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Amid Economic Woes, Pak Government Reports Revamping - A Review
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Despite all odds… Despite all the economic woes and downturns, despite spiralling debt trap, and sky-rocketing costs of imports in the face of sharp currency de-valuation, not to mention the IMF imposed economic re-structuring and the recent na....

October 30, 2019 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Pakistan’s military modernisation, Pakistan’s high expenditure on defence
एक्ट फार ईस्ट नीति: भारत की विदेश नीति में नया अंग
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी रूस के राष्ट्रपति व्लादीमिर पुतिन के न्योते पर 4-5 सितंबर 2019 को ईस्टर्....

October 25, 2019 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Hindi, Article
Iraq Protests and the Problem of Ethno-Sectarian Balancing
Dr Hirak Jyoti Das, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Iraq has been witnessing widespread protests that began in Baghdad on 1 October 2019 and spread throughout the state to express frustration about the deteriorating economic situation, corruption, unemployment, poverty, poor quality of services etc. T....

October 25, 2019 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, Iraqi peoples’ woes, governance failures in Iraq
The day paradise was lost
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

It is vital to sensitise people, especially the Kashmiri youth, who may not be aware of the history of the event and of the brutality their forefathers were subjected to at the hands of Pakistan. Silence is no longer an option. October 22, 1947, i....

October 22, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir, VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, VIF Scholars Outreach, Article
Sectarian Divide in Islam and Fall Out in Pakistan
Col Harsh Vardhan Singh Article

Sectarian dissonance in Islam can be traced back to the death of Prophet Mohammad in 632 AD. The anointment of the successor to Prophet did set the stage for an eternal conflict which witnessed its violent calcification in 680 AD with the martyrdom o....

October 21, 2019 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Article, Islamization and sectarianism, Pakistan’s sectarian vulnerability
Can the Integrated Battle Groups Reinforce India’s Conventional Deterrence?
Dr Kapil Patil Article

In a significant decision last month, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has officially cleared the proposal for launching the first Integrated Battle Group (IBG) under the Indian Army’s 9 Corps, which will be deployed along India’s Western Border.1 ....

October 21, 2019 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Indian Army’s new organisation, the integrated battle group concept, Army doctrine
Myanmar Round Up: September 2019
Jaideep Chanda Article

“…it is clear that China will never be an honest broker capable of mediating a peace process that can bring lasting peace to Myanmar. Rather, China conducts a peace process guided by its own interests—one that goes nowhere.” - Joe Kumbun1 ....

October 18, 2019 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, Myanmar constitution issues, Rohingya problem
Radical Islam in the Maldives: Hotbed for al-Qa’ida and Islamic State
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

In his address at the Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) in Male city, the Republic of Maldives (hereafter Maldives) on 04 September 20191, former Maldivian President—Mohamed Nasheed highlighted concerns over the emerging threat posed by radical Islamis....

October 16, 2019 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Maldives, Article, Islamic State, Radicalisation, ISIS, Radical Islam in Maldives, al-Qa’ida, al-Qaeda, ISIL, India-Maldives Counter-Terrorism cooperation
अस्थायी अनुच्छेद 370 और ज़बरन लाए गए अनुच्छेद 35ए का ख़ात्मा
Rajesh Singh Article

जो लोग अटकलें लगा रहे थे कि मोदी सरकार अनुच्छेद 370 और अनुच्छेद 35A पर मुश्किल भरा फैसला कर पाएगी या �....

October 16, 2019 VIF Alerts, Governance and Political Studies, Hindi, Article
West Asia Round Up: September, 2019
Dr Hirak Jyoti Das, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Abstract The Persian Gulf Crisis The Middle East continued to worry the world especially in the wake of drone attacks on the two Saudi oil facilities that reduced the Saudi oil output by almost half. It displayed the vulnerability of crucial Sa....

October 15, 2019 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, West Asia, Article, West Asia, Saudi-Iran initiative, Iran’s regional actions
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