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Pakistan and 05 August- A Year Later
August 4 , 2020 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF
Article Views: 7784
The developments of 05 August 2019 have left a deep scar on the psyche of Pakistan. This was the day when the special provisions granted to J&K in the Indian constitution- Article 370 and Article 35...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Pakistan, Jammu & Kashmir, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Gilgit-Baltistan , Hurriyat , ISI , Kashmir , Pakistan , post Article 370 phase , psyche , UN

Article 370 Fully Integrates J & K with India
August 3 , 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Commentary Views: 7697
The revision of Article 370 removed a long festering abscess in our body politic. India had been divided in 1947 but Article 370 blurred a neat division by preventing the full integration of J&K wit...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir

Tags : Article 35 A , Article 370 , Hurriyat , Kashmir , OIC , Pakistan , Radicalisation , Sufi Islam , Terrorism

J & K- Less War, More Peace: An Assessment of the Year after the Decisions of 5 August 2019
August 3 , 2020 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 12620
On 5 Aug 2019 India stunned the world, and perhaps itself, with decisions regarding the constitutional exclusivity attached to the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). These were related to...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir

Tags : Articles 370 & 35 A , COVID-19 , hybrid war , Information Warfare , ISPR , Kashmir , Over Ground Workers networks , Pakistan , separatism , Shimla Agreement

Chinese Ambassador’s Speech Ignores that a lot has changed in Sino-Indian Relations
August 1 , 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 4627
On 30 July 2020, the Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong delivered an important speech at the Delhi based Institute for Chinese Studies in which he spoke about the current state of Sino Indian relat...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China's Ambassador speech , expansionism , Galwan , hegemony , LAC , Ladakh , Modi-Xi consensus , One China policy

Time to Focus on Success Stories of India-Bangladesh Relations
August 1 , 2020 Pratim Ranjan Bose
Commentary Views: 8406
The recent controversy over India-Bangladesh relations is a reminder to the Indian planners to review their communication strategy – an area where China excels. Indeed, if good news made headlines, the ...

Bangladesh, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : China , Chittagong port , container service , Hasina , Kolkata , Pyara port , Railways , Sri Lanka , Tripura , West Bengal

ऑटोनॉमस शस्त्र प्रणालियों के प्रयोग पर नियंत्रण
August 1 , 2020 Mayuri Mukherjee
Article Views: 3829
तकनीकी परिभाषाओं की चिंता करने के बजाय जोर इस बात पर हो कि मानव अपनी मशीनों पर नियंत्रण कैसे बनाए रख सकता है

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : 113/5000 कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता , Hindi , UN CCW , अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मानवीय कानून , उभरती प्रौद्योगिकियां , घातक स्वायत्त हथियार

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