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PM’s call at Kevadia – What is the ‘Big Picture’?
May 21 , 2021 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Article Views: 5066
Ever since the PM addressed the Combined Commanders Conference in Kevadia on 06 March 2021 the media has been picking up bits and pieces of his address and pitching it as ‘stand-alone agendas’ complete ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Combined Commanders' Conference , Defence Exports , imports , military doctrine , OFB , PM's message , R & D , weapons & equipment

Israel-Palestine Conflict 2021: The Ghost from the Past
May 20 , 2021 Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 6942
“They [Hamas] attacked our capital. They launched missiles at our cities. They are paying, and will pay, a very heavy price for this. This is not yet over. We [Israel] will do everything to restore secu...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : counterterrorism , Gaza , Hamas , India , Israel , Jerusalem , Palestine , PIJ

China and South Asian Neighborhood
May 20 , 2021 Prof Veena Sikri
Podcast Views: 4470
In an effort to build stronger linkages with South Asian countries China has emerged as a major supplier of economic resources that is infrastructure projects investments as well as military hardware an...

China, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Border engagements , China interventions , Diplomatic intrusions , India's role , Neighbourhood first policy , South Asian region

The Power of a Billion in Volunteering to Defeat COVID!
May 20 , 2021 Dr Swati Mitra
Commentary Views: 4416
The havoc wrecked by the pandemic has led to many theories, committees, criticisms, and calculations by luminaries across sectors on the handling of the COVID surge in India and the gaping hole in India...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Civil Society , Covid , Public Private Partnership , Seva , Socio-cultural

Signs of Disquiet in Chinese Communist Party as 20th Congress Draws Near
May 19 , 2021 Jayadeva Ranade
Article Views: 5267
Amid efforts by Chinese President Xi Jinping to marshal resources to imprint his image on people's minds as one among those in the pantheon of China's Greats, there are signs of possible disquiet in the...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : CCP , Deng Xiaopeng , Hongkong , Party history , People's Daily , PLA , Tiananmen , Tibetan issues , Wen Jiabao , Xi Jinping

The Need to Activate the National Disaster Management Authority in Pandemic Times
May 18 , 2021 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Article Views: 6390
India is facing a health emergency of unprecedented proportions. The Covid-19 pandemic has already claimed over 250,000 lives and infected over 24 million people in India. It is now rapidly spreading t...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Disaster Management

Tags : COVID-19 , DDMA , Disaster Management Act , MHA , NDMA , SDMA

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