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The Significance of the Australia -Japan Defence Agreement
Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Australia and Japan signed a new defence agreement on 6 January 2022, which both PM Scott Morrison and PM Fumio Kishida hailed as a landmark. The Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) is Japan’s second such Agreement with any country, after treaty ally....

January 08, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Article, US, China, Australia, Japan, Self-Defense Forces, AUKUS, RAA
Myanmar’s Battle on Social Media
Dr Cchavi Vasisht Article

In the present century, social media has become a battleground to provide authenticity and validation for oneself as well as to produce hatred and discontent for others. Since the rise of the Arab Spring, the role of social media in spreading democra....

January 07, 2022 VIF Alerts, Neighbourhood Studies, Myanmar, Article, democracy, Information Warfare, Social Media, Propaganda, Military Coup, Freedom House
Demystifying the “Armed Struggle” in Jammu and Kashmir
Col Nilesh Kunwar (Retd.) Article

The younger generation may not be aware, but when gun toting “mujahideen” [holy warriors] first appeared in J&K during the late 80s, they had assured the people that ‘azadi’ [freedom] was just round the corner. So, as the New Year unfolds, it....

January 07, 2022 Jammu & Kashmir, VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, J & K, ISI, APHC, Mujahideen, armed struggle, Azadi, OGW
Central Asia: A Look Back At 2021 and Outlook For 2022
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction The year 2021 has been challenging for Central Asia. The year marked the three decades of independence for the Central Asian countries since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The socio-economic and health impacts of the COVID-19....

January 06, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Article, China, Russia, SCO, TAPI, Protests, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, trade, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, India- Central Asia Dialogue, Azerbaijan, Capacity Building, Connectivity, Border Dispute, TCGP
East Asia: Likely Trends in 2022
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

A year has just ended and we usher into another one. Many parts of the world witnessed dramatic developments in political, economic and defence/security realms. In a globalised and inter-connected world, no part of the world remained insulated from d....

January 06, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, ASEAN, QUAD, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong-un, shinzo abe, COVID-19, weaponisation, summit diplomacy, Fumio Kishida, CPTTP, missile developoment
India 1952-1976 and 2014-2021: Two Periods of Political Stability- A Comparative Analysis
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

People’s Mandates since Independence The first general elections of 1951 in independent India installed a single party-(Indian National Congress INC for short), majority government at the center as also in all the states. The trend continued til....

January 05, 2022 VIF Alerts, Governance and Political Studies, Article, India, Political stability, macroeconomics, post-independence
कॉप 26 : शुद्ध सकारात्मक और कॉरपोरेट के सामाजिक उत्तरदायित्व
Dr Swati Mitra Article

विलुप्त होते डायनासोर को लेकर ब्रिटेन के ग्लासगो में आयोजित कॉप-26 सम्मेलन में एक सहानुभूति अपी�....

January 05, 2022 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Climate Change, Hindi, Article, कॉप26। सीएसआर। कुल सकारात्मकता। तुलसी गौड़ा। यूएनएसडीजीएस।
Africa: Looking Back at 2021 and Likely Trends in 2022
Samir Bhattacharya Article

For the second year in a row, countries across the world battled to cope with the negative economic impacts of covid. Though African continent handled the initial impacts of Covid-19 relatively well, in 2021 it suffered immensely from Covid-19 outbre....

January 03, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Africa, Article, democracy, Ethiopia, Terrorism, South Sudan, election, Corruption, Covid, Sudan, Civil war, coup, Gambia, Islamist terrorism, Mali
Distilling a Strategic Vision for the Future
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

In all ages, major geopolitical events, wars and warfare has been an important topic of analysis, mostly by historians, as post-script. Can these be predicted, in their likelihood, broad timeframe, typology and the likely political and military end-s....

January 03, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, India, Pakistan, China, LAC, Strategic Vision, scenario building
Likely Geopolitical Trends in 2022
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

We should expect a sharpening of great power rivalries and an increase in geopolitical tensions in 2022. If 2021 provides any indications, the world is likely to remain turbulent in the absence of credible mechanisms and effective cooperation to reso....

January 01, 2022 VIF Alerts, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, India, Pakistan, US, China, Russia, democracy, Indo-Pacific, Xi, Taiwan, West Asia, Taliban, Neighbourhood, Biden
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