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Modi's Saudi Sojourn : More Significant Than Being Made Out
April 4 , 2016 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Views: 2727
Prime Minister Modi's advisers have taken to heart the flak from many of his detractors regarding the high visibility of his foreign visits and the media hype connected to them. No other reason why such...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Modi Government , Modi's Saudi , Saudi Arabia

घरेलू कालेधन से निपटना
April 4 , 2016 Prof R Vaidyanathan
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कालेधन के दो प्रकार हैं घरेलू और अंतर्राष्ट्रीय। ये दोनों किसी स्तर पर एक दूसरे से जुड़े हैं परन्तु इनको नियंत्रण के प्रकार अलग अलग होते हैं। भारत में कालाधन बहुत ज्यादा है और इतनी बड़ी मात्रा में कालाध...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Hindi

हिन्दी में शुरूआत
April 4 , 2016
Views: 3762
वर्ष 2009 में विवेकानन्द अन्तरराष्ट्रीय फाउण्डेशन की स्थापना के पश्चात् अब 2016 में मुझे यह सूचित करते हुए असीम आनन्द की अनुभूति हो रही है कि हम कुछ लेखों को वेब साइट के माध्यम से हिन्दी भाषा में भी उपल...

Tags : Hindi

Syria: The Russians are leaving, or are they?
April 2 , 2016 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Views: 4133
Russian President Putin’s decision to pull out his military resources from Syria has been received with much skepticism and analysts are pulling out all the stops to examine the decision from every angl...

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Daesh , ISIS , Islamic State , Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

Air Power: Ground Strike Capabilities must be Enhanced to Support Army Operations
April 2 , 2016 Brig Gurmeet Kanwal
Views: 4827
Recently, in a rare public admission, Air Marshal B S Dhanoa, Vice Chief of Air Staff (VCAS), said while briefing the media recently on the eve of Exercise Iron Fist, a firepower demonstration of the In...

Military Affairs

Tags : demonstration , Pakistan , Strike Capabilities

A Not-So Well Scripted Spy Story
March 31 , 2016 Sushant Sareen
Views: 4146
If there is anything that the Pakistani spook service really lacks, it is good script-writers, which is surprising considering that Pakistan has a surfeit of writers who pen fairly plausible dramas. The...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

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