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Pakistan’s Nuclear Bluff
April 15 , 2019 Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty
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Current Perspective 14 February 2019 was a clear day for movement of vehicles on the Jammu-Srinagar highway. It was after a long spell of road closure that the highway was opened. Viewing the frequent r...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Pakistan’s TNWs , Proxy war under nuclear backing , Response to Pakistan’s nuclear rhetoric

Future of Kazakhstan after Nazarbayev: An Assessment
April 15 , 2019 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
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In a historic announcement on 19 March 2019, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev declared his resignation through a state television message. He stated that this decision was not easy, but he w...

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Kazakhstan Presidential election , Presidential succession in Kazakhstan

पश्चिम एशिया राउंड अप फरवरी 2019
April 12 , 2019 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 3260
शहजादे मोहम्मद बिन सलाम की लोकप्रियता सऊदी महिलाओं पर लगे प्रतिबंध कम करने तथा अंतरराष्ट्रीय कंपनियों को सऊदी अरब में निवेश की अनुमति देने के कारण शहजादे मोहम्मद बिन सलमान की लोकप्रियता बढ़ गई।

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , इस्लामी सहयोग संगठन , ईरान , सऊदी अरब , सीरिया

Limitations of Trump’s “Maximum Pressure” Strategy on North Korea
April 11 , 2019 Dr Kapil Patil
Commentary Views: 2279
On 30 November 2018, the Japanese agencies spotted the North Korean vessels engaged in offshore ship-to-ship transfers with foreign vessels conducting illegal activities on the consecutive days.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : DPRK denuclearisation , North Korea economic downturn , North Korea sanctions

Hypersonic Weapons - An Analysis
April 10 , 2019 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Article Views: 9807
On 14 Mar 2019, Moscow's State controlled news agency TASS reported that Russia is getting ready to launch the Zircon Hypersonic Missile from a naval vessel. The Missile will have a capability of flying at Mach 8 (9878.4 Km per hour) and will be simply "unstoppable" by any known missile defence system in the world.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Development of hypersonic missiles , Hypersonic weapons

West Asia Round-up: March 2019
April 10 , 2019 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 2259
President Trump continues to surprise the world as far as the foreign policy domain is concerned especially with regard to West Asia. After his Jerusalem Salvo and the proposal in making “Deal of the Century” for the Middle East, he sprung a surprise by announcing the disputed and occupied Golan Heights territorially as part of Israel.

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Golan Heights , India at the OIC , Kurdish rebellion

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