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India’s Maoists: Business as usual
June 18 , 2020 DR P V Ramana
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It has been business as usual for Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), even as the country has been fighting the challenge of COVID-19 pandemic. Incidents of violence by the Maoists, effo...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Leftwing Extremism

Tags : chhattisgarh , Extortion , Maoists , Sukma , weapons

Eastern LADAKH (EL) and Siachen: The Geo-Strategic Obstruct
June 17 , 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 7695
Indeed, the Soltoro Ridge with the Shyok River to its West, the Siachen Glacier and the Nubra Valley and the Saser Muztagh with the Shyok River to its East, is a great geostrategic obstruct to any collusive designs of Pakistan and China.

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Aksai Chin , China , Eastern Ladakh , Galwan , Gilgit-Baltistan , ISR , Shyok , Siachen , Trans Karakoram Tract

US Naval Transformation Challenges PLA Navy
June 17 , 2020 Dr Vijay Sakhuja
Article Views: 4276
Numerous commentaries and essays have argued and concluded that the military gap between the US and China is closing and the numerical naval balance between the two Pacific powers has converged. The PLA...

China, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : 4IR technologies; Warfighter Development office; Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO); Ghost Fleet; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV); US Navy; PLA Navy; Sea Hunter

The United States and the COVID Challenge: it’s Impact on the 2020 Presidential Election
June 16 , 2020 Dr Harinder Sekhon
Article Views: 3264
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the United States. In June, the US crossed the two million mark in infected cases and has reported over 117 thousand deaths. Of these, New York alone has recorded over 382,000 cases, far higher than most nations in the world.

US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : America's troubles , CARES Act , COVID Challenge , Donald Trump , Epicentres of the disease , Great Depression , H1B Visas , Immigration , New York , Pandemic , Paycheck Protection Program , Rural America. , US Demographics , US economy , US elections , US Unemployment

वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा पर भारत-चीन टकराव का विश्लेषण
June 16 , 2020 Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.)
Article Views: 3827
हाल ही में एक प्रतिष्ठित लेखक ने एक प्रमुख भारतीय अखबार में एक लेख में भारत-चीन सीमा विवाद के बारे में विस्तार से बात करते समय कुछ उचित और प्रासंगिक तथ्य सामने रखे हैं। हालांकि तथ्य उपयुक्त हो सकते हैं ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : एलएसी , गालवान घाटी , नकुल , लद्दाख , विभिन्न धारणाएं , सिक्किम

Russia and Turkey Embroiled in Libya
June 16 , 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 3480
For over a decade the biggest problem and misfortune of the Libyans has been the competition among the rival powers. This included the regional and non-regional interventionists who continue to support ...

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Berlin Process , Erdogan , Gen. Haftar , GNA , Putin , Tobruk , Tripoli , UN

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