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Changes in Sectarian Profile of Pakistan

Abstract Pakistan has seen a violent transition from a nation that advocated inclusivity for all sects of Islam to much pronounced sectarian fissures. The sectarian divide between the Sunnis and Shias is intractable. This paper seeks to trace the...

December 29 , 2023
Narrative of Despondent Pashtuns: Terrorism, Ethnicity and the Pakistani Military

This primary research uses in-depth interviews to investigate the experiences and perceptions of the ethnic Pashtuns of Pakistan’s former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) regarding terrorism, ethnicity and the Pakistani military,...

December 27 , 2023
VIF News Digest:National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, (01 – 15 December 2023)

Defence Long range operational deployment of INS Kadmatt. First survey vessel (large) delivered to Indian Navy. Long range Mission Based Deployment of INS Sumedha. Indian Coast Guard Offshore patrol vessel Sajag makes port call at Dammam. India-...

December 26 , 2023
Radicalisation in Bharat: Case Studies of Kashmir and Kerala

Introduction Bharat has been facing terrorism ever since it became independent in 1947. Post-invasion of Kashmir by Pakistan-sponsored militants in October 1948 and followed by the defeat in the Indo-Pak war in 1965, Pakistan realised that it was...

December 20 , 2023
VIF News Digest : National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, (16 – 30 November 2023)

Defence India - Sri Lanka Joint Exercise Mitra Shakti. Launch of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Shallow Water Craft (SWC) Project at L&T, Kattupalli and CSL Kochi. Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh attends 10thASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus...

December 5 , 2023
Deterrence Exists, though Slender is the Thread!

This is an era of confused geopolitics. There were on horizon a transformation of West Asia, with Abrahams Accord, I2U2, Saudi-Iran thaw, IMEC; and then suddenly the fiercest of wars between Israel-Hamas with its other fallouts. The geopolitics of...

November 28 , 2023
VIF News Digest : National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, (01 – 15 November 2023)

Defence 15th India-Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue. Maritime Security Meeting between Indian Navy and Sri Lankan Navy. IAF Contingent Participates in Dubai Air Show 2023. India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. India & Bangladesh Navies Undertake...

November 22 , 2023
VIF News Digest : National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, (16 - 31 October 2023)

Defence Defence Ministry signs contract for construction of the first Indian Coast Guard Training Ship with Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders. India-France Military Sub-Committee meeting. Conduct of operational sea training of South African ship SAS Mendi...

November 7 , 2023
Neighborhood News Digest – 02 November 2023

Afghanistan Over 1 lakh undocumented Afghans returned to Afghanistan: Pak official – Hindustan Times Pakistan's deadline to expel all undocumented immigrants, including hundreds of thousands of Afghan nationals, is expiring later on Wednesday. More...

November 2 , 2023
Canada-based Khalistani Elements: A Continuing Concern for Bharat

धर्मं चर। धर्मान्न प्रमदितव्यम्। - तैत्तिरीय उपनिषद् 1.11 [English Translation: Practice righteousness (Dharma). Do not swerve from righteousness (Dharma). Source: Taittiriya Upanishad 1.11] The G20 Summit held in September 2023 in New Delhi marked...

October 30 , 2023
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