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US-India 2 Plus 2 Dialogue: Significance of Strategic Partnership
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF Article

“Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, …confusion of counsel until emergency comes … are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history” – Anon Defence Industry and Defence Pr....

August 22, 2018 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, 2 plus 2, Indo-US defence cooperation
Withdrawal from FGFA: The Decision and Way Ahead
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Post-FGFA On 13 Jul 18, the Defence Minister, Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman informed that India has conveyed to Russia that it will not be a part of the Project to develop a Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) anymore but may join the programme at....

August 22, 2018 VIF Alerts, Technological and Scientific Studies, Article, Fifth generation fighter aircraft, Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft
He could sting, but also give a healing touch: A tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Rajesh Singh Article

It was, if I recollect correctly, towards the end of 2002. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had arrived in Goa to usher in the New Year. I was then located in the State. Having taken a break from journalism a few months before, I had assumed charg....

August 20, 2018 VIF Alerts, Governance and Political Studies, Article, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, NDA-I Government
Appointments of Judges: President to Collegium to NJAC and back to Collegium
Dr Makkhan Lal Article

After the Keshavanada Bharati and the A.D.M. Jabalpur Cases, High Courts and the Supreme Court of India came under immense pressure. The supersession of three senior most Supreme Court judges and promotion of judges of her choice in various High Cour....

August 20, 2018 VIF Alerts, Governance and Political Studies, Article, Appointment of judges, Supreme Court Collegiate, NJAC
Overdependence on ZTE in India
Aayush Mohanty Article

In 2008, ZTE, a China based telecom company, set up a research centre in India after starting operations in 2003. The sales revenue of the company at the time in India was 750 million USD compared to 100 million USD in 2004.1 By 2013, the research ce....

August 16, 2018 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, Article, Ttelecommunication security, Chinese telecommunication companies
Armed Forces of Vietnam
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Article

Introduction The Armed Forces of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is known as the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN). The PAVN was formed by Ho Chi Minh and General Vo Nguyen Giap on 22 December 1944. The Service Branches comprise of the Army, Nav....

August 10, 2018 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Article, : Vietnam armed forces, Vietnam’s Strategy Document
Imran Khan: Political Inclinations
Shruti Punia Article

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) emerged as the largest party with 115 seats in the National Assembly, besides winning two-third seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkwa (KP) provincial assembly and emerging as the second largest party in the Punjab assembly....

August 09, 2018 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Article, New government in Pakistan, Politician Imran Khan
Xth BRICS SUMMIT -Prospects and Limitations
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The idea of the intercontinental Brazil, Russia, India, China, or BRIC emerging economies as a power house of global growth engine was received over a decade ago with suspicion, consternation and anticipation. Later, this year’s host of the Summit ....

August 09, 2018 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, BRICS, 10th Summit, Johannesburg Declaration
Pakistan’s Elections and ‘Naya’ Pakistan?
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Election for Pakistan’s National Assembly saw Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Party doubling its vote share from 16.32 percent in the 2013 elections to 31.8 percent. Its seat share went up from 28 to 115. In case of Pakistan Muslim L....

August 08, 2018 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Article, Pakistan Elections, Pakistan voting trend
Will Chinese Economy ever surpass the US Economy?
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

“With uncertainty, there is never a dull moment.” - Haresh Sippy Donald Trump’s presidency has sparked fears of a changing world order and an alleged further decline of the US. The ‘America First’ emphasis and the recent US hike of tari....

August 08, 2018 VIF Alerts, Economic Studies, Article, China’s economic progress, Sino-US economic gap
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