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Pakistan's Foreign Minister in Goa: Standard Case of Rigged Match and Theatricals
May 9 , 2023 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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In dealing with Pakistan polity, theatricals meant largely for domestic audiences are intrinsic, for these are planned and executed to finesse. As history provides us with references, the systemic is ri...

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Bhutto , G-20 , Kashmir , Pakistan , SCO

Diplomatic Thaw between Japan and South Korea
May 8 , 2023 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 4840
Two significant developments in Northeast Asia escaped the attention of the Indian media because of its obsession to cover China’s aggressive policies on many regional issues. While the latter is too im...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : comfort women , diplomatic thaw , Export Control , rapprochement , semiconductor , wartime compensation , WTO

Cheruvayal Raman the Guardian of Native and Ancient Paddy Varieties
May 4 , 2023 Sarada Subhash, Research Associate, VIF
Positive Bharat Views: 6575
The Government of India has recently honoured Shri. Cheruvayal K. Raman, a tribal farmer from Kerala, with one of the highest civilian awards in Bharat (India), the Padma Shri. The septuagenarian farmer...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Cheruvayal Raman , conservation , Kerala , native paddy seeds , Positive Bharat , Sustainable Agriculture , tribal farmer

Bhimber Gali- Surankot Road Ambush 20 April 23: Psychology of Barrenness of Peace
May 4 , 2023 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)
Article Views: 6345
A Rude Shock
On an overcast summer afternoon of 20 April 23 the Commanding Officer (CO) Rashtriya Rifles (RR) bore the brunt of initial shock when he lost five of his men in an ambush on a desolate road from Bimbar Gali to Surankot.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir

Tags : Bhimber Gali , LeT , Peace , Poonch , Surankot Road

Dantewada Naxal Attack: A Calculated Cowardly Act of Red Terror
May 3 , 2023 Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 6648
सिंहवत्सर्ववेगेन पतन्त्यर्थे किलार्थिनः॥ [Verse from the Yogavasishtam 3.78.6] (English translation: Those who intend to get work done cast themselves on the task with all possible speed, like a lion) [1]

National Security and Strategic Studies, Leftwing Extremism

Tags : Bastar , Bharat , chhattisgarh , Dantewada , India , LWE Extremism , Maoist , Naxal , Terrorism , Urban Naxal

Bailing out Sri Lanka from its Economic Difficulties
May 2 , 2023 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 5764
Sri Lanka has in the past experienced separatist movements, in which the Tamils and Sinhalese were involved in ethnic conflicts for quite some time. Though this dark phase is over now, there still remai...

Sri Lanka, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : credit line , debt restructuring , Economic diplomacy , G-20 , IMF , securing shipping lines , strategic interests , World Bank

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