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The Kursk Incursion – An Analysis
October 4 , 2024 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Article Views: 591
Scope
This work attempts to analyse the issues related to the recent incursion of Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region of Russia. In that, it examines the so-called 'gains' from such an incursion in the light of existing realities.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Kursk , Nuclear , Putin , Russia , Ukraine , Zelenskyy

China-Africa Cooperation Forum: An Analytical Overview
October 3 , 2024 Umang Bhansali, Research Assistant, VIF
Article Views: 673
China hosted the Ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing on September 4-6, 2024. In the Ministerial conference of the 2024 FOCAC summit, Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, stated that the sum...

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Africa , China , Debt , FOCAC Summit , Green energy , modernisation

India’s Hard Power through the Prism of Gandhi’s Soft Power of Non-violence
October 1 , 2024 Rup Narayan Das
Commentary Views: 581
When the world will be observing Gandhi’s birthday as International Day of Non-violence as declared by the United Nations and at a time when India has emerged as one of the major powers in the world dem...

Historical and Civilisational Studies

Tags : Galwan , Gandhi , modi , Nuclear test Vajpayee , Pokhran

Viksit Bharat and Surakshit Bharat: Wheels of the Same Chariot
September 30 , 2024 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 622
India aspires to be and is steadily on the way to be a developed nation by 2047, and to which end, Viksit Bharat and Surakshit Bharat (Prosperous India, Secure India) are wheels of the same chariot, bei...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

Tags : buffer zones , China , friction points , GDP , LAC , Ladakh , PLA Surakshi Bharat , Viksit Bharat

Iran's Border Wall and the Evolving Dynamics with Afghanistan
September 27 , 2024 Dr Angana Kotokey, Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 650
Introduction
With a shared fragile border stretching over 900 kilometres, Iran and Afghanistan have historically maintained complex ties characterized by shifting political landscapes, and regional and national interests.

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Afghanistan , Border Wall , Iran , Territorial claims

Israel’s conundrum about the Day after Scenario in Gaza Strip
September 25 , 2024 Hirak Jyoti Das, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 770
Israel's security policy has been influenced by a deep sense of regional isolation, vulnerability and asymmetry in terms of small territorial size, limited population, lack of strategic depth, diplomati...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Abdel Fattah el-Sisi , Benjamin Netanyahu , Hamas , Israel , Joe Biden , Palestinian Authority , Philadelphi corridor , Rafah corridor , US

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