 7, 2023

Keywords : Afghan wars, Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Durand Line, India, Pakistan, Taliban, US, Neighbourhood Studies

India-Bangladesh Bonhomie at 50: 1971 and the Present

Dr Sreeradha Datta

For Bangladesh and India, the past year has been about celebrating 50 years of Bangladesh and commemorating the iconic event, the Liberation War of Bangladesh, one that irreversibly changed the political landscape of South Asia.

March 25, 2022 Download

Keywords : 1971 Liberation War, 1971 war, India, Liberation War, Muslim League, Pakistan, Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh, Neighbourhood Studies

Opportunities for India in a Changing World

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

We are living in an era of extraordinarily fast paced change. The Covid-19 pandemic has turned the world upside down and deepened political, economic and social uncertainties. The post-World War order set up in 1945 by the Western countries is...

October 7, 2021

Keywords : Civilisation, COVID-19 pandemic, India, technology, International Relations and Diplomacy