Commentaries & Articles
India and Japan: Asia’s Best Friends
India’s relations with Japan reach back over 15 centuries. The Tokyo Declaration issued on September 1st 2014, on the occasion of the meeting of the two Prime Ministers, echoed this connection in the f...
Will President Xi Jinping’s Visit change the Contours of Sino-Indian Ties?
The coming visit of President Xi Jinping is being viewed as a visit that could define the next decade of engagement between the two Asian giants. It is generally accepted that Sino-Indian relations...
India-Japan Ties: Tokyo Must Move Forward on Nuke Deal to Realise Strategic Potential
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s just concluded visit to Japan has been successful on various counts. Politically, the India-Japan relationship has been solidified; economically, prospects of major Japane...
India Should Leverage the Tectonic Shift in the Global Economic Order
As per Angus Maddison’s pioneering OECD study, India and China had nearly 50 percent of the global GDP as late as the1820‘s.1 Hence, India and China are not emerging or rising powers. They are merely re...
PM Modi’s Visit to Nepal: Challenges and Opportunities
The past three months since the Narendra Modi-led NDA government assumed office in India have been momentous in terms of defining, inter alia, a new era of Indo-Nepal relations. The pace at which events...
VIF News Digests
Neighbourhood News
January 7, 2025
Neighborhood News Digest- 07 January 2025

Afghanistan Efforts to Send Skilled Workers Abroad Intensify: Ministry-Tolo News The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs...

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Internal Security Monitor
December 31, 2024
Internal Security Monitor Vol 1, No 5

The last fortnight of 2024 concluded rather largely peacefully. Union Home Minister Amit Shah appealed to the Maoists to lay...

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Africa Now
January 3, 2025
Africa Now (16-31 December, 2024)

OVERVIEW This edition of Africa Now, the fortnightly news digest focuses on significant developments in the continent across...

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Defense, National Security and Terrorism, VIF Alerts
December 23, 2024
VIF News Digest : National Security- Defence Studies & Terrorism (01-15 December 2024)

Defence India and Cambodia Commence Inaugural Joint Table Top Exercise CINBAX. India-Malaysia Join Military Exercise...

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Eurasia News Digest
December 2, 2024
Eurasia News Digest(16-30 November, 2024)

Russia & Central Asia Turkmenistan tightening exit rules for citizens seeking to travel to Uzbekistan Turkmen...

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Europe News Digest
January 1, 2025
Europe News Digest (16-31 December, 2024)

EU Proposes Sanctions on Georgian Officials: Hungary and Slovakia Veto Kaja Kallas, the EU's new foreign policy chief, is...

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VIF Cyber Review
December 13, 2024
Cyber Review - November 2024

National The Government notified telecoms to report security incidents within specified timelines The Government of Bharat...

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Myanmar Round Up
July 8, 2024
Myanmar Round Up: June 2024

June 2024 has been a tumultuous month for Myanmar, marked by significant military operations, escalating conflicts, and a...

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West Asia Round Up
October 25, 2024
West Asia Roundup: September 2024

Abstract: Not only the world remained on tenterhooks with the fears of escalation in West Asia but also witnessed the...

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Global Developments And Analysis: Weekly Monitor
November 13, 2024
Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (04-10 November 2024)

Economic China Unveils $1.4 Trillion Debt Swap, Saves Stimulus for Trump China gave indebted local governments a 10 trillion...

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Science and Technology
November 26, 2024
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest (1-15 November 2024), Issue 49

In this Issue I. Defence and Security DRDO Completes Flight Tests of Guided Pinaka Weapon System Maiden Flight-Test of...

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US Insights
June 6, 2024
US- Insights - May 2024

India-US Relations How India-US relations could change after the 2024 elections This year the US and India are both holding...

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Culture & Civilisation
January 6, 2025
Culture and Civilisational Digest: December-2024

ASI begins process of unravelling portion of 'assembly hall' of Mauryan emperors in Patna- Hindustan Times The...

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Multilateralism Digest
June 3, 2024
Multilateralism Digest: May 2024-Issue 5

I. India in the UN Indian inputs for a substantial Summit of the Future India contributes to CTTF India chairs Committee A...

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China Digest
June 5, 2023
China Digest (16-31 May 2023)

India-China Relations It is learnt that China objected to the proposal from India to add Abdul Rauf of the JeM to the UN...

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