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A Review of Kashmir Files
Anmol Mahajan Article

There is a perception in India that when an average Indian goes to watch a movie s/he wants to escape from the realities of life and enjoy a simple story that generally has a happy ending and is full of comedy, action and thrills etc. To an extent t....

March 30, 2022 Jammu & Kashmir, VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Kashmir, genocide, Terror, Pandits
Russo-Ukraine War 2022: Sifting the Maze of Russian Political Policy and Military Strategy
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The best teacher of war is war itself! With a month behind us of the Russo-Ukraine war, it is imperative to rationalise and focus on the war itself, without referral to logic behind the war, the global geopolitics and weaponisation of economics and g....

March 30, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Russia, Article, US, Russia, Ukraine, Crimea, Military Strategy, Donetsk, Luhansk, Mariupol, Azove Battalion, Kherson, political policy
Fumio Kishida’s Visit to India: Major Takeaways
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida paid a two-day official visit to India on 19-20 March 2022 for the annual India-Japan Annual Summit with his Indian counterpart Narendra Damodardas Modi. This was Kishida’s first visit to India as Prime Min....

March 29, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Maruti Suzuki, CEPA, Fumio Kishida, ODA, Ukraine Crisis, shinkansen, DMIC, ICT
Ukraine crisis: The war that is changing relations, rules
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

Having pushed Ukraine into war, the US does not know how to save it. Having started it, Russia does not know where to end it. Having been pushed into the war, Ukraine does not know how to come out of it. It accuses its adversary Russia saying it is a....

March 28, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Russia, Article, NATO, Ukraine, UN Security Council, UAE
Ukraine: As history returns to haunt the world
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Article

In the early 1990s, Francis Fukuyama proclaimed that with the liberal democracy and the free market economy of the West finally emerging as a one-size-fits-all model for all nations, all conflicts that were the source of history had ended. That becam....

March 28, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Russia, Article, Globalisation, NATO, Ukraine, America, Vladimir Putin
Russia-Ukraine War: A Game of Vain Military Venture?
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee Article

Military Theories Unheeded Traditionally, over the centuries, the Russians have been the pioneers of original military strategic thinking. Even the world’s leading military thinkers, mainly the Prussians/Germans and British, have been heavily i....

March 28, 2022 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Russia-Ukraine War, obdurate expansionism, the blunder of Ukraine War, killing fields of Ukraine, bleeding Ukraine for selfish agenda, wanton destruction
An Analysis of ASEAN’s Special Envoy Visit to Myanmar
Dr Cchavi Vasisht Article

As Cambodia takes over as the Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2022, the visit of Cambodia’s Foreign Minister, Prak Sokhonn as ASEAN’s Special Envoy to Myanmar marks an important development in the current crisis-rid....

March 28, 2022 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, ASEAN, refugees, UN, Military Coup, Human Rights Watch, Whats happening in Myanmar
IPCC’s Timely Reminder on the Need for Climate Justice: A Quantum Leap in Global Climate Change Talks
Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction Climate change as a concept has evolved over the years. To reaffirm, climate change is one of the most pertinent issues of our time with serious consequences. It has been declared that climate change acts as a “threat multiplier” ....

March 25, 2022 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change, Article, Climate Change, Water crisis, climate justice, climate finance, loss and damage, league, global warming
भारत-जापान शिखर सम्मेलन: यूक्रेन युद्ध के साए में दोहराई गई प्रतिबद्धता
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

अगर समय सामान्य होता तो भारत और जापान के बीच द्विपक्षीय संबंधों की 70वीं वर्षगांठ बहुत धूमधाम से....

March 25, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Hindi, Article, भारत। चीन। रूस। हिन्द-प्रशांत। जापान। यूक्रेन। 70वीं वर्षगांठ।
Chinese Criticism of China’s Support to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Jayadeva Ranade Article

After the February 4 Summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing and 18 days after Russia invaded Ukraine, China has not wavered in its support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine despite urgings by the U....

March 24, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, Russia, Putin, CCP, Ukraine, 20th Party Congress
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