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Arms and The Country
July 30 , 2012 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 5475
European nations compete for defence ties with India When listing India’s defence partners Europe is mentioned, but it would be more accurate to speak of individual European countries as partners.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Europe, Defence, International Relations and Diplomacy

Preparing for Cyberwar - A National Perspective
July 26 , 2012 Commander Mukesh Saini (Retd.)
Views: 19704
On November 12th, 2011 Maj. Gen. Moghaddam, the "architect" of Iran's missile program, was showing a new type of warhead for nuclear weapon capable missile Sejil 2, to a group of experts for their comme...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security

Man and Environment in India: Past Traditions and Present Challenges
July 26 , 2012 Dr Anirban Ganguly
Views: 31227
Civilisation has been at times described as a ‘type of relationship.’ In his classic ‘Civilisations: culture, ambition and the transformation of nature’, historian and scholar of civilisations Felipe Fe...

Governance and Political Studies, Historical and Civilisational Studies

Religion Based Reservation is Anti-Constitution - II
July 26 , 2012 Dr Makkhan Lal, Distinguished Fellow, VIF (2015 - 2017)
Views: 12445
Among the political parties, who treat Muslims as a vote-bank, the clamour for the reservations for Muslims is increasing every day. Every time elections, be it of a State Assembly or the Parliament, a...

Governance and Political Studies

Political - Civil - Military Participation in National Security
July 26 , 2012
Views: 3509
Opener Analysis of India's approach towards it's national security reveals an unacceptable hiatus between the Political -Civil- Military systems. We perhaps were lucky enough to get away thus far even...

National Security and Strategic Studies

The Evolving Threat from PLA along Indo-Tibetan Border: Implications
July 26 , 2012 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
Views: 6900
Early this month the Research and Analysis Wing in its threat assessment conveyed to the government that "there was a possibility of a skirmish or an incident triggered by China on the Line of Actual Co...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

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Afghanistan Afghanistan's Population Estimated at 35.7 Million This Year-Tolo News The National Statistics and Information...

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Africa Now
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Africa Now (15-31 July, 2024)

OVERVIEW The African continent witnessed significant developments over the past two weeks. The continent faces numerous...

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August 8, 2024
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Defence Aatmanirbhartain defence: MoD notifies fifth Positive Indigenisation List of 346 items for DPSUs. Indian Naval Ship...

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Russia & Central Asia Tajikistan Commences Export of Mineral Fertilizers to Afghanistan Tajikistan has begun to export...

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VIF Cyber Review
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National Estonia is looking to partner with Bharat to strengthen its cyber security infrastructure. According to government...

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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
July 16, 2024
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Abstract Israel-Hamas war ceaselessly continued in the 9th month wreaking havoc and enhanced chances of further escalation...

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Global Developments And Analysis: Weekly Monitor
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Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (22-28 July 2024)

Economic US Spars with China Over Who Subsidizes Its Industries the Most The US and China sparred over industrial subsidies...

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Science and Technology
July 22, 2024
Science and Technology (S&T) Digest (1-15 July 2024), Issue 41

In this Issue I. Defence and Security Setting up Testing Facilities in UAS and Electronic Warfare GRSE Accelerated...

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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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August 2, 2024
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Potsherds adorned with fish motifs; copper objects excavated from Tamil Nadu's Keeladi- Deccan Herald In the previous week,...

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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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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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