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The Israel-Palestine Crisis
November 2 , 2023 Sanjiv Khanna
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History
It was 1916, and the World War I was not going too well for the imperial powers Britain and France. These powers then started thinking in two directions – one, by weakening the adversary - the Central Powers comprising of the German, Austro-Hungarian and the Ottoman Empires - and two, strengthening its own ranks by persuading the US to join the war effort.

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : belligerence in West Asia , Hamas violence , India-West Asia , Israel’s retaliation in Gaza , Palestine crisis , Palestine politics

African Union G20 Membership: Opportunities and Challenges
November 1 , 2023 Benedict Arwa Dr Patrick Rebecca Sangura
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The Group of Twenty (G20) is a global platform for the world's largest economies to discuss and coordinate global economic and financial policies. The African Union (AU) offers the continent a legal and...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : African agency , Agenda 2063 , AU , G20 , Pan Africanism

Resilience to Economic Authoritarianism, Treachery and Wars
October 31 , 2023 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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Today’s security environment is utterly unpredictable, the world saw three black swan events in as many years –Covid19, Russia-Ukraine War and more recently Israel-Hamas War! In 2023 itself threats orig...

National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , economic interdependence , India , Pakistan , resilience

Canada-based Khalistani Elements: A Continuing Concern for Bharat
October 30 , 2023 Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF
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धर्मं चर। धर्मान्न प्रमदितव्यम्। - तैत्तिरीय उपनिषद् 1.11 [English Translation: Practice righteousness (Dharma). Do not swerve from righteousness (Dharma). Source: Taittiriya Upanishad 1.11]

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

Tags : Bharat , Canada , India , Khalistan , Khalistani , LeT , Nijjar , Pakistan , Punjab , Referendum , Terrorism

Does Intelligence Always Fail-Invariably?
October 27 , 2023 Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.)
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Since their inception, humans have been interested in knowing about the adversary. Examples abound in history. The blind king’s desire to know events in Kurukshetra; Moses tasking his 12 spies before se...

National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Gaza , Hamas , Intelligence failure , Israel

Hamas Attack on Israel: A Tough Road Ahead
October 26 , 2023 Sunil Yadav
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The surprise and audacious attack by Hamas on Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 Oct 23 has drawn parallels with the 9/11 terror attacks on United States in terms of surprise, shock action and casualties....

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Gaza , Hamas , Humanitarian Crisis , India , Iran , Israel , Palestine , UN , US

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