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Looking Back at General Zorawar Singh and his Campaigns: An Assessment
March 22 , 2024 Saudiptendu Ray, Research Associate, VIF
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Zorawar Singh was a prominent military commander and statesman in the army of Maharaja Gulab Singh of Jammu and Kashmir. He played a pivotal role in defining the modern political boundaries of the Union...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Buddhism , Central Asia , Dogra , Gilgit-Baltistan , Jammu and Kashmir , Kashmiri shawls , Kishtwar , Ladakh , Maharaja Gulab Singh , Sikh Empire , Xinjiang

How Real is the Possibility of India-China and India-Pakistan Conflict in 2024
March 21 , 2024 Amb JK Tripathi
Commentary Views: 2959
The “Annual Threat Assessment Report” released by the US Directorate of National Intelligence on 11th March is being widely discussed these days as it has warned that the escalation of tension between I...

International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : China , India , Pakistan , US Intelligence Report , War

खास है प्रधानमंत्री तोबगे की भारत यात्रा
March 19 , 2024 Dr Rishi Gupta
Commentary Views: 4153
भूटान के नव-निर्वाचित प्रधानमंत्री शेरिंग टोबगे अपनी पाँच दिवसीय यात्रा पर भारत आए। प्रधानमंत्री टोबगे की पीपुल्स डेमोक्रेटिक पार्टी ने जनवरी 2024 में हुए आम चुनावों में जीत हासिल की और फरवरी में पदभार ...

Bhutan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Bhutan , India , India Bhutan Relations , Tshering Tobgay , भूटान

Making Sense of a so-Called Frozen War
March 18 , 2024 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Article Views: 3883
This brief piece picks up the thread from the latest the Russo-Ukraine war and attempts to reflect on what may lie ahead. Visiting the Russo-Ukraine Battlefield Following points briefly reflect the curr...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Frozen battlefield , Russia Ukraine war , Russia War , Ukraine War

US and China Jostle for Influence in Southeast Asia
March 15 , 2024 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 1834
Introduction
China’s conduct of diplomacy backed by its economic strength and military power has emerged as the topic of analysis by experts who try to understand what could be China’s long-term goals.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ASEAN , ASEX 2023 , Cobra Gold , Cope Thunder , Garuda Shield , Global Security Initiative , HADR , Maritime Security

China is Raising Tensions in the Taiwan Strait
March 14 , 2024 Jayadeva Ranade
Commentary Views: 2190
Tension across the Taiwan Strait has increased since Taiwan's pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won the Presidential elections for the third consecutive time in January 2024. The victo...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : CCP , China , DPP , Kinmen , KMT , PLA , Quemoy , reunification , Taiwan

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