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Swami Vivekananda on Human and Non-Traditional Security
Anurag Bisen, Senior Fellow, VIF

Swami Vivekananda’s concept of security was deeply holistic, encompassing the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of human life. He believed that genuine security could not be attained solely through material wealth or physical protection...

November 22, 2024 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Human Security, Non-Traditional Security, Security, Swami Vivekanada., Historical and Civilisational Studies
India’s Growing FinTech Cooperation : Bridging Borders and Empowering Digital Economies
Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF

India has emerged as a leader in the Financial Technology (FinTech) innovation and growing acceptance of its digital payments mark an important milestone in the global expansion of India’s digital payment system. The cross-border digital...

November 1, 2024 Download
Tags: Digital India, Digital Literacy, Digital Payments, DPI, Fast Payments System, Fintech, Global South, NIPL, NPCI, QR code, RBI, RuPay Card, SWIFT System, UPI, Technological and Scientific Studies
Project 2025: Potential Implications for U.S. - India Relations
PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF

Voters in the U.S. will go to the polls on November 5 to elect their next president. The election was initially meant to be between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. However, President Biden ended his campaign in July and endorsed Vice-...

October 24, 2024 Download
Tags: India, President Biden, Project 2025, Trump administration, US, US Congress, US elections, International Relations and Diplomacy
Project 2025: What a Trump Administration Portends for India
Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

As the US Presidential race reaches the home stretch, the political rhetoric becomes shriller, accentuating the polarization in American society. Almost every major US media outlet has become an extension of one or the other campaign. Channels...

October 22, 2024 Download
Tags: India, President Biden, Project 2025, Trump administration, US, US Congress, US elections, US, International Relations and Diplomacy
The Civilisational Diasporic Approach: Understanding the Engagement of the Chinese and the Indian State with Diasporas
Apurva Jha

… civilizational approach is geared at securing a prominent position in the international arena through a larger narrative of peaceful rise and collective growth while achieving their domestic goals of growth and development ... it allows the...

August 28, 2024 Download
Tags: Connecting with diaspora, diaspora participation in lands of origin, Indian and the Chinese diaspora policies, India’s overseas diaspora, Soft power of diaspora relationship, Historical and Civilisational Studies
Trends in Global Arms Trade & India
Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF

The SIPRI’s recent report on international arms transfer reflects the dynamic trends in the global arms trade. While the US, the world’s largest arms supplier, dominates the international arms market and its share has dramatically increased over...

April 24, 2024 Download
Tags: Aatmanirbhar Bharat, Global Arms Trade, Indigenization of arms, make in India initiative, Technological and Scientific Studies
Kashmir-Xinjiang Linkages in Modern and Contemporary Times
Prof K Warikoo

Due to its geographical contiguity and cultural affinity with Xinjiang and linkage with the Silk Route by means of much frequented Srinagar-Leh-Yarkand-Kashgar route, Kashmir played an important role in India’s relations with Central Asia since...

March 13, 2024 Download
Tags: CPEC, Kashgar, Kashmir, Russia, Soviet power, Uyghur activists, Xinjiang Linkages, International Relations and Diplomacy
BRICS, Russia and the Arctic: India’s Options
Anurag Bisen, Senior Fellow, VIF

… with increasing multi spectrum Sino-Russian cooperation including in the Arctic Region, it is imperative for India not only to enhance its bilateral cooperation with Russia on the Arctic, but also to whole heartedly support the Russian proposal...

February 29, 2024 Download
Tags: Arctic Ocean power play, Arctic-Polar Circle, maritime Arctic, power stakes in Arctic, Russia in Arctic Circle, the Arctic council, the Arctic economy, International Relations and Diplomacy
India and the BRICS: A Post-XVth Summit Assessment
Dr Arpita Anant

Among the many landmarks in the evolution of the BRICS, the XVth Summit held in August 2023 will find a mention because unlike other landmarks in specific areas of cooperation since the first Summit in 2009, this Summit added six new members to...

February 21, 2024 Download
Tags: BRICS, BRICS agenda, BRICS membership, BRICS multilateralism and China factor, investments and politics, relevance of BRICS in new world order, The XVth BRICS Summit, International Relations and Diplomacy
Narrative of Despondent Pashtuns: Terrorism, Ethnicity and the Pakistani Military
N Khan

This primary research uses in-depth interviews to investigate the experiences and perceptions of the ethnic Pashtuns of Pakistan’s former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) regarding terrorism, ethnicity and the Pakistani military,...

December 27, 2023 Download
Tags: ethnicity, FATA, Pakistani Military, Pashtuns, Tahafuz Movement, Terrorism, Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies
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