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Kyrgyzstan in Political Turmoil
May 9 , 2018 Dr Rashmini Koparkar
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Kyrgyzstan, a small, landlocked and mountainous republic in Central Asia, is less known to the world because of its remote location and tiny population (about 6 million). The country borders China on th...

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Central Asia , Kyrgyzstan

हिन्द-प्रशांत क्षेत्र में अपनी बढ़त की आशा के साथ भारत ने सेय्चेल्लेस के साथ संधियों पर हस्ताक्षर किये
May 9 , 2018 Dr Neha Sinha
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सेय्चेल्लेस गणतंत्र, हिन्द महासागर का एक द्वीप समूह है। इस देश में 115 द्वीप है जिनकी राजधानी विक्टोरिया है। सेय्चेल्लेस के आसपास मॉरिशस, रीयूनियन, मेडागास्कर, कोमरोस जैसे कई द्वीप है। सेय्चेल्लेस की जन...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi

India Keeps Australia out of the Malabar Exercise - Again
May 8 , 2018 Asha Sundaramurthy
Article Views: 7499
Published in The Diplomat on 8th May 2018.

VIF Scholars Outreach, International Relations and Diplomacy

Why S-400 Will Make Sense Despite (Un)Likelihood of US Sanctions
May 8 , 2018 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Commentary Views: 4155
The open source is abuzz with the news that India and Russia are close to finalising the deal for the purchase of S-400 System despite the threat of US sanctions1.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Air defence , S-400

Significance of Exercise ‘Gagan Shakti-2018’
May 7 , 2018 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Commentary Views: 5850
The Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out a massive pan-India Exercise ‘Gagan Shakti 2018’ from 08-22 Apr 2018 involving practically the entire operational and logistic component of the IAF. What is the si...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : Exercise Gagan Shakti , Indian Air Force

Commentary: Modi-Xi Informal Summit: Striving to Achieve Equilibrium
May 4 , 2018 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 2569
The informal summit between Modi and Xi has taken place at an appropriate time when one looks at both the global and regional situation as also at the domestic situations in both the countries. While th...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

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