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Questioning India's Robust Response to the Chinese Threat is Anti National
July 6 , 2020 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF
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The current Sino Indian faceoff is the most serious since the 1962 conflict. Strung across hundreds of kilometres and encompassing many contentious areas it has been marked by scuffles between the two s...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Ladakh , National resolve , National unity , Opposition , PM's address , Self Reliance , Sino Indian faceoff

प्रधानमंत्री मोदी का लेह दौरा: आगे क्या?
July 6 , 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Article Views: 10863
प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी का 3 जुलाई को भारत-चीन सीमा के निकट लेह के करीब एक सैन्य ठिकाने का औचक दौरा भारत-चीन सैन्य टकराव में बड़ा मोड़ लेकर आया। नौ हफ्तों से जारी टकराव सैन्य कमांडर स्तर एवं अधिकारी स्त...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Hindi , अंतरराष्ट्रीय समर्थन , एलएसी , गलवान , चीन , तिब्बत , पेंगोंग , बेल्ट एंड रोड , भारत , लेह दौरा , शिनच्यांग , हॉन्गकॉन्ग

Economy in stress- Covid-19 and Pakistan
July 4 , 2020 Aakriti Vinayak
Article Views: 5642
A strange paranoia has gripped the world. As Covid-19 accelerates there seems to be uncertainty, chaos and anxiety about the future world order. The world is also grappling with the devastating impact ...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : COVID-19 , Economic crisis , IMF , negative growth , Pakistan Defence budget , Pakistan Economy

Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Leh: What Next?
July 4 , 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Article Views: 6589
Prime Minister Modi’s surprise visit to a military base near Leh close to the India-China border on 3rd July was a turning point in the nine weeks old Indian military India China military face of which ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : China , Defence capabilities , Galwan , India , Intelligence , Leh , Military faceoff , Morale armed forces , PM ModiRussia , QUAD , Resist expansionism , Strategic competition

PAEAN TO COLONEL BABU AND HIS MEN | A POEM
July 3 , 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Commentary Views: 5093
At those heights where the earth touches the sky The wind blows like a flurry of sharp spears That pierce the flesh without drawing blood When breathing becomes an ordeal And each step an act of determi...

National Security and Strategic Studies, China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , Col Suresh Babu , Forbidden City , Galwan River , Hegemonic ambitions , PLA , Stone Age warriors , Tibetans , Uighurs

Two Expansions: Which G7 should India Choose?
July 2 , 2020 Aayush Mohanty
Article Views: 5392
The United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union in June 2016 and Donald Trump becoming the President of the United States of America a few months later with the slogan “America First” has led ...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , Expansion , G7 , India , UK , US

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