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Syria is the Game Changer for Big Powers
January 2 , 2025 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 35
Some dates go down in history as unprecedented and unanticipated developments usher in often unexpected and unannounced outcomes. Moreover, wars and their impacts are not unconnected or limited to a par...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , Hamas , India , Iran , Palestine , Syria , Turkey , US

The India-U.S. Partnership: Building Upon the Joint Efforts of a Quarter Century
January 1 , 2025 Vice Admiral Girish Luthra (retd.)
Commentary Views: 58
The India-U.S. partnership embarked on a new trajectory at the turn of the century when strains that appeared post India’s nuclear tests in 1998 were replaced by a common recognition of convergence of s...

US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Geoploilitics and Geoeconomics , Global and Regional Cooperation , Indo Pacific , Multilateralism , QUAD , Trump 2.0 , US India Defence and Security Cooperation , US India strategic partnership

Myanmar: The Fall of Rakhine; Imperatives for India
December 31 , 2024 Lt Gen PC Nair, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, PhD, (Retd)
Article Views: 72
On 9th Dec 2024, Arakan Army (AA), one of the most powerful Ethnic Armed Organisations and one from the Three Brotherhood Alliance (the other two being the MNDAA and TNLA) battling Myanmar Army (Tatmada...

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Oil and Gas Pipelines of China , Rohingya , Tatmadav , ⁠Kaladan Multi Modal Transit and Transport Project , ⁠Rakhine State

Pitfalls of Parliament Debate on China
December 31 , 2024 Rup Narayan Das
Commentary Views: 87
On 3rd December External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar made a suo moto statement in the Lok Sabha and informed the members about current state of relations between India and China after the meeting ...

Governance and Political Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , India , Menon , Nehru , Noorani , Parliament , resolution

Reflections
December 30 , 2024 S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF
Commentary Views: 67
Left Historians were noseled by Karl Marx and Max Weber who influenced 20th Century Indian intellectualism, academics and historians. Karl Marx two articles in New York Harold Tribune in 1854 and Max We...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Buddhism , Hinduism , Indian civilisations , Indian society , Karl Marx , karma , Max Webers

China Preparing to Deal with Trump 2.0
December 30 , 2024 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 74
“The ability to prevent defeat is your responsibility, while the opportunities for victory depend upon the enemy.” - Six Secret Teachings, Jiang Ziya

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ASEAN , MFN , New Productive Forces , Taiwan , tariffs , trade , Trump , Xi Jinping

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January 2, 2025
Neighborhood News Digest - 02 January 2025

Afghanistan UN Calls for Lifting Ban on Women Working in NGOs-Tolo News The United Nations High Commissioner for Human...

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Internal Security Monitor
December 31, 2024
Internal Security Monitor Vol 1, No 5

The last fortnight of 2024 concluded rather largely peacefully. Union Home Minister Amit Shah appealed to the Maoists to lay...

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Africa Now
December 19, 2024
Africa Now (01-15 December, 2024)

OVERVIEW The African Continent witnessed significant developments over the past two weeks. The continent continued to...

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Defense, National Security and Terrorism, VIF Alerts
December 23, 2024
VIF News Digest : National Security- Defence Studies & Terrorism (01-15 December 2024)

Defence India and Cambodia Commence Inaugural Joint Table Top Exercise CINBAX. India-Malaysia Join Military Exercise...

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January 1, 2025
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EU Proposes Sanctions on Georgian Officials: Hungary and Slovakia Veto Kaja Kallas, the EU's new foreign policy chief, is...

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VIF Cyber Review
December 13, 2024
Cyber Review - November 2024

National The Government notified telecoms to report security incidents within specified timelines The Government of Bharat...

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June 2024 has been a tumultuous month for Myanmar, marked by significant military operations, escalating conflicts, and a...

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October 25, 2024
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Abstract: Not only the world remained on tenterhooks with the fears of escalation in West Asia but also witnessed the...

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Global Developments And Analysis: Weekly Monitor
November 13, 2024
Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (04-10 November 2024)

Economic China Unveils $1.4 Trillion Debt Swap, Saves Stimulus for Trump China gave indebted local governments a 10 trillion...

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November 26, 2024
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest (1-15 November 2024), Issue 49

In this Issue I. Defence and Security DRDO Completes Flight Tests of Guided Pinaka Weapon System Maiden Flight-Test of...

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US Insights
June 6, 2024
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India-US Relations How India-US relations could change after the 2024 elections This year the US and India are both holding...

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December 6, 2024
Culture and Civilisational Digest: November-2024

69 stone inscriptions dating back to 9th century discovered in Karnataka's Kodagu, transcription done- Deccan Herald The...

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June 3, 2024
Multilateralism Digest: May 2024-Issue 5

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