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Terror Strike in Sri Lanka: Expanding Footprints of Jihadist Movement in the Indian Subcontinent
May 6 , 2019 Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (retd.)
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In the 20th Century, the world confronted three totalitarian revolutionary movements: Nazism; communism; and fascism. Now the world is under assault from a fourth such movement whose members operate under many labels as part of global Jihad.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

The Second Belt and Road Forum
May 6 , 2019 Dr Gunjan Singh
Commentary Views: 5635
The second Belt and Road Forum (BRF) was held in Beijing from April 25-27, 2019. The first BRF was held in 2017. This BRF saw the participation of more than 150 countries underscoring the argument that ...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Global interest on BRI , Second Belt and Road Forum , Xi Jinping’s benign narrative

Sri Lanka: Need to Repair Political and Security Architecture
May 3 , 2019 PM Heblikar
Article Views: 5476
The Easter Sunday Church Bombings (April 21, 2019) in Colombo and other parts of Sri Lanka has altered the internal security situation and the political arithmetic in that country. The Islamic State of...

Sri Lanka, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Counter-terror intelligence , Easter Bombings , Sri Lanka terror attack

सम्मानों की कूटनीति
May 3 , 2019 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 4034
इस बात पर विवाद तो हो सकता है, लेकिन भारत के प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी कई देशों की सरकारों द्वारा सबसे अधिक सम्मानित किए जाने वाले राज्याध्यक्ष हैं और ये सम्मान उन्हें पांच वर्ष से भी कम समय में मिले है...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Hindi

Exercise AUSINDEX-2019: A New High in India Australia Defence Cooperation
May 2 , 2019 Amruta Karambelkar
Article Views: 4313
India and Australia have conducted the third edition of biennial naval exercise AUSINDEX-2019 from April 2-14, 2019 at Vishakhapatnam. The Harbor Phase of the Exercise was conducted from April 2-7, 2019...

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Exercise AUSINDEX-2019 , Indo-Australia naval exercise , Malabar Exercise , security of Indian Ocean

ASEAN needs India to preserve its centrality in a multi-polar Indo-Pacific
May 1 , 2019 Commodore Somen Banerjee
Commentary Views: 3747
A workshop of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Regional Forum (ARF) was concluded in Dili, Timor-Leste on April 26, 2019. A range of issues would have been on the table including the R...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ASEAN Centrality , China’s assertiveness in East Asia , Indo-Pacific power-play

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