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Pulwama Terror Strike
February 17 , 2019 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF
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The 14th February Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror strike on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Pulwama that led to the death of 40 personnel was the most lethal strike against the security fo...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

Tags : JeM attack in Pulwama , Pakistan’s terror factory

Suicide Attack in Kashmir - Rejuvenation amongst Terrorist Organisations of the World Post-Legitimising the Taliban
February 15 , 2019 Col Shubhankar Basu, SM, VSM
Commentary Views: 4157
The suicide bombing attack on the CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir on 14 Feb 19 is possibly one of the worst terrorist attacks in the country in recent times. The casualty figures being quoted by variou...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism, Jammu & Kashmir

Tags : of Taliban , Terror attack in Kashmir , US withdrawal from Afghanistan

US Withdrawal and Afghanistan’s Future
February 15 , 2019 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 2335
President Trump in his State of the Union address on February 6th said “Great nations do not fight endless wars.” He added that America will accelerate negotiations for a political settlement.1 The form...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : US withdrawal from Afghanistan , US-Taliban talks

The Moscow Meeting on Afghanistan and its Implications for India
February 14 , 2019 Amb Asoke Mukerji, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 3666
On 5-6 February 2019, an ‘intra-Afghan’ dialogue sponsored by the Afghan Diaspora in Russia concluded with a 8-point statement issued by the participants. The meeting between the Taliban and some Afghan leaders, without the participation of the Afghan government, was facilitated by Russia.

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : India’s stakes in Afghanistan , Moscow Talks with Taliban

Step up Japan-India Strategic Cooperation
February 14 , 2019 Yoshiko Sakurai
Commentary Views: 3018
In early February, the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals and India’s Vivekananda International Foundation held a workshop titled “India-Japan Partnership in an Uncertain Era” in New Delhi.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : India-Japan Partnership , Japan-India Strategic Cooperation

‘Outlawed’ Digital Silk Road
February 13 , 2019 Aayush Mohanty
Commentary Views: 5613
China’s President Xi in his opening speech at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing in May 2017 had called for a “digital silk road” which intended to provide a space for Chinese tech companies to expand t...

Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : Huawei case , telecom malpractice

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