Home
Articles
Pakistan’s National Security Policy 2022-26: Some New Elements but No Shift on India
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The Imran Khan government has produced the country’s first ever National Security Policy (NSP) document that outlines Pakistan’s approach to national security and provides guidance to the government departments. A public version of the document h....

January 17, 2022 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan, Article, India, Pakistan, China, Kashmir, National Security policy, Geoeconomics
Kazakh Protests: What Next?
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

On the 4th 5th and 6th January 2022, Kazakhstan was convulsed by the most violent of protests since 1989. While the situation has been controlled for now by swift, strong state action, the event is likely to have wide-ranging internal, regional and g....

January 15, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Article, Russia, SCO, Protests, Kazakhstan, CSTO, ETIM, Tokayev, Nazarbayev
Terrorism Studies (National): Review of 2021 & Projections for 2022
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Despite the outbreak of the China-origin coronavirus aka COVID-19 in late 2019 and the continuation of this fatal virus spread globally in 2020, the year 2021 has witnessed the continuation in the terrorism-related incidents, linked directly or indir....

January 14, 2022 Terrorism, Leftwing Extremism, VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, India, Pakistan, Islamic State, J&K, ISIS, LWE, Punjab, Counter terrorism, AlQaeda, Srinagar
कोरिया में परमाणु ऊर्जा संयंत्रों को चरणबद्ध तरीके से समाप्त करने की मून की योजना
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

दक्षिण कोरिया के राष्ट्रपति मून जे-इन के लिए समय भागा जा रहा है क्योंकि उनका कार्यकाल इसी वर्ष म....

January 13, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Hindi, Article, मून जे-इन। परमाणु ऊर्जा। एलएनजी। जानोस एडर। फेज आउट फ्लान। फुकुशिमा। एसएमआर रिएक्टर्स।
Restructuring Power Equation: Rise of Indigenists means fall of Communism in Nepal
Prof Hari Bansh Jha Article

Ever since the end of the autocratic Rana regime in Nepal in 1951, the country has had seven constitutions. Yet, none of the constitutions survived for more than a decade or so in this country. During the last seven decades, the country witnessed dif....

January 13, 2022 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Nepal, Article, Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, Constitution, Maoists, Madhesis, Janjatis, communists
Views of Chinese Experts on Sino-US Relations
Jayadeva Ranade Article

As China’s economic situation becomes more difficult and its aggressive policies increase tensions in its neighbourhood, the Chinese leadership is concerned at the turn that its relations with the US are taking. This has generated renewed discuss....

January 12, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, US, China, Article, Xi, CCP, Biden, Wang Yi, CICIR, Cui Tiankai, Yuan Peng, Zhang Baijian
2021 Crystallised the Indo-Pacific Security Landscape
Amruta Karambelkar Article

2021 was an eventful year in the Indo-Pacific region. Several developments have taken place, which are significant in their own right, but are rather indicative of what lies ahead in this region. This article examines the implications of the key secu....

January 11, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Article, India, US, China, Russia, ASEAN, QUAD, Australia, Southeast Asia, AUKUS
China Raises its strategic profile in Horn of Africa and IOR
Amb Gurjit Singh Article

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi kept up the tradition of Chinese leaders visiting Africa at the beginning of the year. For 32 years, this tradition has been in vogue and the Chinese FM, between 4 and 7 January, visited Eritrea, Kenya and Comoros in ....

January 11, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Africa, Article, China, BRI, Wang Yi, IUU, Special Envoy, Horn of Africa
Year End Review: India Took a Big Leap in Addressing the Threat of Climate Change in 2021
Heena Samant, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction Climate change, for India, is a subject of huge concern as the country of 1.38 billion falls under the category of one of the most vulnerable nations to experience the worsening impacts of a changing climate. It is for this same reaso....

January 10, 2022 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change, Article, Climate Change, Pandemic, energy transition, climate justice, climate finance, milestone, proactive
Japan and Australia ink Defence Pact with Eye on China
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Though the QUAD and AUKUS had received wide media attention in India, with each analysis applauding the merit of these initiatives, another significant development that took place in the past week has somewhat received less attention. The import of t....

January 10, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, QUAD, South China Sea, Taiwan, Uyghur, UNCLOS, SDF, Scott Morrison, Senkaku, Fumio Kishida, AUKUS, defence pact
Contact Us