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From Sanctions to Nuclear Deterrence: Europe’s Peace Plan for Ukraine

April 22, 2025 Dr Shreya Sinha, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

With almost two months behind since the start of negotiations between the United States and Russia on the war in Ukraine, Russia’s recent deadly missile attacks on Zelenskyy’s hometown Kryvyi Rih on April 4 and the Ukrainian city of Sumy on April....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Commentary , Russia , Trump , Putin , sanctions , European Union , UK , France , Germany , nuclear deterrence , Zelenskyy , Debt Brake , Ukraine. European Security , Coalition of the Willing , Peace Plan

A Princely Contribution to Indian Archaeological Heritage

April 21, 2025 Arunansh B. Goswami Commentary

India possesses a wealth of ancient sites and archaeological treasures. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has been a strong advocate for "cultural nationalism," emphasizing the dual themes of "Vikas and Virasat." His efforts are directed towards the ....

Keywords : Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Archaeological Survey of India , ASI , Gupta period , Gupta Temples , Scindias , UNESCO World Heritage

Deep Seek and India’s AI Mission

April 17, 2025 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

What is DeepSeek?

DeepSeek is a China-invented AI model which represents a paradigm shift in the development of Artificial Intelligence Models. As the Chinese paper which developed DeepSeek said, “Our goal is to explore the potential o....

Keywords : Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , US , China , AI , Nvidia , DeepSeek , LLMs , India's AI Mission

Peace Talks With Maoists: Caution Suggested

April 11, 2025 Dr P V Ramana Commentary

In a significant development Abhay, in a statement issued on April 2, 2025, spokesperson of the Central Committee of the Communist Part of India (Maoist) said they were ready to sit at the negotiating table with the elected government. Ahaby said the....

Keywords : National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Peace talks , Maoist , Negotiations

Sanskrit, an Intrinsic Part of Our Cultural History

April 09, 2025 Rajesh Singh Commentary

The Uttarakhand government recently announced an ambitious programme to vigorously promote Sanskrit in the state. It had taken the first step back in 2010, when Uttarakhand became the country’s first state to declare Sanskrit as its second official....

Keywords : Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Hindutva , Uttarakhand , Sanskrit , Abhinavgupta , Hindu nationalism

नेपाल का राजनीतिक दोराहा: लोकतंत्र, अस्थिरता और राजशाही की बहस

April 03, 2025 Nikhil Sahu Commentary

एक बार पुनः नेपाल की जनता राजशाही के Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , संविधान , लोकतंत्र , चीन , नेपाल , नेपाल में राजशाही की वापसी , नेपाल के राजनीतिक संकट का कारण , नेपाल में लोकतंत्र की स्थिति , राजशाही , केपी शर्मा ओली , प्रदर्शन , गृह युद्ध , हिंदू राष्ट्र , राजशाही बनाम लोकतंत्र

GPS Spoofing Threat and Mitigation

March 31, 2025 Sudhir Saxena, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

Recent media reports have highlighted the growing menace of GPS Spoofing across the world and its potential disastrous effects on a range of technical systems and utilities, especially aviation. This is especially worrisome when an increasing trend i....

Keywords : National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , NavIC , GPS spoofing , manipulation , PNT , Signals