Vivekananda International Foundation | Seeking Harmony in Diversity

Overview In this fortnight’s compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we offer a mix of foreign and domestic policy issues. Starting with Bangladesh, we look at its response to India’s pu....

September 27, 2019 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Article, Assam NRC, Sino-Nepal visit, Pakistan’s Kashmir cry, Sri Lanka elections

Post August 5, the Many Truths of Kashmir

Bashir Assad Article

Post the abrogation of Article 370, with restrictions in Kashmir - clampdown on communication channels through mobile and internet services - the information coming out through media outlets cannot be the depiction of the complete truth of the situat....

September 27, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir, VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Kashmir situation, Media in Kashmir, Militant diktats in Kashmir

तालियां! - जम्मू-कश्मीर अब सचमुच भारत का हिस्सा है

General NC Vij, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM Article

तेजतर्रार हमला, सर्जिकल अभियान और अचंभा शब्दों का इस्तमाल सैन्य अभियानों में सबसे अधिक किया जा....

September 27, 2019 Jammu & Kashmir, VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Hindi, Article, 70 साल समस्या, अनुच्छेद 370 और 35ए, पाकिस्तानी छद्म युद्ध

Counter-Terrorism Framework of the United Nations and India’s Approach of De-Radicalisation¹

Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction Due to lack of an internationally accepted definition, terrorism continues to haunt every nation in the World. The perspective of terrorism differs from a nation to nation; therefore, every country has its own definition and measure t....

September 26, 2019 Terrorism, VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Counter-terrorism, Radicalisation, De-radicalisation, Terrorist, India’s Approach of De-Radicalisation

The Expanding Chinese Smartphone Market in India

Aayush Mohanty Article

The recent news of ‘One Plus’ investing Rs.1,000 crore in Hyderabad for research and development which would focus India-centric features while also working on globally standard features1 is a testament to the fact that global companies, primaril....

September 25, 2019 VIF Alerts, Technological and Scientific Studies, Article, Smartphone market, Chinese manufacturing companies, Smartphone investments

Impact of Attack on Saudi Aramco Facilities on India

Major General (Retd.) Ajay Kumar Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM Article

The Scenario On 14 September 2019, an attack by drones was launched on the Saudi Aramco oil pro-cessing facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais in Eastern Saudi Arabia. The Houthi movement in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack, it wa....

September 25, 2019 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Energy Security, Article, Conflict in Middle East, Saudi oil facilities attacked, petroleum prices

China’s Xiaokang (well-off) Border Defence Villages in the Tibet Autonomous Region

Jayadeva Ranade Article

Since the 19th Party Congress in October 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping has signalled that extra attention would be paid by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership to building a more comprehensive security structure in the Tibet Autonomous R....

September 24, 2019 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article

Way Forward in India-China Relations after the Amendment of Article 370

Rajesh Soami Article

News has emerged that the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will not be visiting India on the 22nd of this month as had previously been scheduled. The request for the change of dates has ostensibly been made by the Indian side. Wang Yi is the Chinese ....

September 24, 2019 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, Sino-India relations, China’s India-averse policies, China’s meddling on Kashmir issue

इमरान खान की यात्रा के बाद अमेरिका-पाकिस्तान संबंध

Husain Haqqani Article

मीडिया की गहमागहमी और घर में मिली सराहना को किनारे रख दें तो इमरान खान की अमेरिका यात्रा से पाकि....

September 24, 2019 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Hindi, Article, खान की खोखली अमेरिका यात्रा, तालिबान- पाकिस्तान के रिश्ते, पाकिस्तान-अफगानिस्तान प्रासंगिक

To the Moon and Beyond: Time for India to Strengthen its ‘Space’ Muscles

Radhika Daga Article

Lunar exploration missions date back to the very beginning of space exploration itself. In over a year’s time following Sputnik, the advances in aerospace technologies were made to enable forays into our closest neighbour in outer space. The desire....

September 20, 2019 VIF Alerts, Technological and Scientific Studies, Article, India to Moon, India’s space journey, celebrating Indian science