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Budget 2019: Indian diplomacy needed a shot in the arm but budget flatters to deceive
July 10 , 2019 Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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Union Budget 2019 India: Analysis reveals some notable facts: the MEA budget, from being close to 0.1% of India’s GDP in 2012-13, declined to 0.08% in 2018-19.

VIF Scholars Outreach, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : India’s Act East Policy , MEA , Parliamentary Standing Committee , Union Budget 2019

Air Defence Cover for Mechanised Forces: The Bigger Picture
July 10 , 2019 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Article Views: 5086
On 10 May 2019, it was reported in the media that India had finally selected the South Korean made Hanwha K 30 Biho (Flying Tiger), a highly mobile short range Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) weapon system, to protect its forward manoeuvre units.

Climate Change, Defence

More Needs to be Done to Revitalise Chabahar Project
July 10 , 2019 Gautam Sen
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The latest Govt. of India`s regular budget of 2019-20, has a meagre allocation of Rs. 45 crore for the development and operationalising of Chahbahar Port infrastructure under the Ministry of External Affairs line of credit to finance this programme, as compared to Rs. 150 crore last year.

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Chabahar Port , India-Iran relations , India’s access to Central Asia

India’s Lesser Known, yet Dangerous Maoist Groups
July 8 , 2019 Dr Uddipan Mukherjee
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The Maoist movement in India is known by the violent activities of the Communist Party of India-Maoist [CPI-M] – the organization which took shape in September 2004 with the merger of the People’s War Group based in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh and the Maoist Communist Centre of the eastern states of Bihar-Jharkhand

National Security and Strategic Studies, Leftwing Extremism

Tags : Maoist groups , Maoists in Manipur , North East insurgency

Losing Istanbul Twice: Erdogan’s Humbling Moment
July 8 , 2019 Dr Yatharth Kachiar
Article Views: 2648
Introduction President Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (also known as AKP by its Turkish acronym) conceded a major defeat in the re-run of Istanbul mayoral elections on June 23 indicating...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Erdogan’s dictatorial trends , Istanbul shock , Turkish democracy

West Asia Round up - June 2019
July 5 , 2019 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Hirak Jyoti Das, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 2109
June was a particularly hot month in so far as the developments in the Middle East are concerned. In the US-Iran imbroglio one witnessed a ‘hot & cold’ approach with the US continuing with its maximum pressure tactics while Iran displayed its hard-line response, even shooting down an armed stealth US drone.

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Iran attacks US drone , Israel-Syria air attacks , Kushner’s Deal of the Century , Protests in Sudan , US-Iran confrontation

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