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Limitations of Trump’s “Maximum Pressure” Strategy on North Korea
April 11, 2019 Dr Kapil Patil Commentary

On 30 November 2018, the Japanese agencies spotted the North Korean vessels engaged in offshore ship-to-ship transfers with foreign vessels conducting illegal activities on the consecutive days.1 The offshore couplings is among the scores ....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , North Korea sanctions , North Korea economic downturn , DPRK denuclearisation
Pakistani Estimates of the Eastern River Water Flows
April 04, 2019 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

It may be recalled that the Indus Water Treaty, 1960 (IWT) between India and Pakistan, brokered by the World bank, allocated three rivers each, known as the Eastern Rivers (Ravi, Beas, Sutlej) to India, and the Western Rivers (Indus, Chenab, Jhelum) ....

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Indus Water Treaty , Eastern Rivers , India-Pakistan relations , water usage
Kabul’s Muscle-Flexing amidst recent Tensions
April 04, 2019 Prateek Joshi Commentary

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent assertion that Pakistan would play a key role in the Afghan peace settlement has contributed to the latest downswing of ties between these two nations.1 In his address to journalists, Imran Khan not onl....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary , Afghanistan peace process , Afghanistan’s government’s strong stance
India’s Post-Pulwama Response
April 03, 2019 Amruta Karambelkar Commentary

The attack on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Pulwama, J&K, shook the nation. This has been the worst hit on the security forces of its kind. The nation was horrified and there were widespread demands to respond with an iron hand. There....

Keywords : National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Balakot attack , Balakot game changer
Bull’s Eye - Chak De India
April 01, 2019 Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.) Commentary

27 March, 2019 will go down as the most memorable day of this decade when India demonstrated an indigenous and operational Anti-Satellite Technology (ASAT) System, the fourth nation to do so in the world after USA, Russia and China. The DRDO and ISRO....

Keywords : Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , India’s ASAT , Indian space technology
A-SAT Missile Test: A Testimony to India's Growing Military and Scientific Prowess
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

India's successful conduct of ‘Mission Shakti’ - an anti-satellite (A-SAT) missile test - on March 27, 2019 is testimony to its growing military and scientific prowess. The test entailed the destruction of an Indian satellite operating in lower e

February 11, 2010 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Commentary, India's anti-satellite missile, Mission Shakti
Brexit, EU and future of Regional Integration
March 29, 2019 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The EU Summit on 21st March decided to extend the Brexit dead-line beyond 29th March. However, it set two dead-lines instead of one. A slightly longer dead-line of 22nd May is in case British Parliament approves the ....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Commentary , Brexit , UK-EU Brexit deal
Chinese Response to Pulwama
March 25, 2019 Dr Teshu Singh Commentary

For the fourth time, China has refused to designate Masood Azhar,1 leader of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) as a global terrorist. On 14 March 2019, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Affairs said, “China is conducting a comprehensive a....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , International terrorist , China’s support to JeM
Breakthrough towards Resolving Century Old Riddle of Deadly Thunderstorms by a Muon Telescope in India
March 19, 2019 Prof Sunil Gupta Commentary

Thunderstorms are frightening and a spectacular demonstration of one of the most violent phenomenon in our atmosphere. Nearly three centuries back in 1749, Benjamin Franklin through his famous kite-experiment during a thunderstorm showed that the dis....

Keywords : Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , thunderstorm energy , India’s Muon telescope
Italy-EU-BRI- An Uncomfortable Triumvirate
March 18, 2019 Aayush Mohanty Commentary

The Belt and Road initiative (BRI) has taken a lot of criticism from financial institutions as well from some of the countries which had endorsed it when the project was launched in 2013. While the momentum of the BRI in Asia might have slowed down, ....

Keywords : Economic Studies , Commentary
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