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Geo-engineering: A Fringe Idea Whose Time Has Come?
February 27 , 2023 PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 6391
Introduction
On 1 October 2022, the US government announced a Five-Year Plan to study the controversial and seemingly sci-fi notion of deflecting the Sun’s rays before they hit Earth in order to temporarily reduce the effects of global warming.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change

Tags : Carbon Geo-engineering , Climate Change , Climate Change Mitigation , Geo-engineering , national security , Solar Geo-engineering , Stratospheric Aerosol Injection

Punjab: Frankenstein amidst Witches Brew
February 27 , 2023 Brig (retd) Rahul Bhonsle
Article Views: 5768
Punjab - the front line border state of India has seen fragility in the 1980’s and 1990’s in the form of a bloody terrorist campaign memories of which returned to haunt with images from Ajnala (near Amr...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

Tags : ISI , Khalistan , Pakistan , Punjab

Expectations from the Dahal-led ruling coalition in Nepal
February 27 , 2023 Amb Ranjit Rae
Podcast Views: 3858
In this episode of the VIF Podcast, we discuss the recent significant developments in Nepalese politics and the stability of the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led ruling coalition. Ambassador Rae presents his asse...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : China , India , India-Nepal relations , Nepal elections , Pushpa Kamal Dahal , Rastriya Swatantra PartY

War and peace in Ukraine one year on
February 24 , 2023 Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 5656
Russia, Ukraine and NATO are locked into inflexible positions that do not permit compromise sans loss of face. Four days before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, US President Joe Biden undertook an arduous journey to the war-torn country, across territory sporadically under Russian missile attack.

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Russia , Russian invasion , Ukraine , War

One year of Russia’s war on Ukraine: A war of attrition, with no exit options in sight
February 24 , 2023 Amb P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 5463
No one has a clear definition of victory or end goals. The Western bloc is enthusiastically pursuing sanctions against Russia for the moment but countries like India have wisely chosen to prioritise its...

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Politics , Russia , Russia-Ukraine War , Ukraine , Vladimir Putin , Volodymyr Zelenskyy , World

The Future of Ethiopia's Peace Deal
February 24 , 2023 Samir Bhattacharya
Article Views: 6851
There are nations with states and nations without a state. And in Sub-Saharan Africa, there is a third category: states without nations. One such case in point is Ethiopia.

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Abiy Ahmed , Constitution , Eritria , Ethiopia , Ethno-Nationalism , Federalism , nationalism , Political instability , TPLF

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